Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One common solution to this problem , which avoids the politically undesirable alternative of imposing or reimposing fees , is to rely on parents to provide equipment , just as they are very widely expected to help in the construction and sometimes the furnishing of schools . |
| 2 | Those who wished to do so gathered to share in the fellowship of a symbolic meal — a piece of dry bread and a cup of water . |
| 3 | In the case of expressions output on channels or assigned to variables this expression only needs to hold in the context of the strongest enclosing boolean . |
| 4 | Yet one only needs to travel in the town on Saturdays to see well clothed and healthy children and upstanding young men and women , to realise that the people of this country are better off than they have ever been . |
| 5 | Yet one only needs to travel in the town on Saturdays to see well clothed and healthy children and upstanding young men and women , to realise that the people of this country are better off than they have ever been . |
| 6 | Brenda had not long come to live in the country . |
| 7 | For it to have left archaeological evidence it would have been necessary for it to have been manifested by a physical act of some kind , which would necessarily need to result in the production of something capable of preservation in the archaeological context . |
| 8 | He was all set to go in the summer , and he ran away . |
| 9 | It was bad enough having to sleep in the steerage — lying on the floor wherever she could find a place , where cockroaches and rats could run over her while she slept . |
| 10 | Before a BBC Radio Cleveland debate yesterday , he was obliged to explain off air that because of an undemocratic stomach bug he might suddenly have to leave in the middle of the proceedings . |
| 11 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , the electronics units of Hyundai Group , Lucky Goldstar Group and Daewoo Group and Trigem Computer Ltd all hoped to participate in the project , the official said . |
| 12 | Thank you , yes they should be but stand up and I 'm only trying to help in the situation . |
| 13 | Gazzer only had to stand in the middle of the towpath and wait as the man approached him . |
| 14 | They had missed the track the night before so had to sleep in the bush with but one blanket each . |
| 15 | Excavations in its interior demonstrated extensive occupation , which had apparently begun to decline in the AD 70s , perhaps in the wake of increasing migration towards a more convenient centre on the road network . |
| 16 | Free direct thought is deployed to show the conscious workings of the mind of an introspective man , a technique less appropriate for Lok , whose consciousness of self only begins to develop in the course of the action ; narrator 's report of thought act or free indirect thought is used for him . |
| 17 | The wife is no less entitled to share in the family income just because she has assumed responsibilities in the ‘ non-profit ’ segment . |
| 18 | He lost no opportunity to use his status as an ideological lever for black causes , eventually refusing to serve in the army on the grounds that blacks had no interest in the Vietnam War . |
| 19 | In return , Flemish weavers eventually came to settle in the neighbourhood and teach local workers their ‘ mysteries ’ . |
| 20 | The work is rarely dull or nasty , like police patrol , and consequently field staff are not normally impelled to engage in the policeman 's ‘ easing ’ practices or taking of perks to mitigate tedium and unpleasantness ( Cain , 1973:36–7 ) . |
| 21 | The prostitutes , all aged between eighteen and twenty-three , apparently became La Tour 's perks and he was generally expected to join in the fun as well . |
| 22 | I was just commenting er , you know , we just want to work in the County of Lincolnshire , I presume . |
| 23 | ‘ He 's just decided to live in the past , and why not ? |
| 24 | He 's fucking going to sleep in the car . |
| 25 | Well I shall be in a minute , I 've only just got to go in the kitchen and get it . |
| 26 | just happened to mention in the night says I 'd like a white telly you know , go a bit more with , with the decor |
| 27 | Yeah , well it 'd just have to go in the hall , but , no , this will be better , carrycot and that , ridiculous prices though |
| 28 | She no longer needed to jump in the swimming pool to raise £5 , though if it had been necessary she would probable have done it : " You believe in God but you also use every means possible to raise funds . |
| 29 | What was peculiar about my own circumstances I have already tried to describe in the hope of finding and revealing some useful clues . |
| 30 | Sylvie spoke in French , as she normally continued to do in the house , and glared at her daughter . |