Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |
| 2 | The likeliest sources of error would be to underestimate ganglion cell density in the central retina , or overestimate it in the peripheral retina , in the standard distribution function . |
| 3 | After use , you can either throw the used head away , or clean it in the usual way . |
| 4 | He took her chin between finger and thumb , turning her face and drowning her in the warm amber light of his eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ The native habit of tethering horses and hobbling them in the full glare of a torrid sun ( with a temperature of perhaps 120 degrees F. in the shade ) destroys the strongest constitution and often kills them out-right … |
| 6 | Alexandra took the long pins out of her hat and laid them in the red glass tray on her dressing-table . |
| 7 | The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow . |
| 8 | Bursting a good big dam , or even just letting it overflow , is almost as satisfying as planning and building it in the first place . |
| 9 | Linguists belonging to the Prague School by and large conflate the two structures and combine them in the same description . |
| 10 | " We 're going to carry the yew berries home in our mouths and eat them in the great burrow . |
| 11 | She took off everything that could identify her , and stowed it in the bottom layer of her jewellery box . |
| 12 | " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to give you safe deliverance , and to preserve you in the great danger of childbirth ; you shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God … " |
| 13 | When turning a corner into the next aisle of the shop , do n't tamely walk round behind the trolley and push it in the new direction . |
| 14 | His political ideals included the concept of arbitration as a substitute for war in the settlement of national disputes , and involved him in the jingoistic disputes of 1877 . |
| 15 | And send it in the pre-paid envelope |
| 16 | And send it in the pre-paid envelope . |
| 17 | For example polymethyl methacrylate ( Perspex , Plexiglas ) may be moulded to any desired shape by warming it to temperatures little over 100°C and cooling it in the deformed state . |
| 18 | By separating the glycerides from more readily available fats and assembling them in the required proportions it was possible to match the physical properties of cocoa butter . |
| 19 | He felt for Thomas 's hand and wrung it in the momentary blindness after the torch was quenched against the rock . |
| 20 | The sixteenth-century writers who condemned depopulation looked for a depopulator , and found him in the enclosing landlord , who found that stock , -rearing was more profitable than corn-growing . |
| 21 | He won East Bristol in 1900 and retained it in the general elections of 1906 and 1910 . |
| 22 | Instead of joining the press of bodies that jammed up the aisle towards the crush bar , he took my arm once again and drew me in the opposite direction . |
| 23 | The letter expressed the CPSU 's ‘ deep anxiety for the fate of socialism in Poland ’ , regretted that the necessary measures had not been taken against domestic anti-Soviet and anti-socialist forces , and called upon the Polish party to ‘ reverse the course of events and channel them in the right direction ’ . |
| 24 | They bound Guthlac ‘ in all his limbs … and brought him to the black fen , and threw and sank him in the muddy waters ’ . |
| 25 | Largely instrumental , it 's like warm soapy water , soothing and enveloping you in the last bath of the day . |
| 26 | The new edition of the Oxford Placement Tests now gives you everything you need to test your students , mark their papers , and place them in the right class with accuracy and efficiency . |
| 27 | Date it and place it in the safe keeping of a bank manager or a solicitor ( although these professionals often do n't like doing this , as it is a lot of trouble ) . |
| 28 | If you or I were to mix mud and water and place it in the same position it would fall off . |
| 29 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 30 | Inserting the offending books in canisters of negatively polarised octiron and sinking them in the fathomless depths of the sea was one ( burial in deep caves on land was earlier ruled out after some districts complained of walking trees and five-headed cats ) but before long the magic seeped out and eventually fishermen complained of shoals of invisible fish or psychic clams . |