Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [to-vb] [pron] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once people overcome their fears about computers and begin to use them in telecottages , they acquire their own equipment . |
| 2 | Adam set the twelve sherry glasses that were cut in a greek key pattern round their rims in the middle of the moonlight and said he would put them in a box tomorrow and try to sell them in Sudbury to the man who had the antique shop in Gainsborough Street that they had passed . |
| 3 | And we 're going to take some perfectly ordinary facets of life and try to address them in terms of what they should mean to the Christian believer . |
| 4 | He was rather like a 12-inch gun with no gunlayer ; he always turned up to meetings late and disoriented , although he had a middle-aged secretary who used to follow him about with his diary and try to keep him in line . |
| 5 | ‘ If I were you , I would go to the conference centre itself and ask to see someone in security . |
| 6 | Presumably when the ( outside ? ) directors of the company meet they will discuss the earnings of the top managerial staff , and attempt to keep them in line with the manager 's worth ( marginal product ) to the company . |
| 7 | They derive from the writers ' own work practice and belief system and serve to reinforce it in relation to other groups and cultures . |
| 8 | We shall just introduce them now , but try to bear them in mind as you read on . |