Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [noun pl] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He obviously changed the clock around — there are many filled in holes in the front — which implies it was a pioneering , experimental piece . |
| 2 | All we can say is that girls do as well as boys at the mathematical skills which primary teachers value , such as computation , but that the APU surveys , and the analysis of other researchers such as Hilary Shuard ( 1986 ) , have picked up differences in the performance of girls and boys which mathematics educators regard as significant . |
| 3 | WISH you were here can so easily become ‘ wish we 'd never gone ’ when you arrive home to find that burglars have emptied the tool shed , the pipes have burst and the dog has picked up fleas in the kennels . |
| 4 | PRINCESS Anne and the Queen Mother both carried out duties in the City of London yesterday . |
| 5 | As this demonstrated , the defection of Warwick had opened up gaps in the king 's authority and Gloucester was again an immediate beneficiary . |
| 6 | As this demonstrated , the defection of Warwick had opened up gaps in the king 's authority and Gloucester was again an immediate beneficiary . |
| 7 | Top up insurance can not be obtained with unlimited cover , and may be made subject to certain other conditions , eg the exclusion of indemnity in respect of claims brought in courts in the USA . |
| 8 | I notice she has brought in reinforcements in the person of Villette . ’ |
| 9 | In particular , the rebels assert that waste from the open-cast mine , including mercury , has caused extensive damage to the island 's forests and has widened and silted up streams in the Jaba River system . |
| 10 | During the later Middle Ages the turnover of names had been rapid , but afterwards an important group of middling farmers had put down roots in the parish and had given the community a sense of cohesiveness and continuity . |
| 11 | Armoured carriers had taken up positions in the east of the city but the western approaches seemed to be still subject to heavy fighting . |
| 12 | There had been speculation Allied-Lyons would clinch the purchase of the Whitbread operation by teaming with its existing partners Suntory of Japan — whose liqueurs and spirits Allied already markets in the US . |