Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [verb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men had been dead for at least a week and speculation is mounting that they had suffocated after locking themselves in the container . |
| 2 | ‘ As daylight , ’ she snapped , before giving a heavy sigh as she realised that , yet again , the horrid man had succeeded in putting her in the wrong . |
| 3 | Wimpol remains totally committed to supporting you in the development of your career and , through suitable training , to ensuring that you play a full part in the company 's continued growth . |
| 4 | Michael Landy 's ‘ Closing Down Sale ’ at Karsten Schubert ( to 30 May ) is his most important exhibition since ‘ Market ’ was installed at Building One in the autumn of 1990 . |
| 5 | The imposition of a curriculum from above will not mean , if assurance given by politicians is to be believed , that teachers will be prevented from delivering it in the way they think most appropriate . |
| 6 | At this point , the trustees decided that the future of the church would be best secured by vesting it in the Redundant Churches Fund . |
| 7 | The dynamic nature of phase equilibria can be understood by considering them in the light of the kinetic theory . |
| 8 | If you wish to make Abbeylink deposits you must use the official envelopes provided by us and ensure that the envelope is properly sealed before depositing it in the Abbeylink machine . |
| 9 | ASSURED TENANCIES — residential tenancies in properties that are newly built or have had at least £5000 spent on improving them in the two years before they were first let . |
| 10 | If the post is a pivotal one , consideration should even be given to advertising it in the local press and community newspapers . |
| 11 | And I 've gone off making it in the morning . |
| 12 | The defendant was involved in a scuffle with a constable and was successfully charged with obstructing him in the execution of his duty . |
| 13 | But the PRO is charged with keeping it in the public eye . |
| 14 | I do nt think there s anything to be gained from throwing everyone in the box for one of the crosses . |
| 15 | The seam allowances of the following seams are self-neatened by enclosing them in the seam itself , and are therefore useful when making unlined curtains . |
| 16 | For example , Gumperz identifies the following functions ( 1982 : 75 – 84 ) : quotations ( using a different code to mark a stretch of quoted speech ) , addressee specification ( choosing a code to pick out one 's intended addressee ) , interjections ( " sentence fillers " offset from the the main content of the sentence by a code switch ) , reiteration ( the message content is emphasised by repeating it in the other code ) , message qualification ( the main content of the message is " qualified " or adjusted by a clause in the other code ) , personalisation versus objectivisation . |
| 17 | Such specimens as we collect are obtained without bothering him in the slightest — smears for chromosome checks , the occasional blood sample , and so on , that 's all . |
| 18 | Even as he uses the accommodation in Annexe A to manoeuvre Serafin into discovering for himself the waiting garret , so he is using the garret to manoeuvre him into rejecting all the proposed associates in Annexe B. Once Serafin has insisted on installing himself in the garret — against all reasonable advice — he is going to discover that the kind of staff he needs will be young and agile , with a good knowledge of the backstairs of Government buildings and an ability to duck their heads and remain inclined slightly forwards for long periods of time . |
| 19 | They had wondered about concealing themselves in the shop itself , in the recess possibly , but had decided not to risk it . |