Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [adj] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was crude and probably impracticable , but it embodied an idea that has now come into its own in the age of the silicon chip . |
| 2 | The notoriously media-shy financier has come into his own in the last ten years as one of the most successful behind-the-scenes advisors in the British art world . |
| 3 | The resolutions have been targeted to everyone involved in the media and media-related professions — particularly women 's groups , advertising agencies and public legislators . |
| 4 | For example , in Romeo and Juliet this aspect of his choreography is seen at its finest in the pas de trois fur Romeo , Mercutio and Benvolio before they enter the Capulet ball . |
| 5 | It is a movement he has used many times and which is perhaps seen at its best in the pas de deux to the Meditation from Thai-s created for Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley ; in A Month in the Country when Natalia dances with the Tutor to express her emotions ; and in Les Deux Pigeons in the final pas de deux , when the Young Man has returned to The Girl and tenderly dances with her in his arms ( see page 83 ) . |
| 6 | It is an interesting town with several historical buildings including the Old Hall , where Mary Queen of Scots once stayed , and a wealth of fine Georgian architecture seen at its best in the famous Crescent . |
| 7 | Podvig , also prominent in the Crime and Punishment notebooks , gets relegated in the final text to the Epilogue where it is seen at its simplest in the mitigating circumstance that the murderer is discovered at his trial to have burnt himself rescuing two little children from a blazing house . |
| 8 | What conflicts have you had with your intended in the past and how did you ( as an individual ) handle them ? |
| 9 | Understandably , these fires — which at thirty shillings were cheap to buy and easy to install — were widely sold in their millions in the postwar years . |
| 10 | Charles de Bues , RSPCA branch co-ordinator , said the rarely awarded certificates were being presented to recognise the physical effort shown by everyone involved in the rescue . |
| 11 | The figures are based on my own in the 1970s and now bear no relation to the present day , but they serve as a broad outline . |
| 12 | At a table in the alcove on the dining-room wall sat the girl Camb had brought to him earlier in the day , an elderly woman and a man . |
| 13 | Craig glanced down at the sheaf of papers lying on the small table beside him , brought to him earlier in the day by Edward Morris , papers that proved Craig 's innocence . |
| 14 | Matey was seated on her own in the parlour , darning , and there was no sign of McAllister . |
| 15 | Was it a mania for translating bishops — represented at its oddest in the idea that it was sensible at the age of 73 to move the revered George Bell to one of these sees ? |
| 16 | Heather Calzini spent thousands of pounds looking for Milliegrey , worth around £60,000 and pregnant when she was taken from her stable in the dead of night . |
| 17 | ‘ After all , so much has happened to us both in the last five years , has n't it ? |
| 18 | Dot tried not to mind being left on her own in the basement . |
| 19 | This may mean that a mother is left on her own in the ward , while all the other mothers are sitting there nursing their babies . |
| 20 | It would be another woman from Naledi looking for work as a maid : dressed in her best in the blaring midday heat : thick cardigan and skirt , heavy shoes . |
| 21 | The prosecution accepted that the notebook proved Mr Thompson had been involved in the distribution of obscene material , a charge the countess had levelled at him earlier in the trial but that he had denied . |
| 22 | The courts may also have been influenced by the rising premiums which had to be paid by anyone involved in the construction of buildings . |