Example sentences of "[vb base] in [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Trim them back , dead-head regularly and bring in before the first frosts and you should have flowers for months to come
2 And Pilger , an exasperatingly prickly individualist determined to expose the ills of the world , stubbornly refused to lower his standards and fit in with the new requirements .
3 Many areas have special schemes which fit in with the particular needs of individual people at home .
4 Each lesson is one hour in length and there is an hour break for lunch and a fifteen minute break in the morning after my first lesson and a ten minute break in between the two lessons in the afternoon .
5 A senescent safecracker and an odd kid break in to the same house at the same time : the safecracker for cash , the kid to apple-pie the beds , read the mail and raid the fridge .
6 However , with God himself at the focus of our lives , we can rise above mere curiosity and focus in on the true purpose for reading the Bible .
7 The first operation on the lathe is to mark the inside and outside diameters of the foot , then cut in to the correct depths , measured from the template , using a parting tool .
8 The only money they put in to the chief executives and their two yearly pay re review performances that they get , for cutting other people 's wages or contracting Health Services and for somebody to have to travel that distance for a , to die , is absolutely appalling and it 's a disgrace .
9 Once the day care centre is no longer suitable we may introduce the sitter service ; link in with the local day hospital or it may lead to long term care .
10 If you 've only seen a De Lorean car in the Back to the Future films then drop in at the old plant in Dunmurry on Saturday afternoon ( 3.30 ) where the dream machine was produced .
11 Ponds and lakes , too , benefit from their surroundings , as leaves and insects perish within them , and some nutrients run in from the surrounding land .
12 The Singphos ride in among the angry herd on their tame elephants , relying on the fact that , as in the mela. shikar , the wild elephants will accept the koonkies as one of them and take no notice of the men precariously perched on their backs .
13 If she ever believed that of him , she would weaken , give in to the powerful attraction , and then she would have to admit there were emotions behind that attraction , emotions that would lead her into heartbreak .
14 ‘ For the first time since the start of the recession , ’ said Mr Hayward we may be seeing some glimmer of light , particularly as the figures tie in with the slight decrease in receiverships this quarter and with recent reports of an increase in business optimism .
15 This would enable readers to identify outhoused books , and to submit requests for them at times which tie in with the scheduled delivery service .
16 They tie in with the large number of adjectives which emphasize ugliness and torpor : raw , rough , ragged , forsaken , stagnant , dishevelled , etc .
17 Some universities now have deputy or pro vice chancellors , who chair major committees and stand in for the vice chancellor .
18 Thousands turn up for parties every weekend and tune in to the national radio show he does with Djaimin .
19 Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother .
20 I must have a look round later , maybe look in at the big house , and see what Shimi Lovat and his officers were having for dinner .
21 Beyond pouring oil on troubled waters , the Queen can do no more than dig in for the long wait , guided by her husband .
22 On the other hand , two crews decided to run beyond the jetty and get in through the low reeds beyond a willow tree at then end of the jetty .
23 The differences set in with the different ways in which boys and girls may typically ( not ‘ must always ’ ) resolve the Oedipus complex .
24 Although your skin might feel a bit taut after washing , the skin oils rebound in about the same time , too .
25 Apart from saying he had given up singing and trumpet-playing , he invented things , such as that his school had suggested he go in for the Young Musician of the Year contest .
26 They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name .
27 Later on the warbirds wing in for the big show .
28 He scooped mud on to his forehead and cheeks and kept close in under the dripping leaf canopy cloaking the bank .
29 They 're er they live in at the present time and er his name 's Paul and he 's the main Skoda dealer in Nottingham .
30 I mean it 's basically in , if it 's , if in , the main reason that people brought Share in for the large media restriction of pre
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