Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They also have broad noses and sideways facing nostrils , and tend to sit in a hunched position when at rest . |
2 | ‘ I may be old-fashioned , ’ Alec sighed , ‘ but I hate experimenting in a lonely spot like this . ’ |
3 | It is the way we intend to proceed in a whole range of different market areas . ’ |
4 | Tubifex is collected by scooping up the mud patch containing the worms , and then washing the mud away to leave clean worms which tend to gather in a tight ball . |
5 | By impacting with neighbouring particles they vibrate about a locus , and only appear to remain in a fixed position . |
6 | There are members of the European parliament who s s support Strasbourg as a meeting place clearly , but the majority do not , the majority want to meet in a single city and in so doing the majority have accepted that there should be a new European parliament building in Brussels and that European parliament building now operates . |
7 | If you are between 8 and 14 and want to participate in a dark journey of the imagination come to the VALLEY OF DOOM . |
8 | If you are between 8 and 14 and want to participate in a dark journey of the imagination come to the VALLEY OF DOOM . |
9 | All Muricaceans ( see Appendix 1 for the classification ) that have been studied closely appear to feed in a similar manner ( Carriker , 1981 ) . |
10 | Darley Anderson has sold television rights to Martina Cole 's bestselling Dangerous Lady ( which Headline bought in a two-book deal for £150,000 ) . |
11 | This sense of purpose and of confinement to " legitimate " objectives is briefy conveyed in a single sentence describing events at Malmesbury : " They seized all the corn ; sold it at 5s [ 25p ] a bushel , and gave the money to the right owners . " |
12 | That you still want to compete in a young man 's race , even though it might kill you ? ’ |
13 | And obviously you want go in a little bit before that just in case somebody comes . |
14 | ‘ I want to live in a small village. , |
15 | ‘ I want to live in a big house , with lots of rooms . ’ |
16 | It is ironic that those of us who want to live in an environment-friendly style , and are really ‘ on your side ’ , should have to fight an increasing plethora of restrictions and regulations designed , it seems , to discourage us from using rail at all . |
17 | It is ironic that those of us who want to live in an environment-friendly style , and are really ‘ on your side ’ , should have to fight an increasing plethora of restrictions and regulations designed , it seems , to discourage us from using rail at all . |
18 | Accepting that " if the Slovaks want to live in an independent state , they have the right to do so " , he said nevertheless that he saw " no indication " that a majority of Slovaks wanted to secede , and he urged them to remain within the federation and not to succumb to " nationalist narrowmindedness " . |
19 | Murid , cricetid and microtine molars are structurally different from each other , but their incisors are more similar and appear to alter in a similar way when subjected to digestive corrosion . |
20 | ‘ Hmm , maybe , ’ replied Rachel thoughtfully , then , changing the subject , she said , ‘ I think I 'll go to lunch now , then later this afternoon I want to get in a quick swim . ’ |
21 | ( c ) Position conflicts : the position you take in one piece of litigation may be at odds with the position you want to take in a subsequent action ( for example , in advancing the cause of a plaintiff you may adopt a position that puts you in difficulty with some defence clients who are less than impressed with the vigour with which you espouse the plaintiff 's cause ) . |
22 | I feel I can encapsulate the feeling in the music and then say what I want to say in a direct manner . |
23 | The inability , so far , to properly confront issues of race is largely due to the huge number of white volunteers who simply find it too painful to accept that , because of their culture and upbringing , they tend to behave in a racist manner . |
24 | Lawyers tend to play in a zero-sum game ; doctors do not . |
25 | ‘ Many people tend to specialise in a certain topic such as sport or pop music but I concentrate on general knowledge . ’ |
26 | And , if my memory serves me right , you stand to rake in a tidy sum on that . |
27 | Mozart 's work is exquisitely crafted : the instruments seem to engage in a continuous dialogue by turns thoughtful and considered , passionately enraptured ( as in the hauntingly beautiful C minor slow movement ) , and — in the rondo finale — playful , each soloist spurring the other on to more daring feats of imitation . |
28 | Individuals begin training in a martial art for many different reasons , for fitness , for self-defence or purely for the discipline that it offers . |
29 | Lacking only her native forest ( now probably half chewed away by acid rain ) , and the dorf ( whose last inhabitants ' bones still lie jumbled in a secret pit ) our Anya has found herself a little home from home . |
30 | Just as certain behavioural habits develop , such as vomiting after every meal , so women with bulimia can develop habitual thoughts and begin to think in a bulimic way . |