Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [noun sg] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take one opposition spokesman , simmer for an hour in a heavy sauce of sarcasm , season with scornful adjectives , throw in liberal amounts of contempt , add several pinches of disdain , and spice with invective . |
| 2 | At a future review conference — such conferences will occur every few years in the Community — it might be desirable to go even further and press for a clause in the Community body of law that makes it crystal clear that all powers that are not specifically allocated to the Community should remain as of right with the member states , as is the case in the American constitution . |
| 3 | These longer listening texts appear in an Appendix in the Student 's Book . |
| 4 | Yet that is the sort of philosophy that seems to underlie this strategy document for Scotland 's health , ’ they say in an article in the Scottish Medical Journal . |
| 5 | His parents sleep on a setee in the living room . |
| 6 | Place on a rack in a roasting tin and cook for 2 — 2½ hours . |
| 7 | If you happen to stray into an area of mixed day and artificial lighting , say at a window-table in a café , beware ! |
| 8 | At twelve thirty two traffic and travel for Wednesday lunchtime listen for a space in a moment first traffic further afield from Jonathan Clays . |
| 9 | We climb through a hole in a hedge that looks like grounded tumbleweed . |
| 10 | We speak of a judgement in a particular case or of a rule laid down in a judgement as being undoubtedly according to law , but as being ‘ unfair ’ or ‘ unjust ’ or ‘ inequitable ’ . |
| 11 | In a poignant soliloquy , watching smoke curl into the sky like an ethereal question mark , he exclaims , ‘ Ah , human beings — they tremble and worry like a leaf in the storm because they know and because they do n't know . ’ |
| 12 | Enjoy a refreshing drink and the spectacular views of the Jungfrau mountain from the sun terrace in the afternoon , or in the evening relax with a drink in the rustic ‘ stuberl ’ bar . |
| 13 | It is possible to do away with demons and still cling to a belief in the Devil , but once the Devil is denied then ipso facto so are the demon hordes . |
| 14 | To catch a web-building spider , look for a web in the early morning after a still cool night when there will be dew on the web , which glistens in the early morning sunshine . |
| 15 | It is they , too , who lend him/her money for the journey and help him/her look for a job in the urban environment . |
| 16 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 17 | Saying goodbye to the freedom to walk down a street on her own , to browse through the sales , to decide on the spur of the moment to visit friends , or meet for a drink in the pub . |
| 18 | Causes lie as a rule in the field of this personal inadequacy or in the more obscure considerations of fetishism or developmental disorder . |
| 19 | It was dark and the lamps were lit and they might not have seen Sesostris if he had not had to step aside to avoid a porter with a heavy bundle on his back and stand for a moment in the light from a shop front . |
| 20 | When he woke he gazed up at Dot almost as though he knew her , yet she could n't be sure if he really saw her , for his eyes had a distant faraway look like a sailor in the Navy staring across the Pacific seas . |
| 21 | Nor was it some stranger come to drink and dance and lie with a man in a borrowed bed . |
| 22 | Yeah you go and stand in a corner in a minute . |
| 23 | The nurse eggs agglutinate to a mass in the centre of the capsular space . |
| 24 | As Professor Housman used to say , ‘ Stand on a barrel in the streets of Baghdad and say twice two are four and ginger is hot in the mouth and therefore Mohammed is the prophet of God , and it is unlikely that anyone would question your reasoning ; but if he should be bold enough to do so , you could easily silence him by calling him a Christian dog . ’ |
| 25 | Weight the bird ; transfer to a rack in a roasting tin and cover with aluminium foil . |
| 26 | Remove the trout from the marinade with a slotted spoon and transfer to a rack in a baking dish . |
| 27 | They lie on a mattress in the living room and make love by candlelight . |
| 28 | Try pulling one of the other 's single doors open on a mountain in a gale waiting for a gust to catch it and snap the stay . |
| 29 | When we look at a house in the distance and we see a small house — say half an inch high — surrounded by trees two inches high , we are not fooled into perceiving them as small . |
| 30 | So with logs , if you can draw a picture and Do n't just sort of look at a picture in a book there 's a graph of Y equals log X. Do it yourself . |