Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " We 're going to carry the yew berries home in our mouths and eat them in the great burrow . |
| 2 | You want to avoid getting them in the wrong order or dropping them , so number them in the top corner , and link them together with a tag . |
| 3 | Linguists belonging to the Prague School by and large conflate the two structures and combine them in the same description . |
| 4 | If I betrayed the pact between myself and The Fat Controller he would undoubtedly destroy me , fillet me , excarnate me in the screaming void . |
| 5 | The letter expressed the CPSU 's ‘ deep anxiety for the fate of socialism in Poland ’ , regretted that the necessary measures had not been taken against domestic anti-Soviet and anti-socialist forces , and called upon the Polish party to ‘ reverse the course of events and channel them in the right direction ’ . |
| 6 | The new edition of the Oxford Placement Tests now gives you everything you need to test your students , mark their papers , and place them in the right class with accuracy and efficiency . |
| 7 | Travelling to polling stations is expensive in a country where many people earn only £100 a year , so wealthy well-organised candidates bus voters to the booths and traditionally nudge them in the right direction with sample ballot sheets with the appropriate names ticked . |
| 8 | So that 's a straight inheritance , does increase your gross expenditure of the Committee , and indeed does involve you , quite sensibly involve you in the total care package for those particular individuals who 're increasingly seen as your clients rather than health authority clients . |
| 9 | We have to make certain that we fit you in the proper niche . |
| 10 | There is said to be an area on the knee called The Three-Mile Point ; it sounds wonderful for runners because , practitioners say , if you touch it in the right way , you 'll have enough energy to run another three miles . |
| 11 | And send it in the pre-paid envelope |
| 12 | And send it in the pre-paid envelope . |
| 13 | send it i send it in the pre-paid envelope ? |
| 14 | ‘ Make up your minds ’ , the pope urged ; ‘ either celebrate it in the full-blooded manner of your pagan ancestors ’ , or acknowledge that ‘ it is superstitious and vain , and manifestly incompatible with the profession of Christianity ’ . |
| 15 | And then , when you find they say it in the fourth year , they mean it and you begin to look at yourself and realize what colour you are . |
| 16 | And then you find that when they say it in the fourth year , they mean it and you begin to realize . |
| 17 | ‘ Lots of women who have fine hair hanker after long , thick hair , so they grow it in the mistaken belief that the longer it gets , the more hair they have and the fuller it will look , ’ explained Charles . |
| 18 | Date it and place it in the safe keeping of a bank manager or a solicitor ( although these professionals often do n't like doing this , as it is a lot of trouble ) . |
| 19 | If you or I were to mix mud and water and place it in the same position it would fall off . |
| 20 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 21 | Put them in the hot seat and question then to find out . |
| 22 | Then see if you can work out what those says and put them in the right places . |
| 23 | " Now " he said " write down all the detailed types of communication you think can take place while you 're in College until the end of your courses and put them in the right parts of the chart . |
| 24 | While I waited , I took the films out of my cameras and put them in the home-made packets . |
| 25 | I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time . |
| 26 | and put them in the spare room |
| 27 | She picked a mixed posy of flowers and put them in the small basket she was carrying , and then wandered down through the orchard . |
| 28 | Place a sausage on each of the remaining cocktail sticks and put them in the other orange . |
| 29 | I wonder why they reduced them then , if they put them in the new catalogue , oh there 's a slight difference ai n't there , there 's no bow |
| 30 | Put them in the top half of a double saucepan with the sugar , and steam them ( or if it is easier bake them in a covered jar in a low oven ) until they are quite soft . |