Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the children who were living far away , they brought a sandwich and a flask with them and eating in the desk in the classroom . |
| 2 | The first phase of the project was undertaken by two BGS staff and led to the publication in 1990 of a systematic inventory of the industrial minerals of the country . |
| 3 | The development of gastrointestinal symptoms was the commonest reason for presentation and led to the diagnosis in 25 patients . |
| 4 | I go and sit on the bench in front of the Christmas tree and stare at it . |
| 5 | A little fat nun had once cried in the heat of Egypt 's afternoon , in the accents of County Cork , that she wished she could take off her flesh and sit by the well in her bones . |
| 6 | I used to pull the blinds , turn out the lights and sit in the dark in terror , thinking , ‘ What am I going to do here ? |
| 7 | The legislative plans that I have announced today are designed to consolidate and build on the improvement in industrial relations which we have achieved over the last 12 years . |
| 8 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 9 | In each case the pipette should be gently inserted and withdrawn from the fluid in order to minimize disturbance . |
| 10 | Rudolf , who was born in 1552 , and succeeded to the throne in 1576 , has been described as one of the most ineffectual though one of the most cultured Habsburg rulers . |
| 11 | ‘ It seems he chanced to be staying in Vienna also , and read of the disappearance in the local paper . |
| 12 | The final element in the change of eighty four thousand pounds between years is the reduction in the committee 's budget four thousand pounds for efficiency savings , which we discussed and agreed at the meeting in September . |
| 13 | As an exception to this rule , secured or unsecured loans or credits may be granted to a customer by the firm to fund a margin requirement provided that a credit assessment is made of the customer by an employee of the firm who is independent of the trading or marketing functions of the firm ( eg the compliance officer ) , and the maximum amount of the loan or credit to be granted has been notified to the customer and , in respect of a private customer , has been set out in writing and agreed by the customer in accordance with Rule 5 – 27 ( customer borrowing ) . |
| 14 | Paisley and I issued a joint statement spelling out that the authorities had made inaccurate claims about the shooting and referred to the information in the forensic report . |
| 15 | Of that boy being moved , and hidden in the cupboard in the washroom in Belmodes , then moved again to the house in Mouncy Street . |
| 16 | And she gets up in the night and sits by the telephone in the hall in the dark . |
| 17 | The seeds tended to be large and heavy and passed through the gut in 13 hours , the passage time inversely correlated with specific gravity of the seeds and had an indirect effect on the distance that seeds were dispersed away from the mother tree . |
| 18 | Most were Roman Catholics and lived near the coast in Chilaw , Colombo and Kalutara districts . |
| 19 | All were aspects considered and dismissed by the Institute in its consultative paper . |
| 20 | And [ Molla Fenari " s ] standing rose in [ the sultan " s ] estimation and he occupied the highest place therein and consulted with the sultan in all affairs [ of state ] and became as the vezir … |
| 21 | Information from Soviet and Japanese military intelligence indicates that Kim organised several hundred guerrillas and fought against the Japanese in Korea and Manchuria . |
| 22 | There is chemical pollution discharged into rivers from factories and chemical plants , which clogs up the rivers with toxic substances and adds to the filth in the seas . |
| 23 | Fish and dolphins that live in extremely muddy water can not see because , although there is light , it is obstructed and scattered by the dirt in the water . |
| 24 | We can supply an N-Reg aircraft with a trust set up and included in the price in order to allow legal ownership in the UK/Europe . |
| 25 | It was destroyed in 1270 by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd , Prince of Wales , and rebuilt by the Earl in 1271 . |
| 26 | ‘ Confidential informant ’ , like ‘ cooperating individual ’ , usually means that the snitch in question was , or is , engaged in drug trafficking and cooperating with the DEA in order to avoid imprisonment . |
| 27 | " Too ghastly , I quite agree , Aunt Tossie put the empty plate back in front of Nicandra and moved towards the sideboard in a predestined kind of way . |
| 28 | The race starts at the Royal Oak , Owl Lane , and finishes at the maypole in the high street . |
| 29 | By now he had become a Test cricketer , having played in three of the exciting 1960–61 Tests against West Indies ( and substituted in the field in the tied Test at Brisbane , his first , at Melbourne , being the 500th Test match , and bringing him poignantly what were to remain best batting and bowling performances in an eight-Test career . |
| 30 | Once fixed it may subsequently be reviewed and modified by the agency in consultation with the discharger . |