Example sentences of "he [verb] in [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sucked in a deep breath . |
| 2 | He sucked in a deep breath , closing his eyes momentarily . |
| 3 | He sucked in an angry breath . |
| 4 | She heard the slap-slap of his brush as he filled in a large area of sky . |
| 5 | It was there that he filled in the winning coupon , using a lucky pixie : |
| 6 | As always , the risk element was the icing on the cake as far as he was concerned He breathed in the fine night air and hummed the tune of Colonel Bogey in time with his silent footsteps . |
| 7 | Taking office on May 10 , he brought in an older team of officials who were said to represent a shift to the right in economic policy and a less high-profile negotiating style . |
| 8 | The man told him in sarcastic tones that he could have his £9 back at any time if he brought in the young lady in the photograph . |
| 9 | Then , during the afternoon he put in a personal appearance at three of the funeral parlours that he 'd recently acquired for the company as part of his new expansion programme . |
| 10 | He put in a good word for him at meetings of the Jockey Club . |
| 11 | He put in a good word for me and it went on from there . |
| 12 | The landlord of the inn which Ernest visited when his mother and his wife became too much for him knew of a coffee-house in the town which needed a kitchenmaid , and because he put in a good word for her , Ruth was given the job without references . |
| 13 | He ushered in a new era in the study of religion and of theology ; he brought a new conception of what the disciplined and ordered study of both could be ; he underlined in epoch-making fashion the importance of the subjective aspect of religious awareness , pointing to what lies deeper than intellectual formulations , yet is not reducible to inchoate and diffuse ‘ feelings ’ ; he attempted to grasp and express in an original and modern way the abiding significance of Jesus , and to uncover the living and personal meaning of what were in danger of being dismissed as merely the fossilised accretions of doctrine . |