Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The look in her eyes filled in the unspoken words in her sentence . |
| 2 | Cheshire County Council brought in the new day centre charges on April 1 to a furious reception by carers . |
| 3 | Paint , varnish , more varnish and a blow-drier hastened the effect and old brown shoe polish filled in the cracks . |
| 4 | The housekeeper brought in the first dish . |
| 5 | The housekeeper brought in the coffee in an ornate silver tray which she deposited on one level of the Scandinavian wall-system . |
| 6 | The courts first began to take obscenity seriously as a result of private prosecutions brought in the early nineteenth century by the Society for the Suppression of Vice , dubbed by Sydney Smith " a society for suppressing the vices of those whose incomes do not exceed £500 per annum " . |
| 7 | He and the motor trader filled in the usual forms . |
| 8 | The county court has a wide jurisdiction , but most of the actions brought in the county court are claims based upon contract and tort. 2,615,508 plaints were entered in 1989. 2,358,583 ( 90 per cent. ) of these were ‘ money ’ plaints . |
| 9 | Cleo sighed , and opened her mouth to speak , but at that moment the door to the parlour creaked and Drago Dratslinger and his mistress brought in the meal they had prepared for their guests , and the talk turned to that of wood and spirits , of how to trap a wandering soul . |
| 10 | The scheme is not out of the woods yet ; and rather than break the law Maxen last week filled in the local VATman 's registration form . |
| 11 | The Captain filled in the space where Maxwell might have thought he had to apologize , and then asked him quickly : ‘ What did you do in the north of Italy in January ? |
| 12 | Priscilla Buxton recounted how four MPs brought in the huge rolls of the ladies ' petition of 1833 and ‘ heaved it on to the table among loud laughing and cheers . |
| 13 | It was half-past four , when the dairy people brought in the cows . |
| 14 | The ‘ binary policy ’ had taken shape , and in 1966 the White Paper A Plan for Polytechnics and Other Colleges filled in the details . |
| 15 | During one of the psychological talks , delivered to an audience of eleven , the members filled in the Wilson-Patterson Scale of Conservatism ( Wilson and Patterson , 1968 ) . |
| 16 | Cargolux in turn brought in the three hauliers as fourth parties by serving fourth party notices on them . |
| 17 | In 1838 a troop of Nottinghamshire dragoons and the metropolitan police were attacked with stones and bricks and in 1839 the government brought in the 5th Dragoon guards to suppress the bull-running once and for all . |
| 18 | The Government brought in the new law after inspectors found that 97 per cent of ‘ pints ’ contained less . |
| 19 | Indeed , that was one of the main reasons why the Government brought in the poll tax , which failed abysmally , just like the rates . |
| 20 | If you re recall back in nineteen eight five Tony the Government brought in the transport bill which let operators compete . |
| 21 | The commotion brought in the new duty officer , a tall and muscular young lieutenant with a sad , world-weary face . |
| 22 | It is also worth noting that they were concerned with an attempt by a defendant in proceedings brought in the county court by a local authority to challenge the relevant decision of that authority . |
| 23 | Filling in perfectly for the missing men , women filled in the gaps in such important industries as agriculture , to provide food , weapons and munitions manufacturing , and railways and transport . |
| 24 | Nothing very special here , then , to herald the arrival of little William ; but just as that year brought in the new , so it took away the old : Benjamin Titford the Outrider 's widow Elizabeth , 70 years old and paralysed , died in Shoreditch Workhouse on 12 September . |
| 25 | A stabbing brought in the police one night . |