Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may not trust you , so ask if she 's heard a loo flush in the night . |
| 2 | The secondary market helps the primary market in the pricing of new issues . |
| 3 | 1 Does the photographer specialise in the area in which you need to commission photography " ? |
| 4 | From the yard where the cart was kept , Rosa heard the Small splosh in the bucket after Sabina had placed the bird between her legs and slitted it to pull the guts . |
| 5 | Jones referred to ‘ cranks — long-haired men and short-haired women ’ who formed the ( British ) Socialist Party , and explained that the title of NSP better represented the time and circumstances than SDI' because ‘ social democrat was associated with Germany and Germanic thought , and during the present war the action of most of the social democrats of Germany had made the term stink in the nostrils of most people ’ ( SE 1 June 18 ) . |
| 6 | We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend . |
| 7 | We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend . |
| 8 | Of course this imaginative feat is possible only because we watch the tragedy secure in the knowledge that we shall be ourselves again when the curtain goes down . |
| 9 | But Forest , who only let Walker go in the first place because he had a release clause in his contract , will also be in the hunt . |
| 10 | Rembrandt van Rijn , an old man in a fur coat made up of colours that breathed , looked out calmly from his gilded frame and watched the light change in the silences of the Art Gallery in the afternoon . |
| 11 | ‘ How does your fighting go in the west ? ’ |
| 12 | Do n't let organisational oversight get in the way of the work . |
| 13 | That talent was presumably the main reason for his appointment , and that 's only right and proper because if there 's one thing England can learn from Bob Dwyer , it is that you sometimes have to be prepared to let a young side lose in the short-term to gain in the long-term . |
| 14 | The test , as always , is whether the public is likely to be deceived by the use of the name and in applying this test it is important to consider the fields of activity involved ; do both parties operate in the same or different fields ? |
| 15 | What role can the Ecu play in the movement towards the economic and monetary union of Europe ? |
| 16 | When they reached the apartment 's front door they heard the key turn in the lock on the far side . |
| 17 | I literally jumped for joy when I heard that key turn in the lock and saw Mum and Mrs Taylor enter with another woman . |
| 18 | Without another word the guard dosed the steel door with a clang and Manescu heard the key turn in the lock , The ex-Director of the Romanian Securitate smiled to himself as he recalled a passage from the speech . |
| 19 | Scott looked up as he heard the key turn in the lock . |
| 20 | ‘ In case you miss your way , ’ he said , but Fenella had heard the key turn in the lock earlier and knew she was still being treated as a prisoner . |
| 21 | We heard the key turn in the lock . |
| 22 | We heard it slam behind us and the key turn in the lock . |
| 23 | She heard the key turn in the lock and a fear that was just short of primitive assailed her . |
| 24 | The door slammed behind him , and Charlie heard a key turn in the lock . |
| 25 | He heard the President stumble in the bathroom . |
| 26 | Azar and Punjab Singh agreed that Delhi was the best place to see the partridge challenge in the whole of the subcontinent . |
| 27 | ‘ Did my coin land in the fountain ? ’ she asked . |
| 28 | If the land was revalued and stated in the balance sheet at its current market price this would of course result in the company making a book profit . |
| 29 | ‘ Did her parents stay in the flat with her ? ’ |
| 30 | As we said our goodbyes and hoped to meet up again soon , I could n't help thinking as I watched the column disappear in the distance that the Marines were not going to find the situation any easier than their last venue . |