Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 2 | As we shall find , they became embroiled in the nationalist struggle . |
| 3 | Then the bureau became embroiled in the Watergate affair and between 1973 and 1976 it was subjected to unprecedented investigation which revealed the full extent of its post-war activities and the dangers inherent in unchecked police bureaucracies . |
| 4 | But ever since the Government became embroiled in the row over the plan to close 31 pits , local beer lovers have veered away from the pub with the Prime Ministerial name . |
| 5 | But Sam said he had a surprise to show her ; and Sarah , obviously put up to it by him , claimed she would prefer to sit in the shade on the terrace and do a water colour of the garden at La Gracieuse . |
| 6 | Because the child would n't go into the sea , she had her taught to swim in the local baths . |
| 7 | ‘ We have to continue to invest in the field organisation and in research and development , ’ White said . |
| 8 | It seemed somehow deeper , as if its roots lay hidden in the past . |
| 9 | Two years later she applied to nurse in the Boer War and died from typhoid fever at Simonstown , aged 37 . |
| 10 | Post-production editing is a boon if you are uncertain as to what you will want to include in the final version of the video . |
| 11 | These became exposed in the Triassic and again in the Cretaceous and consequently the interbedded evaporites were removed and the carbonates themselves were karstified . |
| 12 | So do you know when you do you know when you erm I mean lived in the flats in the flats for fifteen years , have you managed to make many friends ? |
| 13 | This job also involves assisting in the organisation of promotional events in the UK and overseas . |
| 14 | Over the back of the 18th hole is out-of-bounds ; you do n't want to go in the bunker on the right short of the green where Graham finished up , so Sandy played it left-to-right . |
| 15 | Well do you want to walk or do you want to go in the car ? |
| 16 | I do n't want to go in the road . |
| 17 | Yeah , do you want to go in the water ? |
| 18 | Or do you want to go in the |
| 19 | Do you want to go in the garden ? |
| 20 | We do n't want to go in the other room and watch the nasties do we ? |
| 21 | how could anybody want to go in the army in nineteen ninety two |
| 22 | Well , do you want to walk or do you want to go in the car ? |
| 23 | What sort of programmes do we want to see in the nineties and beyond ? |
| 24 | There was a minor scuffle between Hegarty and a Unionist councillor and before desisting , Hegarty shouted to the gallery : ‘ Whom do you want to see in the chair ? ’ |
| 25 | This is n't the kind of thing we 'd want to see in the minutes , is it ? ’ |
| 26 | The section prohibits canvassing in the sense of the attempt of an applicant or of another person at his instigation to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application for a grant , renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , or for a regular extension of permitted hours before the application is considered by the board ( subs . |
| 27 | Light can bring about change in products , and products that are likely to be exposed to light in the market should always be tested by exposure to light . |
| 28 | I would prefer to go in the kop , but failing that I 'd like to try the new East stand . |
| 29 | A punctured car wheel that someone was repairing lay in the centre of the floor with half its inner tube hanging out like a paunched rabbit . |
| 30 | These I do not repeat here , but my version of Boulestin 's sweet tomato conserve , which I had intended to include in the same book and which is indeed indexed as appearing in it , somehow got away . |