Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate that in men ! |
| 2 | Originally numbered D1500 , it was renumbered 47401 in October 1973 , the loco emerged new from the Brush Works at Loughborough in September 1962 carrying works number 342 . |
| 3 | While the penalties for water pollution offences are in theory more severe than most field staff believe them to be , they remain frail in comparison with those available to sanction traditional crime . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps she 'd fallen asleep in Christopher 's room . |
| 5 | Paul , who had fallen asleep in front of the TV after making chips , was wakened by 11-month old Keely coughing . |
| 6 | The intermediary in the deal was Christoph Graf Douglas , head of Sotheby 's Germany , who pleaded strongly for the collection to remain intact in Germany . |
| 7 | Its close links with the English cathedrals had to wait for the Norman reorganization , which first made possible in England an absenteeism and pluralism on the German model . |
| 8 | Successive reforms failed to end patronage and to establish the sort of professional , rationally organized state bureaucracy loyal to the notion of public service that the Northcote-Trevelyan reforms made possible in Britain . |
| 9 | The escape , made possible in part by the chemical explosion in Quinn of the Fury , is followed by a series of independent forays in which Quinn seizes a French sloop carrying hides by following it into a secret harbour and pretending he and his men are drunken sailors returning on board , rescues Royalist prisoners from a castle by skulking and climbing , seizes another French ship by disguising the prize vessel under his command as French , and outwits a pirate ship by means of a collision ( rescuing , by the way , a young Contessa who adds a romantic touch to the story ) . |
| 10 | Rural areas and subsistence-level farmers were neglected or actually excluded from the benefits which copper exports made possible in terms of schools , health facilities , agricultural inputs and credit ( Bwayla 1980 , Klepper 1980 , 1981 , ODG 1981 ) . |
| 11 | Jimmy White laid low in Britain and was finally caught in 1966 . |
| 12 | And I 'm using that in order to select . |
| 13 | Right we can all throw that in bin . |
| 14 | How pleased she 'll be to see that in print . |
| 15 | Can I cover that in tin foil ? |
| 16 | Allison , now 26 , from Borstal in Kent , first became pregnant in May 1987 . |
| 17 | No-one was ever able to locate the elusive and possibly mythical teenager who supposedly became pregnant in Mr Moore 's constituency merely to jump the housing queue , but still he knew it was a serious issue . |
| 18 | ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus . |
| 19 | These node labels were further connected in a hierarchy that duplicated that in Roget 's . |
| 20 | He was almost afraid to fall asleep in case he was pulled from his bed in the middle of the night and thrashed . |
| 21 | He had managed to fall asleep in spite of the lingering taste of the worm-cake in his mouth . |
| 22 | [ The UK ads ] have extended the brand franchise and we are now looking to replicate that in Europe . ’ |
| 23 | Between 7700 and 8000 years ago , within three short centuries , the Columbian Mammoth , the Dire Wolf , the Camel , the Horse , the Giant Armadillo and the Western Bison all became extinct in North America . |
| 24 | There is no reason why a child has to know that some life forms became extinct in order to be able to measure variations between living organisms , nor is there any clear difference in difficulty between these two statements . |
| 25 | ( A frog can be boiled alive in water that is brought to boil slowly . ) |
| 26 | We had repulsed each in turn , and began to feel secure . ’ |
| 27 | Given that in practice managers , like everyone else , suffer from ‘ bounded rationality ’ , that is , inadequate information and computational skills , it is apparent that the conduct required for profit maximisation can only be a matter for judgment : there is no practically discoverable , uniquely correct , profit-maximising course of action . |
| 28 | Given that in Mr Wilshire 's view the promoters were seeking fundamental change in society by their actions , it was logical that he aimed to prohibit local authorities from teaching children ‘ about homosexual relationships as acceptable family relationships . ’ |
| 29 | to it I would recheck that in October . |
| 30 | So I mean i i we 'd answer that in isolation . |