Example sentences of "[verb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agree that nobody should be forced to breathe in other people 's cigarette smoke . |
| 2 | It is peat-coloured , and its gills both camouflage it by breaking up its outline and enable it to breathe in still water . |
| 3 | Now begin to breathe in white light ( or whatever colour feels appropriate ) until you are radiating light . |
| 4 | Freshwater mussels perform a useful task in the established pool , sucking in algae-laden water , retaining the algae , and disgorging clear water . |
| 5 | He pulled away from them both long enough to wipe blood from his face and to lean on the stair-rail , sucking in deep breaths . |
| 6 | Scott stood motionless for long moments , sucking in deep lungfuls of air . |
| 7 | Sucking in great drafts , she drained one bucket and then half another . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm supposed to go in first thing in the mornings too , to light the stoves and dust round . ’ |
| 9 | They got there but they had to go in second gear look |
| 10 | The second part of the chapter looks at these new arrangements and the issues they raise in more detail . |
| 11 | Far better to take what is , and bring in progressive changes , than to radically alter the whole thing . ’ |
| 12 | If business people generate greater demand for their products through good marketing , they can increase the supply and bring in greater revenue . |
| 13 | This would entitle them to sack Eurotunnel 's management , bring in new equity participation , and pull the plug on the £1bn invested by existing shareholders in the project . |
| 14 | ‘ We need a central body to provide a seamless service and bring in new ideas . ’ |
| 15 | We now bring in young graduates and train them in every part of the organisation to the My Kinda Town culture . |
| 16 | Men in general bring in higher wages than women so a family with a male partner will almost always have a higher family income than a family of a lone woman . |
| 17 | The expansionists acknowledge that the great worry about devaluation is that it will be inflationary and could at best be self-defeating or , at worst , bring in higher interest rates and slower growth . |
| 18 | An open policy to trade may be maintained if the nation is doing well economically , but a less successful economic position may lead to swift and much more extreme action to erect trade barriers and bring in other sanctions . |
| 19 | But much more important is to think of other trade magazines which might use your information and bring in some customers at the same time . |
| 20 | Special offers involving a discount , on the other hand , can both promote the product and bring in some revenue . |
| 21 | If agreement can not be reached , the banks , which include National Westminster and Midland , have the power to close the project or bring in fresh management . |
| 22 | Well you mix up er you mix up some colours , black and er and black and wh i stuff Bismarck brown which Mix them together and you make a colour to match up the rest and maybe bring in darker streaks and make a pat You know what I mean ? |
| 23 | The essential financial underpinning of English cricket remains the five-day test match against other cricket-playing countries ; tests still bring in big crowds , and the money they earn helps the financially struggling county teams . |
| 24 | Town and the others bring in branded drugs which are already legally on sale in Britain . |
| 25 | Jarvis thinks the decision to break with tradition and bring in Indian prodigy Sachin Tendulkar last summer , and take on West Indies captain Richie Richardson next season was the right one . |
| 26 | Organization can pool abilities , share loads , bring in local talents and interest , identity sources . |
| 27 | In all three , the arts are barely on the official agenda : they bring in few votes ; they have small budgets compared to the least of other government departments , so they marshall small political forces . |
| 28 | As in Eyre 's ( 1987 ) study , clearance is for agriculture as well as lumber , and coffee growing is increasing to produce an export crop and bring in foreign exchange . |
| 29 | I have seen some fine players who compete at a high level bring in another line , between the service line and the baseline . |
| 30 | Bring in fair votes . |