Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barnett sucked in a damp lung-full of air and pumped his arms in an effort to increase his speed . |
| 2 | Bernice sucked in a deep breath , searching for a tell-tale smell — and there it was ! |
| 3 | Donna sucked in a deep breath and headed for the stairs , intent on getting a clearer look at what was going on outside . |
| 4 | Mahoney sucked in a deep breath , preparing himself for the next round of questions . |
| 5 | Ferd sucked in a deep breath . |
| 6 | Branson brought in a travel consultant , Douglas Paul , from Virgin 's own travel agency subsidiary , All Star Travel , to report on the situation . |
| 7 | A week later Ian filled in a peg board starting at the outside ( perimeter ) and making smaller and smaller squares . |
| 8 | It was at this stage that there was an interruption , a quite noisy one as the Master of Dunbar put in a shouting appearance , three-year-old George , Agnes 's son , his nurse in full cry behind him , a couple of deer-hounds also in attendance . |
| 9 | On Sept. 13 he urged the UN to send in a peacekeeping force , and appealed to Germany to recognize Croatia unilaterally . |
| 10 | Lily brought in a silver tray with tea and sandwiches and one of Mary 's marvellous sponge cakes . |
| 11 | Tom brought in a wheeled trolley on which would be kept all medical equipment and Faye 's daily self-monitoring charts as well as new medical charts recording blood-pressure and other observations . |
| 12 | As the door opened , Alain ushered in a small dark woman , his hand on her shoulder , and Jenna 's expectations collapsed like a deflated balloon . |
| 13 | Jesus sucked in a deep breath . |
| 14 | Fran sucked in a deep breath , fighting the double urge to weep with relief and slap the smile off his mocking face . |
| 15 | Victor sucks in a Hooverful of cigar smoke , then strains it out through tight lips . |
| 16 | Salah brought in a plate of watermelon pieces . |
| 17 | Mummy would have Mrs Thing bring in a trolley with cakes and sandwiches and tell her to play the piano for the Guests . |
| 18 | From the back seats the Shermans heard Jacques suck in a long irritable breath . |
| 19 | After an unsatisfactory performance in the Reading Head a month ago , Oxford brought in a relatively inexperienced stroke , Ian Gardiner , who learnt his rowing at Oxford , and the Dark Blues immediately became a force to be reckoned with . |
| 20 | Conrad Allen put in a first appearance on the track in the 600 metres at Crawley . |
| 21 | The promoter of the tournament went further : ‘ It 's time the PGA brought in a disciplinary element for this sort of behaviour . |
| 22 | Livid , Polly sucked in a breath . |
| 23 | He was foaled on the South Island of New Zealand , and his entry in the catalogue for the 1928 Trentham Yearling Sales took the eye of Sydney-based trainer Harry Telford , who persuaded owner David Davis to send in a bid for the horse . |
| 24 | Lesley brought in a laden tray , set it down on a side-table , and distributed cups in silence . |
| 25 | I pretended to be looking at some papers when the door opened and Grace Hinkle ushered in a sophisticated-looking female of about twenty-eight . |
| 26 | If the City chairman had sacked Mel Machin to bring in a John Bond or Malcolm Allison then heads really would have been shaking in wonderment at another Peter Swales masterstroke . |
| 27 | John fills in a gardening diary every day and often refers back to it to find out when they mulched or did other jobs . |
| 28 | In these sessions they practised their kicking and wheeling ; John brought in a sergeant-major to train them in military marching . |