Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be very good at wind-surfing , or at clutching oily rags , or at walking in ever decreasing circles until it vanished . |
| 2 | You should be able to get copies of these codes of practice by telephoning your local British Gas office or electricity company , or by calling in at the nearest showroom . |
| 3 | A student can get in touch with the Counselling Service by phoning or by calling in to either office . |
| 4 | Another is to reduce the proportion of dark background area relative to the subject , either by shifting to a more suitable setting or by moving in to a bigger close-up so that the dark background is reduced in size . |
| 5 | The same sets of patterns are used for backgrounds and for filling in the fonts themselves . |
| 6 | Hodge was frequently criticised by contemporaries for his inability to grasp the finer points of the problems confronting him and for reacting in too blunt a manner . |
| 7 | At the hotel he told the taxi to wait , and after checking in and having a quick clean-up in our rooms , we drove out to Teotihuacan . |
| 8 | Jonadab was in the depths of depression : he had kept the stallion in his stable and before going in for their midday meal , both father and sons were in consultation round the gentle grey . |
| 9 | He or she had taken trouble over the arrangement of the facts and in getting in as much relevant information as possible . |
| 10 | I do n't like , just , I could n't be like Deirdre and , put me overall on and in go in without collecting me thoughts getting myself together Deirdre never arrives till about three minutes before she gets in the door , she 's putting her overall on saying come on ladies , its time were , but she 's putting her overall and on , and they all sit there looking at her and so |
| 11 | Freud 's phases are first the oral , up to the age of about one-and-a-half years when all activity is concentrated on the mouth , on sucking , and on taking in to oneself . |
| 12 | He does this by making the labour process , and the shift from Fordism to neo-Fordism , more central to his analysis and by bringing in social and political forces at every stage . |
| 13 | He mentions the climate , but without filling in the summer smells of this novel , or the fog and white nights and wet snow of others . |
| 14 | But by bringing in such literary examples , we are confronted with the question of whether the notions of " truth value " and " reference " can be applied to the mock realities of fiction . |