Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defoe in 1730 had considered a poor man in constant work could earn from 4s to 5s ( 20-25p ) a week , " which will barely purchase bread and cheese and clothes for his family , so that if he falls sick or dies his wife and children infallibly come to the parish for relief , who allow them a small pittance or confine them in a workhouse " . |
| 2 | According to Nicholas Clee , from the bookseller J Whitaker and Sons in London , any writer planning to embark on such a book would be advised to create a family living in rural bliss with a gaggle of children then land them in a crisis , preferably involving the central character in an affair with an older/younger man/woman . |
| 3 | And wrapt me in a gown . |
| 4 | Once a bank purchases such bills it can hold the bills to maturity or sell them in a secondary market to any other bank(s) . |
| 5 | They form a component of some social stratification systems simply because members of those systems select certain characteristics and evaluate them in a particular way . |
| 6 | ‘ Bring me in a cuppa , Debbie , will you ? ’ |
| 7 | To solve a problem the student must recall the relevant concepts and rules and combine them in a way that satisfies the principles of good practice . |
| 8 | We will now develop these themes and combine them in a systematic way to construct an improved understanding of the relationship between daily life and the nation state . |
| 9 | When they did n't have a gang to fight they 'd run after me , take off my trousers and hide them in a bush . |
| 10 | The map user can select features of interest from the digital map and display them in a way that is suited to his or her requirements . |
| 11 | Rinse the lentils in a sieve under running water , then place them in a large saucepan with all the remaining ingredients except the salt . |
| 12 | Shake the cannellini beans dry , then place them in a bowl . |
| 13 | Spread the nachips with a thickish layer of refried beans and place them in a grill pan on a rack . |
| 14 | Peel , halve and core them and place them in a saucepan … cover with the wine and a broken cinnamon stick and heat until barely simmering … wash the monkfish and pat dry with kitchen paper … just as the liquid begins to caramelise , add the lemon juice and stir vigorously … reduced to a quarter of its original volume … add the cubes one at a time … thread the piece of monkfish … reserving the liquid … baste the fruit continuously … intersperse with pears … hand the sauce separately … |
| 15 | Using colouring , draw the face of each of the cards and place them in a fan on top of the cake . |
| 16 | Remove the yolks and place them in a dish with mayonnaise and onions and beat them with a fork . |
| 17 | Drain the beans and place them in a saucepan to cover with water . |
| 18 | Cut the mackerel fillets into cubes and place them in a large bowl . |
| 19 | I cut them in half , discarding the pointed end for the moment and place them in a seed tray or wooden tomato box on layers of newspaper , narrow ends uppermost . |
| 20 | Place them in a warm dry position away from draughts or you 'll lose the lot . |
| 21 | Remove the poussins from the oven , quarter , place them in a serving dish and cover them with foil to keep warm . |
| 22 | Place them in a watch glass containing Hank 's solution and collect the eggs from large follicles by pricking with a sharp needle . |
| 23 | Scrape out the pips and use a melon baller or teaspoon to scoop out small ball of the melon flesh and place them in a bowl . |
| 24 | Place them in a bowl over a pan of simmering water . |
| 25 | Bureaucracies are often credited with a monopoly of expertise which place them in a superior position to lay politicians . |
| 26 | For the strongest plants and best-sized flowers , grow them in a good loam . |
| 27 | From this point of view , a budget is expected to state clearly the purposes of expenditures and provide them in a from that will be useful for legislative action . |
| 28 | The thesis contains a mixture of research in the laboratory and on the road in an attempt to first observe phenomena in actual driving , then explore them in a laboratory setting , before finally returning to actual driving to attempt to validate the laboratory results . |
| 29 | McAllion ) very seriously and I suggest that we debate them in a sensible manner . |
| 30 | Women 's exemption from these time-geared precepts was the result both of their extensive periods of ritual impurity and of their designated role as closeted homemakers — though of course in making such a statement , we immediately involve ourselves in a greater degree of circularity . |