Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are prepared to live dangerously , you can take many of the techniques above and combine them in one image , or , you may even discover completely new applications for this superb medium . |
| 2 | ‘ Expect me in ten minutes . ’ |
| 3 | To double the recipe , cook them in two pans . |
| 4 | I want you in dozens of different ways , and only a few of them have anything to do with actual physical desire . ’ |
| 5 | Despite the fact that at least one in 10 couples — some researchers suggest one in six — have fertility problems , the new technology results in the birth of a child in only 30 per cent of cases at best ( often the rate is lower ) . |
| 6 | Flip the lid and down it in one , like an oyster . |
| 7 | The project will prepare the conceptual and methodological basis for a longer-term enquiry into such issues and test it in one or more pilot studies . |
| 8 | ‘ Imagine me in one of those , ’ she said , and laughter bubbled out in the way that normally set the whole bus tour laughing with her . |
| 9 | ‘ We goin' take these politician' , leetle dog , an' we goin' put them in one beeg hole so they don' come back . |
| 10 | Well put them in one of those cartons . |
| 11 | put them in one of those and |
| 12 | I paid for three plants ( £4 ) and when I got home , cleaned them and put them in two of my tanks . |
| 13 | Barlow confessed : ‘ Mo called for the ball and put me in two minds . |
| 14 | Superstars at the top earn large sums of money from endorsements , public appearances and sponsorship in addition to their prize money , while thousands more exploit them in one way or another . |
| 15 | This is so abrasive that it 'll damn near cut you in two . |
| 16 | This is so abrasive that it 'll damn near cut you in two . |
| 17 | Diseases which cause our young only minor discomfort kill one in four children from Sierra Leone before their fifth birthday . |
| 18 | PS I told Nero you 'd meet him at Dover but I should leave your chariot behind he might not understand if you cut him in two , he 's funny that way . |
| 19 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |
| 20 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 21 | He took a sheet of Gordon 's notepaper and typed a short note to Alan Bleath , thanking him for his recent contribution to the stimulating seminar on lenses of a high refractive index , signed this with a fair approximation of Gordon 's hand and put it in one of the ‘ Gordon Beamish : See ? ’ envelopes , addressed to Alan Bleath , 329 Carradine Road , Mitcham . |
| 22 | I wrapped up a bottle of Grand Moulas in a newspaper for safety , put it in one of the panniers and went on my way . |
| 23 | Tear the slip out and hand it in at any Midland branch ; or put it in one of the AutoDeposit machines that have been installed at a number of our branches . |
| 24 | Printed off on my er employer 's er computer and er put it in one of their envelopes and try to steal a stamp from them . |
| 25 | Put it in one of those cardboard boxes we 've got . |
| 26 | warmed up , so I put a pie crust on , put it in two dishes and put a pie crust on |
| 27 | And then she checked Well anyway the week after he 'd phoned there was no what you call in it so he wrote it in to the damn thing and said why is it when some people puts adverts in they not only put it in once they put it in three or four times the same week |
| 28 | Right you cut it in four , so that 's four but you remember the eight , so you add the other four |
| 29 | if you hold it in one hand . |
| 30 | Hold it in 1-2-3-4 then breathe out 1-2-3-4 . |