Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Falls on Wall Street had a knock on effect in London and by the close , the Footsie one hundred was down eighteen point three at two O eight three point six . |
| 2 | I want only children in my kingdom . |
| 3 | I was madly — and that 's the operative word — head over heels in lust . |
| 4 | Battles wage over display in newsagents . |
| 5 | Markets shrug off rise in inflation |
| 6 | He assured me they never put dogs down and they would try to help her build up trust in humans again before finding her a home . |
| 7 | Yet still it appears impossible to discover the ownership of shares held through a minor Swiss bank which were used to help a second division British company build up stakes in several third division British companies . |
| 8 | Once you start paying the full rate , you build up benefits in your own right . |
| 9 | Build up exposure in early mornings and late afternoons , when the sun is weaker . |
| 10 | I suspect that some of the drug barons who shell out money in support of what must be a pretty costly operation regard the academically-minded staff of the OHE as a bunch of eggheads , not to say ‘ wets ’ , who ought to be earning their keep by polishing up the industry 's somewhat tarnished image , and by encouraging sales , instead of spending their time and the companies ' profits on airy-fairy projects which are n't going to rustle up a pennyworth of business . |
| 11 | Morrice occasionally surfaces in contemporary comment as a chronicler and collector of manuscripts . |
| 12 | From a window above me they let down tea in a flask and biscuits as I worked . |
| 13 | We let off steam in graffiti , vandalism and football hooliganism . |
| 14 | The flames shot straight up into the sky , dispersing whatever fog was in the immediate area , and we sat around on bales , as we have always done , while some members of the family let off fireworks in the background . |
| 15 | Put up lengths in the usual way , smoothing with a sponge , then flatten seams with a seam roller . |
| 16 | The Freight and Transport Association wants the E C to step in after French lorry drivers put up blockades in retaliation at protests by their Spanish counterparts over fuel prices . |
| 17 | The Green Party — which put up candidates in 250 of 651 constituencies — called for a major shift from income taxes to " green " taxes aimed at reducing the use of raw materials and non-renewable energy sources . |
| 18 | Gingrich was under investigation concerning the unusual methods used to promote the sale of a book which he had co-authored by which contributors put up funds in advance of royalties . |
| 19 | I have noticed that when older people put out chairs in preparation for a church meeting they will tend to place them in straight rows and arrange them further back from the speaker . |
| 20 | There Zborowski rented rooms for them all from Papa Curel , an elderly eccentric who let out rooms in his villas and ‘ knew all about artists . ’ |
| 21 | Armstrong and MeGee ( 1985 ) , for example , show how cities in Asia and Latin America play a crucial role in the dissemination of ‘ Western ’ cultural values , particularly the philosophy of consumerism , and the central functions of the TNCs in this . |
| 22 | Nissan , Japan 's second largest car manufacturer , put forward proposals in 1981 to establish a plant capable of producing 200,000 cars a year by 1986 . |
| 23 | As partners , both men put forward proposals in 1817 to the Bank of England for production of inimitable banknotes . |
| 24 | If we make further savings in the course of the next financial year the benefit will be felt by the citizens of Cambridge and it 's no good promising them things which we ca n't deliver . |
| 25 | Similarly , it has been assumed that voters consider only alternatives in a small neighbourhood of the current position . |
| 26 | General browsing is associated with public library users " who look over books in order to decide which to borrow or read . " |
| 27 | Lions may learn to jump through hoops or sea lions to clap their flippers while balancing a ball on their noses , but lions jump over obstacles in their home territory or laze around under a favourite tree , while sea lions are naturally dexterous , chasing fish with great skill . |
| 28 | THE UN Security Council voted unanimously last night to send a peacekeeping force to Central America to cut off infiltration by contra rebels , monitor elections in Nicaragua and watch over developments in other sensitive areas — especially Honduras and El Salvador . |
| 29 | With budgets of around £50,000 , the preference was for gentle tales with a non-urban setting such as The Brave Do n't Cry ( 1952 ) , about a Scottish mining disaster ; Conflict of Wings ( 1953 , Fuss Over Feathers in US ) , in which East Anglian villagers fight for the cause of bird sanctuaries against the needs of the RAF ; Judgement Deferred ( 1951 ) and Brandy for the Parson ( 1951 ) , both of which are smuggling stories . |
| 30 | ( Trying to answer that question would , during the nineteenth century , tie up physics in knots . ) |