Example sentences of "[vb -s] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The starfish is preserved in soft white chalk , which fills in the interior of the animal . |
| 2 | … this closes the directory browser and fills in the Command Line section on the Program Item Properties box . |
| 3 | The retailer selects the items he wants and fills in the form as outlined above . |
| 4 | Property : Forward Planning : Making Proposals : Influencing the decision-makers : Allison Flight fills in the background to a planning application |
| 5 | The hills are mine , and the living streams and the wind that breathes in the valley and the tiny white flowers that only I know because only I lie so close to the earth that I can see them move . |
| 6 | When a fish sucks in the bait it lifts the bottom shot off the bottom and so allows the buoyancy of the float to take over , resulting in the antenna rising out of the water like the sword Excalibur . |
| 7 | This theory brings in the element of comparison such that an individual will compare his/her ratio of input ( effort ) to output ( pay ) with a similar ratio for some other relevant person . |
| 8 | Turning up the Drive then brings in the overdrive effect and is certainly flexible — none of this ″either on or off″ syndrome . |
| 9 | In the few cases just seen where the to infinitive denotes an action , it also brings in the nuance of subsequence , of sudden movement from one instant to the next . |
| 10 | ( She brings in the food . ) |
| 11 | This is a very handy aspect of the program , since it brings in the prospect of it being used for other purposes . |
| 12 | That brings in the matter of recreational use — angling or , perhaps , boating . |
| 13 | The proliferation of one-day cricket — there were 227 limited-over internationals played between the last two World Cups — is a reflection of modern-day audience demand , and , overseas anyway , is what brings in the cash . |
| 14 | Faced with dwindling sales and stiffer competition , all luxury-goods firms need to turn to the boring disciplines that many have dismissed as suitable for widget-makers , but hardly appropriate for a trade where cachet brings in the cash . |
| 15 | The magazine text brings in the paradox of public and yet as if private utterance : ‘ His words were as if spoken to himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |