Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took it in turns to breathe in the smoke , as the substance sizzled with a malicious delight . |
| 2 | The idea is that the various farm based tourist attractions get together to help bring in the visitors . |
| 3 | But they know that many regard them as bearded , half-educated lefties , who only teach to fill in the gaps between long holidays in sunnier climes . |
| 4 | Or , as one football club committee man said : ‘ We 'll just keep filling in the pools coupon . ’ |
| 5 | Chris has just started bringing in the ‘ tropicals ’ for the winter . |
| 6 | She desperately wanted to fill in the hollow of longing that pierced Friend — but she was afraid she would offend him . |
| 7 | Children can be asked to " be " one of the characters and describe their clothes , tools , work , or lifestyle , doing further research to fill in the details . |
| 8 | In fact , the V&A is in danger of getting a reputation for being a peculiarly bad bet ; Pearson 's lost £600,000 when the equally populist ‘ Sovereign ’ exhibition earlier last year also failed to bring in the crowds . |
| 9 | He did n't want to bring in the Sweets and the implied charge of murder against the dead man . |
| 10 | Sure , you can sketch in bits of influence from early Siouxsie , Kate Bush , Sinead O'Connor , Patti Smith , but she steadfastly refuses to fill in the picture . |
| 11 | Once one has established a ‘ profile ’ of theatre-goers it is then an obvious next step to follow up the question ‘ Who ? ’ with the question ‘ Why ? ’ and the research then begins to fill in the gaps in our knowledge . |
| 12 | Every election , some people discover that they are unregistered , and in most cases it is because they either forgot to fill in the form , or they moved in too late in the year to qualify . |
| 13 | Never begin filling in the real form until you have practised at least once on a photocopy . |
| 14 | Erm , the other thing is , if you know anything about the subject , which most amanuensists should do , you actually start filling in the gaps . |