Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While soccer 's purists quake at the thought of Graham Taylor bringing in the long-ball game , Ferguson insists Dublin 's arrival will not mean a switch to Route One football at Old Trafford . |
| 2 | The look in her eyes filled in the unspoken words in her sentence . |
| 3 | Barnett sucked in a damp lung-full of air and pumped his arms in an effort to increase his speed . |
| 4 | Bernice sucked in a deep breath , searching for a tell-tale smell — and there it was ! |
| 5 | Donna sucked in a deep breath and headed for the stairs , intent on getting a clearer look at what was going on outside . |
| 6 | Mahoney sucked in a deep breath , preparing himself for the next round of questions . |
| 7 | Ferd sucked in a deep breath . |
| 8 | Just because yours is n't as good , her mind fills in the blank space . |
| 9 | The means given beside each item are taken from Reason , Manstead , Stradling , Baxter & Campbell ( 1988 ) who had 520 drivers fill in the 50 item questionnaire . |
| 10 | The UK sales force fill in a weekly report form which includes questions about competitors — a successful campaign that somebody else has run , or a successful title — and room for suggestions for new titles or for areas of publishing . |
| 11 | In recently enclosed country we have instead an open regular mesh of by-roads , and a few field-paths and bridle-roads to fill in the larger spaces between the villages . |
| 12 | Tea and eatables brought in a big Orkney basket to the harvesters and eaten while seated in the lea of the stokes was a special treat . |
| 13 | Acceptance and usage of techniques pioneered by the economist J. M. Keynes ushered in the managed economy . |
| 14 | However , by January of last year Scott was involved in arrangements with Chorley and Walker to bring in the second load , alleged Mr Burke . |
| 15 | Mr Glavisky thinks people probably recalled German prisoners filling in the water-logged tank traps in Speke , which were a danger to children . |
| 16 | The effect , therefore , of only the first limb applying , ie before the change in the law bringing in the second limb , could be seen by the following example . |
| 17 | Nicholson sucked in an angry breath and turned back to look out of his office window . |
| 18 | The Marines brought in a first , small load of 30 bags of rice and grain to offer the local people as a gesture . |
| 19 | Although he could be put to work on the roads , or in the gravel pits , or on a farm ( as a ‘ roundsman ’ ) , that work brought in no extra funds to his community ; many over-populated agricultural communities faced bankruptcy in consequence . |
| 20 | Cheshire County Council brought in the new day centre charges on April 1 to a furious reception by carers . |
| 21 | In the 1989 Budget , the Chancellor brought in a new ceiling limit of £90,000 , based on earnings of £60,000 to be revalued every year in line with price increases . |
| 22 | It was at this stage that there was an interruption , a quite noisy one as the Master of Dunbar put in a shouting appearance , three-year-old George , Agnes 's son , his nurse in full cry behind him , a couple of deer-hounds also in attendance . |
| 23 | With some modifications the structure lasted until the 1972 Local Government Act ushered in a new pattern of elected local administration which became operative from 1 April 1974 , although this was further amended by the 1985 Local Government Act . |
| 24 | So Weyl brings in the mathematical term ‘ automorphism ’ to denote any transformation that leaves a given figure invariant . |
| 25 | Even if unemployment is only part of the problem , it seems to me that the man who can busy himself cutting peats , or growing crops , or handling stock , is less likely to be depressed , less likely to feel that his life has no meaning , than a man who has empty days to fill in the back streets of an industrial town |
| 26 | While he mulled over his future , Rudd gradually sorted out the handling so that by July 1960 the Type 48 was good enough for Hill to put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix , clawing his way into the lead after losing a third of a lap through stalling on the grid . |
| 27 | The housekeeper brought in the first dish . |
| 28 | On Sept. 13 he urged the UN to send in a peacekeeping force , and appealed to Germany to recognize Croatia unilaterally . |
| 29 | The courts first began to take obscenity seriously as a result of private prosecutions brought in the early nineteenth century by the Society for the Suppression of Vice , dubbed by Sydney Smith " a society for suppressing the vices of those whose incomes do not exceed £500 per annum " . |
| 30 | Last year , Sir Richard Body brought in a private member 's bill to introduce within five years a ban on the use of sow stalls and tethers — devices that make it easier and cheaper to manage the animals during their four months of pregnancy . |