Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zahira was eventually given permission to stay on in Britain . |
| 2 | Their heads lowered to avoid the outstretched hand and pale features of a thin leather clad figure hunched over in a shop doorway . |
| 3 | There was some nuance of intimacy in her tone that made Richard look up in surprise and then look at Frank . |
| 4 | How can university personnel be involved to support research carried out in schools by teachers ? |
| 5 | He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house . |
| 6 | I send minutes laid out in the proper style . |
| 7 | At the RSPCA 's Centenary Conference in Oxford , a tall slim woman with greying hair drawn back in a pony tail , unobtrusively dressed in a shirt and slacks , came to the podium . |
| 8 | The process begun under Edward I was continued in July 1333 when , at Halidon Hill , outside Berwick , the English showed that they had learned to coordinate the use of ‘ traditional ’ cavalry with the ‘ new ’ archer force , the combination on this occasion being that of archers and dismounted men-at-arms drawn up in a defensive position which showed what successes a measure of flexibility could bring to an army led by men willing to experiment . |
| 9 | The Agreement also revises text set out in the Treaty of Rome . |
| 10 | The voice stopped and I had a similar feeling to the one I had just before I found Toby trussed up in his cupboard . |
| 11 | Tatyana is now looking forward to a week in Las Vegas this summer modelling shoes , while Yelena has work lined up in Italy . |
| 12 | Concerto Köln may not be the most polished of today 's period instrument groups , but their playing of Handel 's miraculously varied score makes up in commitment what it lacks in finesse . |
| 13 | I do n't buy guitars to put up in a cabinet on the wall . |
| 14 | Jelfs originally helped SCO to set up in Australia and has been poached by Univel to be its number one employee in the Asia/Pacific region , responsible for everywhere except Japan . |
| 15 | This literally causes water to pile up in the western Pacific : a veritable hill of water . |
| 16 | This provided a package of financial incentives and exemptions from various laws and regulations to encourage businesses to set up in the zones . |
| 17 | ‘ They say God pays back in other ways , Miss Hopper , ’ Nicholson said flatly . |
| 18 | When a senior executive arrived at the studio a day or two later he found parcels piling up in the reception area . |
| 19 | After April 1988 , they will have to increase GMP built up in future years by 3 per cent a year , once it starts being paid . |
| 20 | I was surprised to find Liza sitting up in bed reading one of her romances . |
| 21 | And we 'll need pethidine drawn up in case he comes round — God knows how much . |
| 22 | When his militiamen had stormed onto the Jiyeh coast road and killed the remaining Phalangist defenders there in 1985 , I found Walid leaning back in an old wooden chair in one of his palace reception rooms , swigging from a bottle of frozen Czech lager and lamenting the moral improprieties of war . |
| 23 | Off they went to Uncle Dick 's just in time to meet Belshazzar taking off in search of a clear patch of sky . |
| 24 | As no children seem to be on the way , the doctor recommends that the couple make love from 10.30 to 11.30 in the morning and 2.30 to 5 in the afternoon , as well as in the evening , a situation that causes Alfredo to break out in a rash . |
| 25 | They say time slows down in the barrel . |
| 26 | He made Hodkinson step back in the second with a fierce right to the body . |
| 27 | ‘ How can you want Spain mixed up in such great events ’ , Aranda complained to the Prussian Minister , ‘ when she lacks all means to wage war . ’ |
| 28 | But after two years , the frustrations of the job led Selina to move on in search of a new challenge . |
| 29 | It is good to see Chester growing up in my image . |
| 30 | Dolores stood back grinning , urging Ruth to go on in . |