Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Distance from Shanariah , coupled with enormous tithes to the Church and the fact that many of the Ixmarite hierarchy owned estates in the district and were therefore friends and neighbours , guaranteed the residents a certain freedom of belief . |
| 2 | He made patterns in the space , first up and down , then diagonally across , always within the open area between the stream and the thicket . |
| 3 | Suzi made patterns in the sugar with her spoon . |
| 4 | Rohmer tried to hit Cardiff in the face with his other free fist , but Cardiff was expecting it . |
| 5 | The Government has indicated it will make provision in the Bill for such an amendment . |
| 6 | The parties can make provision in the agreement for a different measure of damages which , for example , may be appropriate if the acquirer is to invest large amounts of money in the offeree and hence could lose much more than merely the purchase consideration . |
| 7 | DULÉ SKIMMED INTO shore silently , under cover of darkness , and threaded through the banana fronds and mango groves to Ariel 's cabin ; a leaf here , a twig there gave under him , but the English sailor posted watch in the clearing was fast asleep and the others would not have woken from their stone weariness if Dulé had hallooed at them . |
| 8 | Strange to see Swindon in the snow and Sweden in bright sunshine . |
| 9 | But as the week wore on and Damian made no attempt to see her at night , spend time with her or try to kiss her , she realised he was seeing Domino in the dark , humid hours when Rachel sat alone at home , tortured by jealousy , consumed with it , imagining them together and burning with impotent rage . |
| 10 | Literature is an innovative resource book which offers the teacher a wide variety of interesting and practical ideas for using literature in the language class . |
| 11 | Our ‘ Aspects of Landscape ’ series , for example , continues on pages 15–17 with Martin Taylor describing how acrylic colours can be used with watercolours to achieve a convincing representation of landscape details such as grasses and tree branches , while on pages 18–21 Peter Partlington demonstrates how to simplify drawing birds in the start of a fascinating new series . |
| 12 | Indeed , can legislation , of itself , change attitudes in the way that clearly is intended ? |
| 13 | The government agreed , at the end of talks with Prince Sadruddin , to extend by six months a " memorandum of understanding " , due to expire in December , permitting UN relief agencies to continue operations in the north and south of the country . |
| 14 | The bill attacked discrimination in the workplace by : |
| 15 | Gandhi 's implicit suggestion here is that it had yet to support non-violence for , as he says , bishops still felt able to support slaughter in the name of Christianity . |
| 16 | The relationship between use of linguistic variables and various other speaker characteristics is illustrated in table 5.2 , which summarizes patterns in the realization of the vowel variable ( ai ) by Belfast working-class speakers . |
| 17 | Hugh Gaitskell countered by promising that the Labour Party would make improvements in the Welfare State and increase pensions without increasing taxation . |
| 18 | The most useful section of the book is the detailed and exhaustive list of suppliers , which points artists in the direction of the cheapest yet most reliable materials . |
| 19 | Relative advantage over other existing products — the importance here is whether the potential consumers perceive advantage in the product , which can be for many reasons |
| 20 | Unfortunately having the son of the most powerful man in the world did n't seem to do the Eagles much good — they stumbled against Argentina and finally fell flat on their faces when they met Tonga in the Plate quarter-final . |
| 21 | Mr Beaton had been dumped by a road-side and picked up by police who had been alerted to the hijack and had eventually stopped MacIver in the lorry at Doune . |
| 22 | Lizzie Stroud for whom Miss Lockwood made provision in the form of an annuity , is to continue to live on the top floor for as long as she chooses . |
| 23 | ( i ) Preferential creditors As a matter of policy , insolvency law has to determine ( a ) what constitutes insolvency proceedings and ( b ) whether any particular class of creditors should be given protection in the insolvency of a company and accorded a statutory preference over some or all of the company 's creditors . |
| 24 | In that case , the plaintiff had invested money in a company after relying on accounts that had been prepared negligently by the defendant accountants who had known that the accounts were wanted for the purpose of inducing the plaintiff to invest money in the company . |
| 25 | There 's footmark , footpaths all over the heath you know , where people can walk , and they keep sticking sticks in the heath now , but they knock 'em down . |
| 26 | For example , The Economist ( 1987 ) noted that " banks lose money in the eurobond market because it is the most competitive capital market … compete to underwrite bonds at rates so cheap they can only be sold at a loss , often exceeding fees ( 1 ⅞%); ng … some institutions subsidise borrowers by providing money at below market rates … |
| 27 | Last month 's PFK introduced you to some of my ideas for using herbs in the treatment of ill-health in fish . |
| 28 | Sometimes the Moors sell prisoners in the slave markets . |
| 29 | Remember to include money in the bank or building society , and your home if you own it . |
| 30 | Both heat-styling and perming modify part of the hair structure to induce change in the shape of the hair and how it waves or curls . |