Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But ever since the Government became embroiled in the row over the plan to close 31 pits , local beer lovers have veered away from the pub with the Prime Ministerial name . |
| 2 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 3 | Then the bureau became embroiled in the Watergate affair and between 1973 and 1976 it was subjected to unprecedented investigation which revealed the full extent of its post-war activities and the dangers inherent in unchecked police bureaucracies . |
| 4 | But Sam said he had a surprise to show her ; and Sarah , obviously put up to it by him , claimed she would prefer to sit in the shade on the terrace and do a water colour of the garden at La Gracieuse . |
| 5 | ‘ We have to continue to invest in the field organisation and in research and development , ’ White said . |
| 6 | It seemed somehow deeper , as if its roots lay hidden in the past . |
| 7 | Two years later she applied to nurse in the Boer War and died from typhoid fever at Simonstown , aged 37 . |
| 8 | These became exposed in the Triassic and again in the Cretaceous and consequently the interbedded evaporites were removed and the carbonates themselves were karstified . |
| 9 | So do you know when you do you know when you erm I mean lived in the flats in the flats for fifteen years , have you managed to make many friends ? |
| 10 | This job also involves assisting in the organisation of promotional events in the UK and overseas . |
| 11 | Yeah , do you want to go in the water ? |
| 12 | I do n't want to go in the road . |
| 13 | Over the back of the 18th hole is out-of-bounds ; you do n't want to go in the bunker on the right short of the green where Graham finished up , so Sandy played it left-to-right . |
| 14 | how could anybody want to go in the army in nineteen ninety two |
| 15 | Well do you want to walk or do you want to go in the car ? |
| 16 | Well , do you want to walk or do you want to go in the car ? |
| 17 | Do you want to go in the garden ? |
| 18 | This is n't the kind of thing we 'd want to see in the minutes , is it ? ’ |
| 19 | There was a minor scuffle between Hegarty and a Unionist councillor and before desisting , Hegarty shouted to the gallery : ‘ Whom do you want to see in the chair ? ’ |
| 20 | The section prohibits canvassing in the sense of the attempt of an applicant or of another person at his instigation to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application for a grant , renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , or for a regular extension of permitted hours before the application is considered by the board ( subs . |
| 21 | Light can bring about change in products , and products that are likely to be exposed to light in the market should always be tested by exposure to light . |
| 22 | I would prefer to go in the kop , but failing that I 'd like to try the new East stand . |
| 23 | A punctured car wheel that someone was repairing lay in the centre of the floor with half its inner tube hanging out like a paunched rabbit . |
| 24 | He 's helping to drive in the ewes for a mass ante natal clinic . |
| 25 | He writes : ‘ If we are pressed to see in the doctrine of the Trinity some clue to the sense that gender … must have something corresponding to it in the God-head , one would find in the unconditioned Unity of God something like the feminine in creation , while the differentiated Persons , on the other hand , have each a masculine denomination . ’ |
| 26 | Now we either are going in the direction this morning , or rather I think you 're being pressed to go in the direction of seeking to identify in due course , what is the preferred general location , and this undoubtedly is something you can hang your hat on . |
| 27 | And I even , you know , got stopped in the station itself before I started . |
| 28 | And I actually got stopped in the checks . |
| 29 | Detailed information on company operations is found to be available only from the individual concerns , and in order to determine the types of materials handling undertaken in the region , a detailed questionnaire has been distributed to over 350 companies , and over 150 replies received . |
| 30 | He said that the USA was " a Pacific nation and we intend to remain in the Pacific for the long haul " . |