Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] in the [noun] " 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 | 3DO Co Inc , San Mateo , California has filled in the details on its planned initial public offering and has filed to offer 2.2m shares , all new , at a target price of $11 a share to raise working capital to fund anticipated operating losses . |
| 3 | One member of the party is selected as the defendant : he is told the outline of an alibi defence and has to fill in the details impromptu under questioning . |
| 4 | Then in chronological order came the following : Hemel Hempstead ( 1947 ) replacing Redbourn as proposed in the Abercrombie plan , was designed to fill in the area between Harpenden , St Albans and Remel Hempstead itself ; Harlow ( 1947 ) , 23 miles north-east of London , expanded a small settlement of 4,500 people ; Crawley ( 1947 ) , a town of 9,500 population , lay astride the Brighton Road , 30 miles south of London ; Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City ( both 1948 ) lay very close to each other 18–20 miles north of London ( Welwyn was already a sizable town of 18,500 inhabitants ) ; Basildon ( 1949 ) met rather different objectives , planned not only to accommodate overspill but to tidy up an untidy area of shack development between London and Southend ; Bracknell ( 1949 ) replaced Abercrombie 's proposal for White Waltham , three miles south-west of Maidenhead , west of London . |
| 5 | It becomes possible to envisage a sequence of shots in which real pieces of connected action are linked together by shots which are included to fill in the continuity gaps . |
| 6 | So you want to fill in the spaces , you thought , you , having nothing at the bottom of the page , but the big gaps |
| 7 | Michael Heseltine enjoys grand gestures and has no intention of allowing the Labour Party ( which has brought in the architect Sir Richard Rogers as its adviser ) to make all the running where the debate on the future of London is concerned . |
| 8 | Soldiers in the front line of industrial strife David Fairhall on the discreet arrangement that has brought in the troops . |
| 9 | Then they tried to bring in the general . ’ |
| 10 | Who will confirm bring in the bill ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | With coal supplies fast dwindling , Truman acted : the Federal government took over the mines and prepared to bring in the army to run the railroads . |
| 14 | Or , as one football club committee man said : ‘ We 'll just keep filling in the pools coupon . ’ |
| 15 | The idea is that the various farm based tourist attractions get together to help bring in the visitors . |
| 16 | Six inches of concrete , luckily not too dense , had been used to top off whatever he had used to fill in the excavation . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | We know some general facts , and we can begin to fill in the gaps in our understanding . |
| 19 | Worked examples help the people who are going to fill in the survey . |
| 20 | And then she had lain down in the dark , naked but for her flimsy shawl , the window open to let in the night , and waited . |
| 21 | They will be used to bring in the rock crushing plant , the industrial chemicals and the explosives . |
| 22 | This was sold to us , please , this was sold to us on the basis that it was going to bring in the baddies and sort out the baddies , and we 'd all live happily ever after . |
| 23 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 24 | He gave her a quick nod of approval and she went down to the end of the shop and began filling in the certificates , taking her information from the records Mr Miller had already made . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Riccardo Muti made a scathing denunciation from La Scala , news of the deficit broke , and Cresci 's double cashmere coat began to let in the cold . |
| 27 | Yeah I mean you can guess it from the clue without having to fill in the crossword . |
| 28 | He decided to fill in the day by making arrangements for his departure from the city . |
| 29 | And what why do you have to fill in the form ? |
| 30 | I 'm sorry I shall have to fill in the noncompliance or a quick-fix |