Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pointed out that as the three former impressions had sold out and as there had lately been a new edition of the main Dictionary , ( the sixth , 1752 ) , with many alterations , he judged it proper to include them in a new abridgement . |
| 2 | Other voluntary hospitals with such funds lost them to the Exchequer , which pooled them in a central fund . |
| 3 | She could lie in bed at night and in imagination move confidently around the cottage touching them in a happy exploration of shared memories and reassurance . |
| 4 | They wanted to kill me in a horrific way , to frighten those who work in defence of human rights . |
| 5 | Once a bank purchases such bills it can hold the bills to maturity or sell them in a secondary market to any other bank(s) . |
| 6 | And he led them in a weary canter down to the Rorim . |
| 7 | They form a component of some social stratification systems simply because members of those systems select certain characteristics and evaluate them in a particular way . |
| 8 | Like the smaller copepods , euphausiids are mainly herbivorous , combing algal cells from the water and gathering them in a basket-like arrangement of bristles on their many-jointed forelimbs . |
| 9 | The modern world has discovered that citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C — and has started using them in a big way for cooking . |
| 10 | King 's Highway ( 17 ) : Edom 's refusal to let Israel pass along this main road involves them in a long detour south and round . |
| 11 | An intelligence , guided by a purpose , must be continually in action to bias the direction of the steps of change — to regulate their amount — to limit their divergence — and to continue them in a definite course … |
| 12 | Yet in Greek philosophy , it appears , these two senses of to be were not always very clearly distinguished from each other , and sometimes moreover there was a strong tendency to amalgamate them in a single concept . " |
| 13 | These might be wild animals who possessed particular strengths and had little contact with man , like a lion , jackal , hawk and crocodile , or might be animals whose usefulness placed them in a special relationship with man , like the crow , ram and cat . |
| 14 | They made another turn , and another , bringing them in a short time to Southwark Bridge . |
| 15 | We will now develop these themes and combine them in a systematic way to construct an improved understanding of the relationship between daily life and the nation state . |
| 16 | Not so High Rocks , whose owners have steadily raised their admission charges in the last few years , threatened climbers with access restrictions , and put nothing at all back into the maintenance of the rocks , save to enclose them in a sturdy , reinforced fence . |
| 17 | In addition , even medium-sized plants can dominate the labour markets of small towns ( for example , in the cases of Westland at Yeovil and Clarks at Street ) , and this places them in a strong position in their dealings with the labour force ( Lever 1978 ) . |
| 18 | HRM does not invalidate the procedures and skills of personnel management but , rather , places them in a different conceptual framework . |
| 19 | There is general recognition that , although social workers and their agencies can not combat the structural causes of social problems , their knowledge of the effects of poverty and other disadvantages places them in a unique position to influence social policies ( Wharf , 1985 ; Townsend et al . , |
| 20 | It therefore places them in a paradoxical relationship and leaves the believer to live with the tension of relating to the world . |
| 21 | Place them in a warm dry position away from draughts or you 'll lose the lot . |
| 22 | Bureaucracies are often credited with a monopoly of expertise which place them in a superior position to lay politicians . |
| 23 | Rinse the lentils in a sieve under running water , then place them in a large saucepan with all the remaining ingredients except the salt . |
| 24 | Cut the mackerel fillets into cubes and place them in a large bowl . |
| 25 | It was the noise of something stretching and straining under enormous , impossible pressure ; as if the very fabric of that wall must suddenly explode inwards , enveloping them in a deadly blast of shattered brick and concrete . |
| 26 | I was the new boy at the office , he the old hand wondering what to make of me ; but if he was having second thoughts he dismissed them in a sudden grin . |
| 27 | Other mammals not only tolerate but revel in their smells , employing them in a wide variety of ways . |
| 28 | I mean , he 's respected me in a queer way . |
| 29 | Undeterred he burst into song , serenading me in a loud baritone with Italian pop songs . |
| 30 | For the strongest plants and best-sized flowers , grow them in a good loam . |