Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another case , headlined as ‘ The Alleged Hooligan Tragedy ’ , a man died after a street-fight and it was reported that on arrival at hospital he had made a statement to the effect that , ‘ I got my injuries in the Borough through being kicked to death by Hooligans . ’ |
| 2 | I stopped a hundred yards down the road and checked my bearings in the paperback A-Z I keep taped behind the sun visor . |
| 3 | ‘ There ! ’ gasped Dimity , ‘ I 'd forgotten my cakes in the excitement . ’ |
| 4 | While walking the Pennine Way I cooled my feet in the beck before continuing south to Airton and Gargrave . |
| 5 | ‘ I have met the Luciferi , ’ I replied , and heard Madame Ralemberg moan as I briefly described my assailants in the alleyway and the appearance of my mysterious protectors . |
| 6 | I eventually found my parents in the sponsor 's tent in a huddle with Jack and his delightful wife , Jenny . |
| 7 | I 've trusted my instincts in the past and they 've usually been right . |
| 8 | The likelihood of Britain having to meet her obligations in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula increased in step with the raucousness of Radio Cairo 's ‘ The Voice of the Arabs ’ , adjuring all true followers of Islam to oust every vestige of European colonialism from their lands . |
| 9 | This is , they say , a bit inconvenient as they have to meet their girlfriends in the Charles Hawtrey Patio at the Duck and Forceps at midday . |
| 10 | The trend for suburban dwelling was set by the wealthy , and planned suburbs appeared in order to meet their needs in the 1860s . |
| 11 | It was noted that most of the ministers from Chatichai 's own Chart Thai party retained their posts in the August reshuffle . |
| 12 | He had said he might be late , after all , and she decided to snatch a few more moments of privacy to recharge her batteries in the one place in the whole luxurious house where she was able to relax and feel she was her own person . |
| 13 | The children place their cards in the pack face downwards . |
| 14 | Now I think of an animal or a small child depositing its excreta in the wrong place so as to annoy its owner or parent . |
| 15 | Food — Farming : Farmers grow their crops in the valleys . |
| 16 | Not , however , when Charlotte sat opposite him in an eerily empty airport cafe and described her experiences in the United States while gazing at him with an expression implying what he most wanted to believe : that she trusted him unreservedly . |
| 17 | Charitable work was also something that daughters could do without prejudicing their chances in the marriage market . |
| 18 | Since the 1950s the USSR has tried to persuade Latin American governments that trade with the eastern bloc should be ‘ a major element in the Latin American countries ’ drive for economic independence' , since it would enable them ‘ to gain more favourable terms with the industrially developed capitalist states , to consolidate their forces in the struggle against foreign monopolies [ and ] to expand their export ( sic ) and develop their industry and agriculture ’ ( Gladkov : 1975 , p. 11 ) . |
| 19 | Any extinguishing agent which develops its effects in the same direction must be capable of overtaking the flame front if it is to have an acceptable limiting influence on potential damage . |
| 20 | The iron law of oligarchy has its foundations in the logic of collective action . |
| 21 | The Actuarial profession has its foundations in the practice of life assurance in the early to mid-19th century . |
| 22 | One final area which requires some discussion is the question of whether advertising has its effects in the short or long term . |
| 23 | It is the outcome of a process which , for Harkabi , has its origins in the Israelis ' overwhelming , intoxicating victory in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war . |
| 24 | The sterling standard for silver ( 925 parts per thousand of silver with the remainder being mainly copper ) has its origins in the fourteenth century and has continued virtually without interruption to the present day . |
| 25 | While this has its origins in the manipulation of plant and animal species that began c. 10 kyr BP ( section 3.3 ) it has been confined to plant and animal breeding programmes . |
| 26 | The proposed Clothing Industry Management degree has its origins in the perceived need in the clothing industry for well-educated managers to ensure a viable future . |
| 27 | They , exclusive of all other species , are free to choose , and in the final analysis , that instinct which has its origins in the mammalian family life is most likely to take precedence , and humans will choose to live with the relatively small family group as the ultimate refuge . |
| 28 | The Geological Survey of Great Britain has its origins in the early work of the Ordnance Survey and in the research of eminent members of the Geological Society of London . |
| 29 | The second myth is also seen in an early poem , The Rape of Lucrece , which has its origins in the story of Tarquin 's rape . |
| 30 | The term has its origins in the Old French word ‘ ecurie ’ which meant a barn or a stable . |