Example sentences of "[verb] in [det] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , Grolier 's books are famous for gilt stamps on the upper covers : sometimes ‘ Grolierii Lugdunensis et Amicorum ’ ( 'for Grolier of Lyons and his friends ' , Lugdunum being the Latin name , appearing in many publishers ' imprints , for Lyons ) ; sometimes just ‘ Io Grolierii et Amicorum ’ ( for Grolier and his friends ) ; and , almost always on the lower cover , a text from the Vulgate , Psalm cxli . |
| 2 | Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors ' offices . |
| 3 | There was no Christian architecture before A.D. 200 ; believers gathered together to meet in each others ' homes and used the courtyard fountain for baptism . |
| 4 | Details of these were given out at the April training day and included in that days ' notes . |
| 5 | Keith Fletcher , fielding at gully , shouted in that EastEnders ' accent : ‘ Well done , Greigy , give ‘ im another . ’ |
| 6 | Regional task forces estimate , however , that the gap between the hours stipulated in most juniors ' contracts and the hours that they will actually work is about five to 10 hours a week . |
| 7 | There is , of course , nothing in this paragraph which might not appear in many schools ' booklets . |
| 8 | This small characin can be seen in all dealers ' tanks , their fluorescence guaranteed to catch the eye of fishkeepers . |
| 9 | The first record is in August , when Dista 's representatives suggested the research might explain the bleeding seen in some patients ' stomachs and intestines . |
| 10 | There is , buried in some agencies ' archives , material — usually based either on reading and noting research ( see page 100 ) or on direct response returns — which shows rather clearly that over a certain size — somewhere around 35 cm × 6 cols in a broadsheet newspaper — diminishing returns begin to set in . |
| 11 | Once or twice when she crept down to the turn in the stairs to see if it was safe to go and get something to eat , she was scared back by the murmur of unfamiliar voices , and saw three or four bicycles parked in the hall , leaning together with their pedals tangled in each others ' spokes , forming an intricate barrier to outside . |
| 12 | Worst of all there was very little interlocking between separate communes , a circumstance which was reflected in these peasants ' lack of political cohesiveness in the Dumas . |
| 13 | Our experience has been that where we are able to admit a person who is dementing we wonder after a couple of days — How did the relatives manage ? b The past 3 years have shown us the myth that exists in many professionals ' minds about relatives pushing an old person into care . |
| 14 | Do you think that it could ever be true that they would be sufficiently inexpensive that they could be used in most doctors ' surgeries , or is it going to be something which is only used in one or two important hospitals ? |
| 15 | It finally came home then to Delaney what they were about to do in several hours ' time . |
| 16 | Over 80 artists from some 14 nations entered for the new BP Peter Pears Award , each presenting a 22-minute programme representing their talents in opera , oratorio , baroque and 20th-century works ; Britten was to be heard in most contestants ' 20th-century selections . |
| 17 | These steps are likely to result in many employees ' worries being reduced and their attitudes towards relocation abroad becoming more favourable . |
| 18 | By early 1832 the insurrection in Jamaica had so underlined in many abolitionists ' minds the presumption that slavery was the source of social disorder they unambiguously demanded ‘ nothing short of the total and immediate Abolition of British Colonial Slavery ’ . |
| 19 | Three rewards that operate in most adults ' lives include : |
| 20 | What the bland uniformity of the final bestseller lists ( see opposite ) fails to reveal are the intriguing regional variations that could be found in most respondents ' submissions . |
| 21 | The tenacity , ingenuity and resourcefulness of the women involved in these Groups ' activities was remarkable for the sheer depth of social and material capacities which it uncovered . |
| 22 | He can play 18 holes , then put in several hours ' practice afterwards and still be in good shape . |
| 23 | Now , with both Liverpool and Everton among the also-rans the two men find themselves in the ironic position of standing in each others ' way with the Premier League championship up for grabs . |
| 24 | His positioning helped Iain Dowie — the pair have tended to get in each others ' way on past occasions — and Dowie revelled in the extra space . |
| 25 | It seems to occur in some manufacturers ' products more than others , and is not a problem with ‘ safe ’ tools such as drills , but can be with bladed tools . |
| 26 | The unspoken concern of West Germany and France is that if sterling joined the ERM at its present exchange rate , a devaluation might still be required in several months ' time . |