Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some seven hundred miles east of Madagascar , Mauritius lay on the direct sea route to the Spice Islands , and was first settled by the Dutch until the French moved in during 1715 , leaving indelible traces in the form of place names , cuisine , architecture and language . |
| 2 | This ties in with earlier studies which have found that two-day-old infants who are considered attractive are held closer and spoken to more than unattractive babies . |
| 3 | This was pre-eminently the case where the Area Boards were united in opposing the Central Authority or the Government ( as on the Clow differential ) , though Citrine was more willing to give in to such pressure on matters where he respected the Board Chairmen 's views , such as tariffs , than on matters where he was determined to impose his own , as in labour relations . |
| 4 | The more hard work you are prepared to put in during these 12 months , whether this applies directly to your job , a personal ambition , a family matter or a relationship , the better set up you will be for 1994 . |
| 5 | It was easier to mine in for two reasons : firstly , if you mined the stone , massive amounts of earth did not have to be shifted before the stone could be got at , and secondly , the men of Swaledale and Wensleydale , many of them experienced lead-miners , had all the knowledge and expertise necessary to dig stone from the mine , and furthermore labour was plentiful because of the decline of the lead industry . |
| 6 | Whilst the FADS of old went in for five-man random obscurity and ‘ playing bizarre rhythms as fast as possible ’ , their forthcoming album boasts structure , recurring themes and even the odd polished pop song . |
| 7 | Though this comes in for constant robust internal criticism and revision , it is more thorough than that of many professional advice and counselling organizations and is increasingly used as a model by other organizations . |
| 8 | and that fills in with five other things |
| 9 | ‘ It would be easy to give in to that criticism and just make mindless , utopian house records or ambiguous grunge records . |
| 10 | Perhaps 20 items is a bit much to take in at one sitting , but choose your favourites and you will not be disappointed , as everything is captured in wonderful sound and expertly performed . |
| 11 | Well it looks fine tucked in like that . |
| 12 | Three cash in on bright ideas |
| 13 | Bloke supposed to come in for new business pitch will have got there by now . |
| 14 | All three came in with two under par rounds of 73 over the Royal Lytham and St Annes on a day when only eight players bettered a demanding par . |
| 15 | According to Dr Richard Earle , director of the IOS , accelerated ageing is most likely to set in between 40 and 50 , with women ageing faster during this decade than men ( an average of eighteen years compared to fifteen ) . |
| 16 | But Sun/Star readers were less interested in politics even than Mirror readers ; and they were the least likely to tune in to highbrow news programmes such as Newsnight , Channel 4 News , or Radio 4 news . |
| 17 | The rise of ‘ put-and-take ’ fisheries has paralleled a great explosion of interest in game fishing ; and as more and more people discover the delights of angling , tackle manufacturers have been quick to cash in on this growing demand . |
| 18 | A survey has revealed nine out of ten properties in the area are unfit to live in by modern standards . |
| 19 | She was supposed to blend in with that group . |
| 20 | There are camping and hotel facilities throughout and paddlers are welcome to join in for some or all of the trip . |
| 21 | Unsolicited enquiries are dealt with by telephone and post ; sometimes these come in via other departments . |
| 22 | I declined a chocolate ; they were too large to take in in one bite and I feared to take two and risk cream and liqueur trickling down my chin . |
| 23 | ‘ How does that fit in with this idea of a universe that doubles back on itself ? ’ |
| 24 | Nevertheless , given the one-roomed hovels many lived in at that period , there may indeed have been a real improvement . |
| 25 | Can we all fit in along this short wall ? |
| 26 | Martin and Chase nodded , Bunny buried his head into Santa 's neck and Trippy yelled , ‘ A wise decision , Cap'n Smollett , ’ and struck up Jingle Bells with us all joining in at some point or another . |
| 27 | Sharon had altered it or something cos you all went in at five to five or something |
| 28 | Ten more minutes or so went by until she was ready for the net , one scoop followed by some frantic throwing in of excess tail which did n't want to go into the net and she was ours . |
| 29 | , cos unless we 're going to get it straight , but it just all comes in like this time of year , and just comes and let us in . |
| 30 | In the first quarter of 1994 , a SuperSparc-II kicks in with first silicon clocked at around 65MHz and by the fourth quarter it should be up to 90MHz . |