Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , if it is possible to talk of a Keynesian revolution in economic policy , then there is a strong case for placing it in the early 1950s rather than around 1947 . |
| 2 | She was telling a story about buying it in Sunningdale before she first came to France , because there was a rumour that one could not buy decent tea the other side of the English Channel . |
| 3 | It is easier to reformat text after typing it in ( rather than before ) until you have had some practice . |
| 4 | The novice to word processing might find it easier to reformat text after typing it in than before . |
| 5 | Stella was afraid Babs might tell Dotty that she did n't wear a slip and that Dotty would rush out and buy her one , just as she had bought her a brassière after catching her in the wardrobe with her arms above her head about to be fitted for her Ptolemy costume . |
| 6 | A sense of inner worth , and the talent for reflecting it in outer forms and appearances . |
| 7 | For those thinking of saturating themselves in full-time tuition , a G.I.T. , B.I.T . |
| 8 | Any response which is offered as a result of reading it in a work of literary criticism would be unacceptable . |
| 9 | The first , noted by Labov with respect to the Philadelphia neighbourhood studies , is that however good the data there is no way in the absence of a supplementary broader study of locating it in a wider sociolinguistic context . |
| 10 | Fear of hurting her in any way made him abrupt . |
| 11 | By this time the cutters were being kept in commission throughout the year , the practice of laying them in winter had been abandoned so that more crews were needed to maintain continuity . |
| 12 | The maximum fees that companies can charge for inspection or copies are now prescribed by regulations ( the former practice of stating them in the primary legislation did not work well in an inflationary climate ) and these regulations clarify the obligations of companies regarding inspection and copies . |
| 13 | No visit to Holland would have been complete without a study of the important Dutch bulb industry and soon after his return Miller produced a paper , read at the Royal Society , on the practice of growing them in water . |
| 14 | The challenges facing it were daunting : a considerable proportion of the UN was opposed to its existence ; the predominant political forces in south Korea regarded it simply as providing a veneer of international respectability for the creation of a south Korean state ; north Korea had no intention of helping it in any way and the United States believed the commission should complete its task swiftly and without asking awkward questions . |
| 15 | The old man does tell the visitor the story of the woman of Porto Pim ( and his own ) , but there remains something menacing about the silence of the listener-narrator , as though he were taking something away with no intention of giving anything in return . |
| 16 | And she grinned to herself at the luxury of having someone in her life who would pay attention , who she could talk to . |
| 17 | It is important to bear in mind that while inflected verbs in languages such as Arabic , Spanish , and Portuguese ( to name but a few ) do carry the same information as an English pronoun-plus-verb combination , the effect of placing them in theme position is not the same . |
| 18 | The impossibility of shaking them in cross-examination would make such a reform grossly unfair to the media . |
| 19 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 20 | The precautionary principle suggests that , as the future damage done by pollution is often more costly than the extra expense of avoiding it in the first place and in any case it is often unacceptable , even if a money cost ca n't be put on it , then prevention is better than cure . |
| 21 | I appreciate that the hon. Gentleman did not have the pleasure of joining us in Committee . |
| 22 | ‘ There was some talk of replanting it in the late Sixties when you were back in London . |
| 23 | He then returned to the bedroom and carefully folded his socks , underwear , jeans and other casual wear before putting them in a drawer by the bed . |
| 24 | Urquhart opened the exercise book and skimmed through a few pages with furious concentration before stuffing it in his coat pocket with a grunt of satisfaction . |
| 25 | ‘ But my intention in bringing you in here was never to enjoy the pleasure of your body . |
| 26 | She was not altogether surprised by her father-in-law 's absence , because right from the start he had taken particular pleasure in taunting her in this way . |
| 27 | Why do people take so much pleasure in immersing themselves in warm water ? |
| 28 | Please spare my copies in future by sending them in a pale pink envelope with flowers on . |
| 29 | In this poem Coleridge is clearly better able to understand his own mind by putting it in such a context , and , as in ‘ This lime tree Bower my Prison ’ such intimate understanding of his surroundings enables him to produce incredibly vivid Wordsworthian description of scene . |
| 30 | It is fun to create a pretty effect by sowing them in a narrow band , weaving between the brassicas like ribbon . |