Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed somehow deeper , as if its roots lay hidden in the past . |
| 2 | It 's not unusual on girls ' weekends or at women workers ' conferences for them to be demonstrative with each other , or with the young women , while we remain caught in the straight-jacket of frigidity while we are in the public eye . |
| 3 | In general , the rules leading to higher rates of survival and reproduction tend to increase in the population . |
| 4 | The standards we bring to bear in the act of appraisal have their purchase precisely because the act , or artefact , or creation , or social institution is not fixed , but has a degree of mutability about it . |
| 5 | Their problem is their flower buds tend to swell in the winter and can be damaged by frost or winds . |
| 6 | Once you have formulated your idea of what you want to see in the future , then you need to focus on how you can get there . |
| 7 | It will certainly make you see how much you do not see , and then you can decide how much you want to see in the future . |
| 8 | You want to go in the tunnel ? |
| 9 | Yeah and er , I said to Jane now I said now look before I go to Preston , I want to go in the pub |
| 10 | Want to go in the garden ? |
| 11 | I want to go in the garden . |
| 12 | Finally , decide which learning points you want to implement in the future and work out an action plan which covers : |
| 13 | Select the graphs and text charts you want to include in the screen show by dragging their icon over the screenshow icon — simple as that . |
| 14 | If we are outside , we shall not enjoy the advantages of a single currency or have the investment in this country of those companies — our own and overseas firms — which want to invest in the core of Europe and enjoy full access to all that goes on in Europe . |
| 15 | Some want to invest in the island and get some kind of tourism going . ’ |
| 16 | Because I , I want to sit in the room where they 're both gon na be facing not sitting like an odd dog right . |
| 17 | ‘ Inmates want to work in the kitchen because it means they can be out of their cells for most of the day and can have a bit of extra food , ’ he says . |
| 18 | I was just commenting er , you know , we just want to work in the County of Lincolnshire , I presume . |
| 19 | argue for a preparation stage for all reading comprehension in which students should both predict what they expect to find in the discourse from |
| 20 | If you want to get an article into a particular magazine , you need to read that magazine , you need to see how they present certain articles , how they actually approach certain things , and then write what you want to write in the house style . |
| 21 | I want to pull in the anchor with you and save the whale with you and bear a big child with you and live with you and know that we will never die . |
| 22 | If we genuinely want to participate in the population debates , as opposed simply to joining the chop-off-their-willies brigade of population controllers , then we must try to understand those reasons . |
| 23 | While Fisher is right to argue that some important principles can , nevertheless , be applied , he is also right to say that the consumerist philosophy and concepts of compulsory care which involve acting in the individual 's interests are basically incompatible . |
| 24 | Now , the seminar session that I 'm going to run , we can eith we 'll have Jeannie set up but we can sort of kick off with a discussion about topics that you want to cover in the revision |
| 25 | Okay if you just sort of like think of a vague title which sums up what the things are which you want to cover in the essay and if you get it to me by Monday then that that 'll be quite good . |
| 26 | ‘ I want to help in the peace movement . ’ |
| 27 | If you really want to win in the game of life , you 've got to be prepared to fail sometimes . |
| 28 | We , also , have to be able to goto Blackburn and come away with a result if we expect to advance in the Cup any further than the 4th round . |
| 29 | ‘ The players have to take a heap of responsibility for what has happened at Celtic Park , ’ he said , ‘ but the squad is also made up of footballers who want to play in the manner Liam Brady has adopted as his philosophy on the game . |
| 30 | ‘ I want to feed the ducks , and I want to play in the sandpit . |