Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can ride in the mountains , play tennis and squash , go swimming , enjoy a round or two of mini-golf or simply head for the hills in the company of a guide and a picnic . |
| 2 | The famous case of Derek Bentley , who was hanged in Britain , was a classic example of the kind of people who slip through the cracks in the US and end up being executed , says Mr Stafford Smith . |
| 3 | A Gestalt is a mode of perception of a group of objects — say of the dots in a printed picture — so that they are seen as one thing . |
| 4 | We mingle with the ladies in black velvet evening gloves selling Moet and the photographer promising to make the plain into cover girls for a day . |
| 5 | It is worth noting that many of the most interesting studies of the language/ethnicity relationship are not quantitative at all , but focus qualitatively on the social meaning which bi- and multi-lingual speakers associate with the codes in their repertoire ( see further 8.3 ) . |
| 6 | Cut the rubber seals to size and press into the slots in the seal carriers . |
| 7 | The Pharisees who appear in the gospels in Jesus 's time seem to have some distorted ideas about God . |
| 8 | Consider those stately columns , regard the coils of plaster vine that trail from the windowsills , meditate on the dados in the shape of fasces that stud its pitted hide . ’ |
| 9 | We need to look beyond the social position readers already occupy to the ways in which reading as an activity is itself structured in different contexts . |
| 10 | But if you are prepared to spare the time , settle down in an armchair and explore among the oldies in a good descriptive catalogue like David Austin 's Handbook of Roses ( see Bibliography ) , who knows what nuggets of gold you might find to fit into your garden ? |
| 11 | ‘ I hear stories of machines which smoke like the dragons in the tales , ’ Jotan said . |
| 12 | Under emergency procedure I put in the words in the second line , after having made every reasonable effort to consult with the chief executive . |
| 13 | I often speak to the farmers in my area and they are seriously concerned about whether they can continue . |
| 14 | The studies by Evans ( 1979 ) on Brazil , Gillespie ( 1984 ) on Egypt and Ihonvbere and Shaw ( 1988 ) on Nigeria , all focus on the ways in which transnational triple alliances operate in the developing countries . |
| 15 | However , patterns of segregation within towns also depend on the ways in which roads and railways have expanded , and on political decisions regarding the location of council housing and more general planning policies . |
| 16 | Dismissing all but a single guard who was burdened with a lantern on a pole , he began to lead them by the bridges and passageways which cut across the streets in a way which was arguably more direct and certainly less likely to be barred by persistent celebrants . |
| 17 | To plate , look for the instructions in your manual , it is quite easy , once you are threaded up . |
| 18 | Run through the papers in your file , including the subfile of any mortgage a buyer-client may be obtaining , to ensure you haven " t missed anything . |
| 19 | She would n't have been employed then look after the men in the bothy . |
| 20 | Curiously , the Phaeacians , the legendary people in the Odyssey who sound like the Minoans in so many ways , were described as the kings of sea-craft ; they were also credited with sailing galleys with fifty oars , in other words , larger ships than Bury credits the Homeric Greeks with possessing . |
| 21 | Some snatch of verse from a Jacobean tragedy flashed through his mind : ‘ When I look into the fishponds in my garden , methinks I see a thing , armed with a rake , that seems to strike at me . ’ |
| 22 | Look into the possibilities in your organization for using new technology to help you gain better control of your time . |
| 23 | Lie in the hulks in chains . |
| 24 | Theatre 's task is ‘ to smash language in order to touch life ’ ; it is to show that the force of the aural lies in sound ( reduplicating for Artaud the significance that dreams give to the sounds in speech ) and not words ( Sellin 1968 , pp. 49–52 ) . |
| 25 | They look at the goods in the shiny , illuminated shop-windows , and wander in and out of the boutiques , but do not buy anything . |
| 26 | Look at the sets in in sixty eight . |
| 27 | Look at the holes in these socks . |
| 28 | If you look at the failures in UK high technology , then it is arguable that the British companies concerned simply did not have enough able scientists and engineers available to address the problems , compared with their competitors . |
| 29 | To me it seems particularly loathsome and , when you look at the experiences in countries like America where it operates , you 'll see that we want no part of it in this country . |
| 30 | If you look at the trends in the incidence of mental confusion in residential homes ( all categories , that 's local authority , voluntary , private ) , it 's gone from 15% in 1980 by small stages until it reaches 24% in 1987 . |