Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defoe in 1730 had considered a poor man in constant work could earn from 4s to 5s ( 20-25p ) a week , " which will barely purchase bread and cheese and clothes for his family , so that if he falls sick or dies his wife and children infallibly come to the parish for relief , who allow them a small pittance or confine them in a workhouse " . |
| 2 | According to Nicholas Clee , from the bookseller J Whitaker and Sons in London , any writer planning to embark on such a book would be advised to create a family living in rural bliss with a gaggle of children then land them in a crisis , preferably involving the central character in an affair with an older/younger man/woman . |
| 3 | Others lay them in the stems , in the roots or in buds . |
| 4 | And wrapt me in a gown . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're gon na gang bang them in the drive-ins , Harry . |
| 6 | At one time we kept pigs and used to feed them up with the waste food and sell them in the market . |
| 7 | In the absence of transactions costs and the option premium this series of contracts would permit the investor to buy the shares at 220p from the writer and sell them in the market for 237p thus gaining a gross profit of 17p per share . |
| 8 | First of all , he could borrow dollars from the Fritz Bank and sell them in the spot market for DMs . |
| 9 | I see , you criticize my appearance , and then you stab me in the back ! |
| 10 | ‘ Bring me in a cuppa , Debbie , will you ? ’ |
| 11 | David Hunt from Downing Street told Lascelles that Ramsey had been known to stop in a procession , send for a pair of trousers to replace the wrong ones which he had put on by mistake , and change them in the middle of the aisle . |
| 12 | This would still be so even if Members of Parliament were persuaded to settle issues with Health Authorities and not raise them in the House of Commons when dissatisfied . |
| 13 | That has never been seen as a constituent of self regulation , and I doubt whether any government would be willing to divert so many responsibilities already assigned to other existing bodies ( for example , the Medical Research Council and the Committee on Safety of Medicines ) — better qualified to carry them out — and concentrate them in the GMC alone under the sole control of the profession . |
| 14 | The tubers should n't touch each other — sit them in the hollows of egg boxes , ‘ eyes ’ upwards in a cool , frost-free place with some light . |
| 15 | To solve a problem the student must recall the relevant concepts and rules and combine them in a way that satisfies the principles of good practice . |
| 16 | When they did n't have a gang to fight they 'd run after me , take off my trousers and hide them in a bush . |
| 17 | Us kids were highly amused at all this , but I was distracted from the fun by Frankie who suggested that we gather up the bottles and hide them in the washhouse before they all got broken . |
| 18 | The map user can select features of interest from the digital map and display them in a way that is suited to his or her requirements . |
| 19 | Cut two white holes in it , then send them in the bank , it 'll be chocolate ! |
| 20 | Remove the yolks and place them in a dish with mayonnaise and onions and beat them with a fork . |
| 21 | Shake the cannellini beans dry , then place them in a bowl . |
| 22 | Scrape out the pips and use a melon baller or teaspoon to scoop out small ball of the melon flesh and place them in a bowl . |
| 23 | Place them in a bowl over a pan of simmering water . |
| 24 | Place them in a watch glass containing Hank 's solution and collect the eggs from large follicles by pricking with a sharp needle . |
| 25 | Remove the poussins from the oven , quarter , place them in a serving dish and cover them with foil to keep warm . |
| 26 | Spread the nachips with a thickish layer of refried beans and place them in a grill pan on a rack . |
| 27 | Using colouring , draw the face of each of the cards and place them in a fan on top of the cake . |
| 28 | Peel , halve and core them and place them in a saucepan … cover with the wine and a broken cinnamon stick and heat until barely simmering … wash the monkfish and pat dry with kitchen paper … just as the liquid begins to caramelise , add the lemon juice and stir vigorously … reduced to a quarter of its original volume … add the cubes one at a time … thread the piece of monkfish … reserving the liquid … baste the fruit continuously … intersperse with pears … hand the sauce separately … |
| 29 | Drain the beans and place them in a saucepan to cover with water . |
| 30 | I cut them in half , discarding the pointed end for the moment and place them in a seed tray or wooden tomato box on layers of newspaper , narrow ends uppermost . |