Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] an [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He regularly outwitted a host of cartoon criminals with colourful names and faces to match : Pruneface , Shoulders , The Rodent , Itchy , Mumbles and Flat Top all of whom put in an appearance in the film , their prosthetics and make-up masking well-known faces . |
| 2 | They eke out an existence in cardboard and tin shacks amongst the graves . |
| 3 | We set up an apparatus in which pairs of protons , A and B , are produced in a singlet state . |
| 4 | On Friday 24 March 1933 they set up an experiment in which a mixture of ethylene and benzaldehyde was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres at 170°C in the hope that the two substances would combine together . |
| 5 | The words set up an echo in Lorton 's mind : he remembered Sue 's death , and the doctor saying , She ca n't tell us what the problem was now , Mr Lorton . |
| 6 | At Standard Grade pupils carry out an investigation in a topic which interests them and by the Sixth Year each will be capable of using the Heriot-Watt University computer model of the economy . |