Example sentences of "in [noun] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The folk of these towns and villages took their convicted witches , stood them in pitch-filled barrels and set them afire : in Forres stands a witches ' stone , site of such burnings — in thunder , lightning , or in rain ? |
| 2 | On 4 December , several hundred students at Fang 's university in Hefei held a demonstration as part of their campaign to organise a boycott of the campus canteens . |
| 3 | His St. Philomena ( in statue form a background to fruit and flowers ) could serve to all indifferent artists as a free lesson in how to wield paint and handle a difficult concept . |
| 4 | Yet ants have yet to develop writing , and their major artefacts — their nests — can be demolished in minutes using a spade . |
| 5 | The representatives of trades union bodies meeting in Moscow signed an agreement on April 16 reforming the All-Union General Confederation of Trade Unions ; ruling bodies were elected . |
| 6 | authorities in Moscow plan a showpiece funeral for the family — and even a ‘ theme park ’ on the site where they were dug up to commemorate the atrocity . |
| 7 | Travelling home on the Queen Mary after a visit to Washington and discussions with President Eisenhower , he despatched a telegram to the post-Stalin leadership in Moscow proposing a meeting . |
| 8 | Mick Ronson : ‘ At the time when that story came out , my family in Hull took a lot of flak about it because they 'd never even heard about it up there . |
| 9 | The Bulls Head in Hereford found a buyer at £100,000 pounds and the Burley Gate Inn in the city went for 120,000 . |
| 10 | These old properties represent an age when craftsmanship in building reached an art form . |
| 11 | Union representatives at Castle View House in Runcorn handed a letter to Mr Hunt when he officially opened the new £15m building . |
| 12 | No equipment in existence has a refresh rate of 57 hz . |
| 13 | Activists , artists and politicians joined forces in opposition : a conference in Sheffield planned a Stop The Clause European Benefit Tour , to promote the organisation , co-operation and solidarity of lesbian and gay movements in Europe , and direct action protests were widespread . |
| 14 | For example , the managing director of an engineering company in Sheffield offered an aircraft kit to a school willing to take on the construction task . |
| 15 | Store chiefs at the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield saw a record 150,000 people turn up , 12,000 more than on the same day last year and in Hull police had to appeal to drivers not to take cars into the city because it was full by midday . |
| 16 | Engineers are still working around the clock to restore services at the Woodhouse exchange in Sheffield following a fire on October 25 , which affected 13,000 customers . |
| 17 | Workers in Germany lose an amount equal to area 1 , while workers who remain in the UK gain higher wages leading to economic rent equal to area 3 . |
| 18 | Instead the leaders of every Gau in Germany sent a sample of the soil from their district to go underneath the cradle at the naming ceremony . |
| 19 | Although David Thorpe was in essence a still-life photographer , I remember going on location in Germany to do a car campaign , and we also used to do many portraits — there was a tremendous variety in what we were doing . ’ |
| 20 | Consumers in the UK gain real incomes via lower prices , while consumers in Germany suffer a decline in real income . |
| 21 | The Christian Democrats in Germany have a tradition of good quality newspapers . |
| 22 | Similarly , producers in the UK suffer a loss of real income due to lower prices , but producers in Germany experience a gain . |
| 23 | By midnight I was in an operating theatre in Inverness having an ankle fixed . |
| 24 | The coastal plain in Sussex produced a wheat and barley surplus , the Wealden farmers probably grew sufficient for their own needs , whilst concentrating on stock raising . |
| 25 | Bull Electrical in Sussex have a kit that converts the composite video into the three outputs . |
| 26 | Iron production in Sussex stimulated a variety of related activities , not least charcoal burning . |
| 27 | In cases involving an employer he will probably have to be interviewed later . |
| 28 | Owners of Brambles Coffee Shop in Middlesbrough received a £21,970 grant which will enable it to expand at its Newport Road premises . |
| 29 | High Tunstall Comprehensive School in Hartlepool became a cordon bleu restaurant for the day when chefs from The Hospitality Inn in Middlesbrough prepared a menu of haute cuisine as part of a home economics course . |
| 30 | Early risers in Middlesbrough had a surprise when their milkman delivered his pintas yesterday . |