Example sentences of "in the [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She breathed in the cool Japanese atmosphere she had worked to create for him , looked at the slatted chairs , the pale greys , the yellows . |
| 2 | The courts first began to take obscenity seriously as a result of private prosecutions brought in the early nineteenth century by the Society for the Suppression of Vice , dubbed by Sydney Smith " a society for suppressing the vices of those whose incomes do not exceed £500 per annum " . |
| 3 | Those lips , which had so recently roved over Jaq 's body , now sucked in the slithery tough stuff of the hydra with the same seeming hunger . |
| 4 | Breathing in the faint spicy scent of his aftershave , she fought a wild longing to bury her face against his neck , to touch that smooth tanned skin with her lips and tongue . |
| 5 | Then stir in the chopped reserved aubergine flesh and the pistachios . |
| 6 | I then said I was a friend of Sir Randolph Routh and that if the agent was not immediately taken in charge for assault , I should send in the strongest adverse report on his conduct of this entire vile business . |
| 7 | Cheryl Gillan MP , who brought in the ten minute rule bill , says adopters need the same employment security as birth parents . |
| 8 | She rubbed her cheek against his chest and breathed in the clean male scent of him . |
| 9 | To his credit , Lord Whitelaw having been forced to bring in the short sharp shock , dropped it when it was proved not to work . |