Example sentences of "in a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technically , a nut is a single-seeded fruit , with the embryo free in a cavity and the pericarp hardened and woody . |
| 2 | ‘ A small cromlech was discovered by some miners about the year 1837 near the Cheesewring in a barrow or cairn and under it was found a bell-shaped gold cup with a sphere or sceptre . |
| 3 | Used correctly , you should n't have to bend your back during general digging , although it wo n't lift out the soil and put in a barrow if you need to move it ! |
| 4 | Such cheating may take the form of coaching or practice , but it may also take the subtle form of the chemistry teacher who asked the GCE student , ‘ are you sure that is what you want ? ’ when she was asking for some particular potion to complete an experiment in a practical examination , or the American teacher on the same 1987 visit who pointed to a particular answer in a workbook and asked the student to ‘ check that out ’ . |
| 5 | Water can be placed in a burette and the fresh air can be collected displacing the water by removing the stopper and releasing the tap . |
| 6 | I have woven into the account experiences ranging from a reflection on uniform patrol work , to CID and specialist squad work ; from the marginal world of a ‘ punishment posting ’ in a bridewell or prison , to the centrality of knowledge gained by spells in the centrality of headquarters postings . |
| 7 | There appears to be substance in the legend by the surviving name of the castle , and there is further support in a couplet that still lives on , referring to his abortive attempt to divert the course of the river to surround the fortress as a moat : |
| 8 | The knife block can also be used in a chopping and thrusting motion . |
| 9 | He enclosed her in a bear-hug that showed the difference in size between them . |
| 10 | Before they had time to say a word , she had rushed across the room , enveloped Dimity in a bear-hug and kissed her soundly on each cheek . |
| 11 | Such a person might , with the full sanction of ‘ Be aware ’ , deliberately choose the unpleasant alternative , to live for a while in a jungle or a slum . |
| 12 | It does not follow that they understand in any sense that the bottom bricks of a tower support the top ones — although this is something which a leaping animal living in a jungle or an untidy house may have to learn . |
| 13 | He scorned special equipment and commonly appeared on a mountain or in a jungle as he would in Bond Street . |
| 14 | The 28-year-old cab driver attacked her in a clearing after she went to join Queen 's Club in west London , Mark Dennis , prosecuting , told the Old Bailey . |
| 15 | Oval Face : You 'll look good in a veil that frames your face like a halo — bands around the forehead will suit you too . |
| 16 | Then you used to build it in a stack and then you used to take it in the barn and thresh it . |
| 17 | Is it your wish to totally destroy the Company in a lawsuit that will bankrupt us ? ’ |
| 18 | Say we picture ourselves in a desert and all these people want some water , but one person goes and gets it ? |
| 19 | This is true whether you are in a desert or a forest or swimming on a coral reef . |
| 20 | Much controversy surrounded the finalization of this part of the Act centred on the question whether all 3–5 year olds should become entitled to a place in a nursery or pre-school . |
| 21 | Inevitably , human ethologists have kept to more circumscribed activities , such as children playing in a nursery or mothers looking after their babies . |
| 22 | You can omit the mortar form some of the joints in a brick or concrete block wall , but the effect is never as natural-looking as plants growing in stone . |
| 23 | By the end of the century , the Chinese government hopes that every peasant family will be living in a brick and tile house with its own toilet and water supply : a dream that at the moment looks impossible . |
| 24 | Not that it 's ‘ the mark ’ in a register that 's important but if you 're teaching something that 's worthwhile there 's progress presumably being made . |
| 25 | God does not dwell in a heart that 's confined , |
| 26 | His brother-in-law wrote in a memoir that on his return to Turvey in 1829 , Higgins was ‘ unremitting in his solicitude for the poor of the parish ’ . |
| 27 | For this was Gold Cup day , and Norton 's Coin had a very small supporting role in a performance that Thursday afternoon which would see the hugely popular grey Desert Orchid set off fresh waves of fanaticism with a second victory in the most coveted prize of the National Hunt season . |
| 28 | But she is minor character in a story that is about a future constitutional crisis between a wicked and unscrupulous politician and a dignified , noble but politically naive monarch . ’ |
| 29 | A few days before the poll , an attempt was made to interest The Guardian in a story that Harold Wilson was involved in land speculation . |
| 30 | Half an hour later Maurin rang back and demanded to know if there was any truth in a story that he 'd been hurt and Barbara threatened . |