Example sentences of "and [vb base] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colour the remaining fondant a pale cream colour ( use a tiny amount of diluted yellow food colouring ) and knead in a tiny amount of brown until almost mixed in but still a bit ‘ muddy ’ . |
| 2 | The total student population of 90 000 helps greatly to preserve an element of life and change in a city where one quarter of the population is over 66 . |
| 3 | or if we 're stuck get our heads together and drag in a few extra bodies |
| 4 | She had imprisoned her anger and hate in a part of her mind , as something unworthy which could be overcome . |
| 5 | Well , there 's a certain romance in floating in a warm swimming pool on a cold winter 's night , looking up at the stars and wondering whether to fling oneself down the rapids or go and sit in a Jacuzzi instead . |
| 6 | Every year some of the Culler coats ladies dress up in lifeboat gear , and sit in a row as though they are pulling a lifeboat . |
| 7 | I order a vodka and orange and sit in a corner beneath peeling mauve and silver flock wallpaper . |
| 8 | You need a certain kind of front to breeze in from an alternative reality in the back of a time-travelling Volvo and sit in a Presley City bar , with a two-headed nipper on your lap , complaining to a private dick from the twenty-fifth century that you do n't have time for nonsense . |
| 9 | This argument , that the Scottish party should elect its own leader , raise its own funds , hire and fire its own staff and sit in a Westminster coalition with the English and Welsh Labour Party , is something which acutely interests a few hundred activists , but not many MPs , and one guesses , precious few voters . |
| 10 | His proud boast is that ‘ the same principles which at first lead to scepticism , pursued to a certain point , bring men back to common sense ’ , and that rather than being a purveyor of wild and new paradoxes , he has ‘ unite[d] and place[d] in a clearer light that truth , which was before shared between the vulgar and the philosophers ’ . |
| 11 | And more importantly than that , what was a Pakistani doing in a position of power and influence in a publishing house ? |
| 12 | Although test maintenance manuals contain recommended procedures for detection , repair , procedures alone do not assure successful completion of trouble-shooting and repair in a timely manner for the following reasons : |
| 13 | Others seem to hear your heartbeat and remain in a constant state of nervous tension . |
| 14 | All all the boss used to say , Well if anybody comes round th that you do n't know just go and hide in a hamper . |
| 15 | Boil for 5 minutes on gentle heat then add mushroom — and simmer in a covered saucepan for a further 7 minutes . |
| 16 | It combines original music and dance in a spirited evocation of the women bondagers who worked vast agricultural lands . |
| 17 | It combines original music and dance in a spirited evocation of the women bondagers . |
| 18 | I WOULD rather take my children into the main bar or lounge of a pub and expect them to sit sensibly and reasonably quietly so that we can all relax , drink , talk and eat in a proper pub atmosphere . |
| 19 | He saw the members of the congregation approach the altar and kneel in a row . |
| 20 | Kick off your hand-tooled leather moccasins and kneel in a prayer-like manner as we parade the rumpy pumpy king of lurve techno , BLAKE BAXTER , before your reddened and disbelieving eyes , or go and see a play about clubbing , Excess XS , check out the GROOVE CHECK Single Of The Week , and familiarise yourself with BUMP 's all-time prime movers . |
| 21 | On that day , various poptastic things happened all over the world , all to convince you that AIDS is a terrible thing , that safe sex does n't mean no sex and that we must all love one another and usher in a new era of positivity etc etc . |
| 22 | Break the chocolate into pieces and melt in a basin over a pan of hot water . |
| 23 | This skilfully manipulates alliteration and rhyme in a humorously wry acknowledgement of the archetypally human facility for putting off that effort of intellectual and emotional energy involved in recognising and acting on the truth . |
| 24 | The mixture of an SD1 engine , Range Rover flywheel and exhaust in a Range Rover does not give you the power that you might expect , so be careful when mixing engine components such as flywheels , camshafts , distributor and carbs from different engine applications . |
| 25 | The '80s have seen a return to a more stable market , with demand and supply in a measure of equilibrium . |
| 26 | Combine the gravadlax , cucumber and yogurt in a bowl , add salt and white pepper to taste . |
| 27 | Place the grated orange rind , cheese and yogurt in a bowl and beat together . |
| 28 | Strangle the fury and say in a sweet , gentle voice : ‘ Thank you very much for ringing me . ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes I 'd stamp my foot and cry in a completely feminine burst of frustration and he 'd stand bewildered , pleading ignorance and apologising . |
| 30 | Come down and snooze in a garden when I am a dragon , an ocean-lurking , sky-flying free dragon ; when the mother wind that keeps the world spinning caresses my scales as I fly across the moon and bring warnings and hopes to the fiery heart of the world ; when I can dance aloft at dawn , so that the rising sun turns my every scale to a pure diamond and the tides and rhythms of the oceans slow down in delight . |