Example sentences of "[verb] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most basic error , which I attempted to pinpoint in discussing the sense in which the cries , hoots , and gestures of animals are ‘ primitive forms ’ of language in Chapter 5 , is to confuse the predictive value of the effects of such behaviour with the conscious intent of a speaker to communicate in some way . |
| 2 | If the distinction between tacit and explicit collusion is to mean anything , it must also be shown that the ability to communicate in some way affects the likely existence and stability of collusion . |
| 3 | She touched a finger to Tallis , then to herself , trying to communicate in some way . |
| 4 | This fusion was reflected in their unique ability to communicate in both the sign language of the Plains tribes , and the Chinook trade jargon of the coastal peoples . |
| 5 | The duration of such responses would , however , be too great to allow the rapid succession of contractions needed to maintain the high frequency of the wing beat in many efficient flyers . |
| 6 | If it is too thick , beat in some more hot milk . |
| 7 | At adult level , for instance , a collection of objects identified as lorry , car , car and bicycle , might be sorted in many different ways . |
| 8 | I sleep in that now , you know . |
| 9 | I ca n't get up out me bed any more without somebody helping me , so I sleep in that chair . |
| 10 | That I sleep in that chair ? |
| 11 | I told you I sleep in that chair , did n't I ? — It must have been about midnight because I 'd just watched this film and that did n't finish until half eleven . |
| 12 | So she said , I 'll show you to your bedroom and there was two sisters , and she says , you sleep in that bed and you sleep in that bed . |
| 13 | So she said , I 'll show you to your bedroom and there was two sisters , and she says , you sleep in that bed and you sleep in that bed . |
| 14 | I 'd imagine there 'd be people maybe down and outs maybe tramps sleep in that park with newspaper round them or something . |
| 15 | You work here for an hour at either end of the day , sleep in this funny little store place I 've found you and during the day you can try and find something more normal . |
| 16 | In peacetime the town must have been a sleepy and slow-moving place , but at the start of 1945 it fairly hummed with activity , being surrounded in all directions by RAF and American Air Force stations . |
| 17 | The dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed throughout Kathmandu in April was lifted in all areas except the Lalitpur district on May 10 . |
| 18 | Martial law , in force since the Feb. 23 military coup [ see p. 38003-04 ] , was lifted in most areas of the country on May 3 , although the interim government retained it in 21 sensitive border provinces and districts . |
| 19 | In May martial law was lifted in most areas of the country and a ban on political activity was also lifted . |
| 20 | The subject they 're tackling in this report is one that makes the blood run cold in most people 's veins … including mine . |
| 21 | Unfortunately this is the way the Tory always play their ploys on Highfield , they always think they are the champions of Highfield issue unfortunately they do not know what transpired in that area , they do not know the deprivation in that area . |
| 22 | Right , it 's clear i n't it under four rule twenty eight , four , it 's not essential for the disallowance of any cost or interest that er the taxing officer should be satisfied that erm the other party has been prejudiced , in fact that is not a condition precedent to the exercise of his part and disallow interest in this here item , er any prejudice there maybe is merely one factor to be taken into account in other matters and it does seem to me that the fact the court can , can properly and should properly take into account , is , is that erm , it is desirable that to litigation should erm comply with there obligations , either expressly , express or explicit under the rules of the court to comply with matter such as it should have orders part drawn up and served as appropriate , as I say it seems to me that er the plaintiffs 's can be criticized in not erm having perfected the order of Mr Justice er before they did so but er , I have , it seems to me to look at all the relevant pictures in the case , er if it were the case that the plaintiff suffered any prejudice as the result of that claim , clearly that would be a matter which I would have to take into account , but I 'm bound to say it does n't seem to me that the fender of the plaintiffs to perfect the order did in fact cause any prejudice to the plaintiff and indeed if they , the plaintiffs had perfected the order , it seems to me exactly the same course of events as in fact transpired in this case , would actually have occurred and would n't make any difference at all , so unless it 's a matter of simply of er seeking to punish the plaintiff as a matter of discipline , it seems to me there is a , not really anything in the point that the order was not perfected er when it seems to me it should of been , and I , there stood to see the other er circumstances , now it 's quite clear to me having been referred to correspondence , passing between the solicitors that erm although really from a very early stage er the plaintiffs solicitors referring to Mr a letter of early nineteen ninety one indicating that erm the view was being taken that the likelihood was that erm the plaintiffs would have to get their costs out of the defendants share and interest in the premises and er that would be a matter which could only be dealt with when the enquiries director by Mr Justice had been dealt with . |
| 23 | It is this glistening miriad of impressions , moods , intuitions , intimations , dreams and visitations which I am seeking now to catch in these orderly lines of print . |
| 24 | Because the Australian aborigines still exist at the hunter-gatherer level of culture they have no need for a weaning trauma in early childhood as is found among all primitive agriculturalists , and consequently children , although experiencing a period of oral dependency as they do in the West , linger in that stage , do not have to give it up and , in a sense , remain unweaned until adulthood — or , certainly until initiation , which is essentially the same thing . |
| 25 | Past values and beliefs are transmitted to new members through formal induction programmes and informal working practices epitomised in such phrases as : ‘ We do things this way in this office ’ . |
| 26 | The English country look is epitomised in this genteel fitted suit with its Edwardian-style walking skirt , topped with a plumed hat . |
| 27 | The concepts of ‘ good and evil ’ are associated with human life , they have not been predetermined in any sense whatsoever . |
| 28 | The columnists delighted in that . |
| 29 | Generations of visitors have delighted in this exquisite little town 's beauty and in the stunning views it affords . |
| 30 | A representative person is one who will act in a given situation in much the same way as those he represents would act in that same situation . |