Example sentences of "[verb] roots [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too much , it seemed to me , was made of Tom 's grief : his courtship of Araminta was forward-looking , and deep grief needs roots in the past . |
| 2 | I suppose it could sound like a conscious courtesy — an agreeable gesture , but hardly one denoting that love has roots below the gum of consciousness . |
| 3 | In those areas where unemployment was endemic , the NUWM was able to establish roots in the community and to establish a legitimacy as a political movement which usually evaded the Communist Party . |
| 4 | Since a firm intact skin is essential , both to exclude infections and prevent the contents from drying out , it is usual to leave roots on the soil surface for a few hours to harden their skins . |
| 5 | The runners develop roots from the nodes of the stems . |