Example sentences of "[vb base] in [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In this landscape so wondrous , a tingling anticipation embraces us and we run in delight to receive it . ’ |
| 2 | The passions we experience expand it , those we inspire in others contract it , and habit fills it . ’ |
| 3 | People who work in Richmond but live in Darlington feel it is unfair to be charged £50 for a permit . |
| 4 | A further small point : we may have been taught at school to avoid ending written sentences with a preposition , but the above sentence , apart from replacing ‘ commence ’ by ‘ begin ’ , sounds more natural if we do in fact end it with the preposition . |
| 5 | Today , we have not only halted the upward trend but have in fact reversed it , so that our costs are declining in real terms . |
| 6 | The determination of the effect of the rules made by regulatory bodies operating in the public law sphere on common law and equitable rights and duties depends on two factors : ( 1 ) whether the regulatory bodies have been given authority to make rules altering private law rights ; and ( 2 ) if there is such authority , whether they have in fact exercised it when making their rules . |
| 7 | Erm some days have been better than others but I I I have in retrospect enjoyed it , heartbroke though it is . |
| 8 | Experience in Newcastle suggests it could be money well spent . |
| 9 | But he then recalled that even tiny amounts of certain high polymers , like polyoxyethylene , dissolve in water to make it very slippery indeed . |