Example sentences of "in [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To discover what difference the action project made ( that is , whether it delayed or prevented admission to an institution ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved the physical , emotional or mental well-being of dementia sufferers or their carers ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved family relationships ; whether it increased , decreased or had no effect on people 's receipt of statutory or other voluntary services ) . |
| 2 | Underlying the suffrage struggle was a set of attitudes which dictated that women 's natural sphere was the home , that their full development came only with motherhood and that a ‘ womanly woman ’ would not be interested in or want the vote . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's also some element of poison pill , in that adding the other things makes it a little less attractive . ’ |
| 4 | It is impractical , in that raising the necessary revenue would be politically impossible , particularly as needs grow to meet available supplies of resources . |
| 5 | While the fax machine is easy to use , it 's less attractive when it comes to mass faxing , as someone has to feed each document in and dial the destination . |
| 6 | Faust plug back in and put the boot in with a vengeance . |
| 7 | I took my Sony from a drawer , slotted a tape in and pressed the record button . |
| 8 | This is not to deny the significance of the creative individual , but his or her efforts at innovation can only be really sustained when they take root in and pervade the school as a whole . |
| 9 | 2 Bring your fingers in and wrap the thumb around the outside of the locked fingers , covering the index and second fingers . |
| 10 | If you do n't like them , you leave all the boring bits in and take the piss . |
| 11 | This approach emphasises the ‘ state form ’ .9 Like most Marxist analyses , this approach still envisages the state as ‘ capitalist ’ : an apparatus caught up in and managing the social relations of capitalism . |
| 12 | You just have to push it through and put your arm in and unlock the catch . ’ |
| 13 | Half carrying , half trailing the inert figure , they reached the factory door , then edged their way in and laid the unconscious form on the floor . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh come on in and shut the bloody door , ’ said the landlord and the bar erupted into gales of laughter . |
| 15 | The storm surrounding the Queen 's children has left her with no option but to cave in and slash the £9.8 million the Royal Family costs the taxpayer . |
| 16 | They 're very good with each other 's babies too , you can come in and not know which baby belongs to who , or a girl 's got an exam coming up and they 'll all muck in and change the baby for her . |
| 17 | My teacher , Mr Taylor , did tell us to do our talk on something we knew about , so I asked if I could bring Dawn in and tell the other kids about what I was doing . |
| 18 | Pull the tummy in and raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards your knees . |
| 19 | The aim of this arrangement is the same as that of the mentor programmes ; it is to demonstrate in a consistent way that someone cares about , is interested in and encourages the school and its students in their work . |
| 20 | window and I sort of pinged the cat 's tray , you know , if I shut the door and walked back in and hid the paint on the side , and on a couple of occasions he was painting that window and suddenly this cat appeared outside |
| 21 | Yet his family was totally dependent on him , not just his brothers but his mother and his father , so he could n't buck the system ; the pressure to rein him back in and continue the status quo and what was making money won over . |
| 22 | Matthew puts his marker in and closes the book . |
| 23 | I 'm telling you , Pat , we go out the back , into the garden and cut a swish from that bleeding forsythia bush , then come back in and beat the buggers ’ arses black and blue . |
| 24 | It seems clear from the surviving images that emperors took interest in and approved the form of their portraits , particularly those that would be seen by many of their subjects on coins and statues set up in public places . |
| 25 | He thumbed towards the men behind him , then said , ‘ Come on in and meet the gang . ’ |