Example sentences of "roots [prep] [art] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The roots of the Willie Johnson drug scandal had been firmly planted . |
| 2 | Tin , as in so many Cornish tales of wealth and exploitation , lies at the roots of the Robartes family fortunes . |
| 3 | Mrs Stych clutched her groceries more tightly to her bosom and tried to heave her high heels out of the roots of the Frizzell grass . |
| 4 | Quick wit and cleverness at school had shifted him quickly from his roots in the Belfast underclass , and his natural proclivities had led him to the theatre set , a wee bit of acting and extra-work from time to time , usually as a gunman or a thug and once , memorably , as a rather well-fed hungerstriker . |
| 5 | The film showed him finding his roots on the John Major Heritage Trail in Brixton and then , after he had hauled himself up by his bootstraps , helping to run the world , confident and determined , with large and capable hands . |