Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know the opposition is n't up to much but lets hope he bangs a few goals in and gives Sgt Wilko something to think about . |
| 2 | Two of the musicians , carrying the usual cans of Gold Label , pop their heads in and shout : ‘ Break a leg , gang . ’ |
| 3 | I paid Barry the fifteen dollars we had agreed on for a small , black Andean Equipment daysack to keep my new notebooks in and left him selling jewellery to his tour group . |
| 4 | Many royal forests were ‘ assigned to the maintenance ’ of royal castles in or near them . |
| 5 | It 's about time the music press woke up to the fact that rave is the new heavy metal , sucking innocents in and destroying their musical tastebuds . |
| 6 | McDunn sucks his lips in and looks pained . |
| 7 | In the end , all the Arab states dug their heels in and demanded refugee repatriation as an essential element to peace , thereby joining Israel in linking the refugee issue to an overall peace . |
| 8 | It also comes in handy in cases of defiance when the child digs its heels in and says ‘ No ! ’ or ‘ Wo n't ! ’ |
| 9 | She dug her heels in and stopped . |
| 10 | LT : Oh yes , I see , chips in and finishes it off . |
| 11 | Sitting with soles of the feet together , pull your feet in and push down with your knees . |
| 12 | With soles of the feet together , pull your feet in and push down with your knees . |
| 13 | Sitting with soles of the feet together , pull the feet in and push down with your knees . |
| 14 | Unless an exemption applies , it therefore includes dealing in , arranging transactions in or advising on futures contracts ( which term is used in this chapter to include contracts for differences and options on futures ) , or managing a portfolio including futures contracts . |
| 15 | Sitting there , I think about that for a while , then I decide to bring all my plants in and stick them round the bed . |
| 16 | ‘ We learn by just popping things in and seeing how they do . ’ |
| 17 | Life is a slow , but easy , on the phones until a newcomer breezes in and threatens their jobs , homelife and sanity . |
| 18 | 2 Bring your fingers in and wrap the thumb around the outside of the locked fingers , covering the index and second fingers . |
| 19 | But still she could not use it until she spent an accumulation of 2 ½ years filling out Ridiculous Redundant Forms from the Grand Canyon 's Department of Ridiculous Redundant Forms Redundancy Department , spent $4,967 in stamps mailing the forms in and had to get a skin graph on her tongue from licking stamps . |
| 20 | You get another warning to pull your horns in and cut unnecessary spending Wednesday . |
| 21 | Shall I get one of the uniforms in and take a statement ? |
| 22 | My surgeon was one of those nuts who , when they are n't too busy , like to have old patients in and chat about their X-rays . |
| 23 | She turned her thumb- and fingernails in and pinched , probing for painful pulses between the bones . |
| 24 | If you do n't like them , you leave all the boring bits in and take the piss . |
| 25 | ‘ Listen , my dear , ’ she said to Alexandra , summoned flushed and impatient from the orchard where she had been settling her new charges in and attempting , as tactfully as possible , to exclude Murphy from the process , ‘ Mrs Langley says George is heartened beyond anything by your visit . |
| 26 | I got the drinks in and discovered that Dosh and Freddie were flat-sharing in Willesden and were both typists up from darkest Bedfordshire a mere three months before in search of bright lights , word-processor experience and more than six grand a year . |
| 27 | ‘ Sam had brought a couple of trucks of water melons in and stacked them on the sidewalk . |
| 28 | We 'll get the decorators in and do it . ’ |
| 29 | The computer recognises some of the words and phrases which the child types in and reflects them back at the child as open-ended questions that encourage the child to reply . |