Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " So I was , sir , but I thought my bride had better see something of what 's goin' on in town before I take her back and bury her on the Moor . |
| 2 | A group of artists whose work differs widely in style but is united in the interest in landscape the portrait are at Durand-Dessert until 28 April . |
| 3 | ‘ Considering you told me that you 'd taken supplies on in Oban and that you managed perfectly well all of yesterday , and that your boat is.probably stiff with tins and even bottles- ’ |
| 4 | Mrs said th , there 's too much of a confidential nature goes on in school and , I 'm not allowed to do it at school . |
| 5 | We try as far as possible to relate the work we do in the Technical Department to what goes on in industry and commerce . |
| 6 | I mean , there 's so much that goes on in prison that people do n't know about , which they should . |
| 7 | I mean , you get the lowdown on stuff that writers never get , because you 're working with these people and you get the real story — not the stuff that goes on in books and magazines . |
| 8 | And and that I presume that the feedback is analyzed and decided from maybe as to the content of what goes on in studio and also on the main stage . |
| 9 | ‘ Lots of people say it must be easy for my family to carry on in music and that I must have taught them everything — but I feel they just inherited their love of music as it 's in our blood . ’ |
| 10 | Triticale pancakes mixes and crackers , sold widely in Canada and in many health food stores in the United States , are rapidly gaining converts because of their savoury , nutty flavour . |
| 11 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 12 | To sit down in meditation and think of these mystical ideas is to poise oneself for the transcendent journey . |
| 13 | They did not speak Jove 's language ; they went to war clad only in shields and were , as Plato sternly put it , ‘ given to excess in drink . ’ |
| 14 | It was Edward Balliol himself , clad only in shirt and breeches . |
| 15 | Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants . |
| 16 | ‘ For a long time the courts have , without objection from Parliament , supplemented procedure laid down in legislation where they have found that to be necessary for this purpose . |
| 17 | ‘ For a long time the courts have , without objection from Parliament , supplemented procedure laid down in legislation where they have found that to be necessary for this purpose . |
| 18 | Leaves , however , tend to be preserved in the deposits laid down in lakes and the like . |
| 19 | They rode hardest in spring and autumn . |
| 20 | The research examines why such policies appear to have developed less in Britain than in many other European countries . |
| 21 | You see it on telly , it goes down in sections and crumples in a huge cloud of dust . |
| 22 | This rotative engine soon became greatly in demand and had a big effect on the mechanisation of factories . |
| 23 | It is often the case , especially in religious matters , that wherever controversial premises are stubbornly adhered to , and crystal-clear reasoning and all human intelligence cries aloud in protest but is ruthlessly suppressed and ignored , then an endless supply of written matter is assured for evermore . |
| 24 | They have no explanation to offer apart from the speculation that there might be an incompatibility between the two sources of latent inhibition allowed by Wagner 's account , with the short-term version being developed only in conditions that preclude the development of the associative version . |
| 25 | They are not so much ‘ on the march ’ — where are their jackboots , eagle emblems and other traditional paraphernalia ? — as shambling along in worry or despair . |
| 26 | These powers are to take immediate possession of all the debtor 's property but only to sell anything of a perishable nature or goods which are likely to go down in value if not sold ( s 287(2) ) . |
| 27 | Sunflowers have already caught on in France and now a handful of farmers are trying their luck with the new crop here . |
| 28 | When I started , I was very much on my own but over the years it has really caught on in Whaddon and now membership has trebled . |
| 29 | TWO LAWSUITS resulting from Christie 's $39.6m sale last May of Impressionists from the collection of Hal Wallis , the Hollywood movie producer , are reported on in Art and Auction , the monthly magazine . |
| 30 | The suit emulated the movement that Ace had made , twisting slowly in space and freeing the air line so that it ran straight from the suit into the shuttle 's open cargo hatch . |