Example sentences of "in [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Then he put his arm round her and his wife wo n't curtsy , she 's Dutch , the Dutch are just as bad as anybody now , just lately , I mean lot of these terrorists get in through Holland do n't they ?
2 Central to an increase in through cargoes is the proposed Trans-Atlantic Agreement .
3 Her body lay at the rest in the chapel downstairs , the light filtering in through lancet windows on her oak coffin and the dark-stained , hand-carved pews .
4 and if we divvied up the exam fee on a fifty per cent basis it would mean that B A I E were getting twenty quid for doing nothing but probably more twenty quids than they would get normally because students who would be attracted in through Napier would be paying their forty quid as well
5 Two pairs went in through windows , taking the glass and the frames as they went , came to their feet without a pause , and headed straight upstairs to the bedrooms .
6 House Dust Mites can be blown in through windows .
7 Throw their young lives away in a stupid , ill-considered and bloody botch of an idea to come in through Europe 's back door .
8 Water is drawn in through slats by a powerhead ( pump ) at the top of the filter .
9 The creatures work their way in through gratings and airbricks , prowl and are harried and occasionally stealthily fed .
10 I mean they cut in through Manchuria down the north to , to , across to north China plain , had taken the cities on the eastern seaboard which was what they wanted , I mean th th they really was n't any point in controlling the rural south , it would have taken so many troops , so much administration if they 'd that then they had everything they wanted from the trading ports so there was n't that Japanese presence and so the clearly was different .
11 Jafaar was seeking a way in through al-Kassar to Haser and the Magharians , ostensibly to have them launder the clan 's drug profits , and , through Lasser , to explore the unholy alliance that appeared to be in the works between the Syrian and Cali cartels whereby each would not only take the other 's product but also share intelligence , smuggling routes and defensive tactics .
12 Volunteers can come in through advertisements in the local paper or shops .
13 This , at its most exalted , represented the aspiration of Owenism ; and though few Owenites would have heard the song , when the time came for the countless host to stream in through gates of pearl , that surely is what they could have sung as they marched .
14 As Major Pond discovered , seat-holders were let in through side doors while hoi polloi had to come in through the front in the hope of getting what they could .
15 Thoughts fly to Tom — he could probably break in through plumbing outlet or shin gracefully up drainpipe .
16 Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be .
17 Dust is drawn in through vents and collected in filters .
18 Early results from one such experimental area , the De Vliert district of 's-Hertogenbosch , show a 33 per cent fall in through traffic .
19 It came in through Traffic .
20 That time , I came in through Queen 's Square , walked down the lane to the union and out towards the hospital .
21 The food to feed this hungry nation has been coming in through Mogadishu 's port .
22 Of the total , £183 was raked in through collections by the canteen staff and £105 was collected at the gatehouse .
23 About £2 million will be spent on equipping the premises before staff move in during May .
24 The north-east monsoon sets in during October .
25 Thanks to its central mountain range , Sri Lanka has two monsoons : the North-East monsoon sets in during October , the South-West monsoon in April .
26 They moved in during September 1950 and just about that time Ninette de Valois announced that she was appointing John resident choreographer of Sadler 's Wells Theatre Ballet for the following season .
27 The last group of 850 Belgian paratroopers flown in during September to help evacuate foreigners from the country was withdrawn on Nov. 4 .
28 It 's best not to try and fit it in during school breaks because you need a continuous stretch of time at it .
29 De Vere Hotels pulled out of negotiations and the receivers — again Touche Ross — were called in during April this year .
30 Will phone early July for appt. , but if Rob can fit in during edit , please call .
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