Example sentences of "in on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lessing consulted Dinah , who had come back tired from an evening full of accidents ; the scenery had fallen , the lesser lady had not come in on cue , the leading man had been a failure and she would have to find someone else . |
| 2 | Yet when a chance came to her — a few extra lines , a small but important part — she would forget to learn the lines , forget to come in on cue and for a while would not be asked again . |
| 3 | And they heard the Prime Minister pay tribute to them when they sat in on Question Time . |
| 4 | There is no attempt to zoom in on solo instruments , and indeed not signs of unwelcome engineering anywhere ; one is left with the most natural impression of a fine concert as heard from about Row S. |
| 5 | A German bomb had reduced the house next door to rubble and part of the ceiling of his own room had caved in on top of him . |
| 6 | Thus a carer 's role may be fitted in on top of employment and domestic responsibilities . |
| 7 | I could see what stops them falling in on top of each other . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The problem of why the galaxies do n't all pile in on top of each other . |
| 9 | The two hollows next to each other curve the mattress — so they fall in on top of each other . ’ |
| 10 | Just think : Stars piling in on top of each other . |
| 11 | ‘ A few years ago , though , the council completely rethought the playground , covered the pool over and put new equipment in on top of it . |
| 12 | Housing benefit will not come in on top of the rates . |
| 13 | ‘ Angel — as in on top of your Christmas tree , ’ I said before anyone else could say it . |
| 14 | You put your pan with some boiling water in and then you put the bowl with all the stuff in on top . |
| 15 | Banks too are muscling in on insurance , mainly on the life side , to keep customers ' savings ‘ in the family ’ . |
| 16 | Hundreds of funeral guests were beginning to filter in on foot from the outlying corners of the kingdom , bringing sacrificial fighting cocks , pigs and magnificently decked-out water-buffalo . |
| 17 | Us going in on foot and then the equipment being airlifted in is about as arsy-versy as you can get . |
| 18 | However much of a challenge the town presented , I figured I would cause less stir if I went in on foot than in a four-wheeled horseless vehicle . |
| 19 | Miners flocked in on foot and horseback , by cart and camel . |
| 20 | And , with this poise in front of the cameras , it surely wo n't be long before they are muscling in on mum and dad . |
| 21 | Ford , the US car giant , has already declared its interest in moving in on Jaguar . |
| 22 | The main effect of the strong Liberal campaign was to put Labour candidates in on minority votes . |
| 23 | Pomegranate syrup prepared with a mixture of sorrel was served as a drink and betel nuts were brought in on gold and silver dishes after the meal . |
| 24 | True enough , he lived in a caravan and travelled from town to town with the others in his travelling group but it was n't a garishly painted van like the ones old time gypsies occupied , just a normal common-or-garden caravan , the type people stay in on holiday , but that did n't make him a gypsy . |
| 25 | In this state of affairs , these major interests were no longer in a position of having to simply press in on government from the outside . |
| 26 | The military blocked everyone in on campus and the police announced that they could shoot you without asking questions . |
| 27 | Most of the bureau do n't supply order forms — most of their work comes in on spec — and so it is very much up to the customer to specify what is required . |
| 28 | A neat step-over by Rocastle sent Thomas hurtling in on goal but Rhodes moved sharply off his line to smother the shot . |
| 29 | Marshall and fellow defender Richard Jobson were both booked in the space of a minute for pulling down Shearer as he twice homed in on goal shortly after half time . |
| 30 | It was John Hendry who got the shot in on goal but the ball flew into Milwall 's net off Phil Barber . |