Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] in at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Broussac , on our way home , stopped to jeer in at the lighted windows of Master Ferrebourg 's office .
2 And as Cram prepared to jump in at the deep end with a clash against Olympic 10,000m champion Khalid Skah in the BUPA International Festival of Running , race organiser Brendan Foster tipped his pal to rekindle memories of his glory days in his new event .
3 Not wanting to jump in at the deep end , I hired the school the day before and went with Karen , a friend who wanted to give her experienced but spooky horse an indoor schooling session .
4 Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end .
5 Fiona , whose businessman husband Rod Potts lives in Cumbria , plans to turn in at the same time as her baby daughter Natasha .
6 Next moment the swirling fog in the alley was suddenly lit to a brilliant white by the head lamps of the car which came roaring in at the far end .
7 He was still suffering from jet-lag but opted to plunge in at the deep end against Monaghan .
8 He said , ‘ I 'm going to pull in at the next layby .
9 ‘ They 're going to come in at the far end . ’
10 BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid .
11 Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door .
12 the basis is you keep going in at the wrong level it 's the educational process at ground level
13 ‘ Otherwise , if they keep coming in at the same rate , Hong Kong will be totally swamped and will not be able to cope .
14 ‘ Mind you , they never actually say when , and you did rather get dropped in at the deep end .
15 ‘ It 's not your fault if my old boyfriends choose to drop in at the wrong moments . ’
16 Does the Wednesday ferry come in at the same time ? ’
17 We also had to settle in at the new apartment , which I 'm very impressed by ( and only hope it 's a long let , but I 'm scatterbrained about such things and leave all that to Tod ) .
18 ( A teenager who forgets to call in at the appointed time may cause real distress ) .
19 It 's really not hard at all ; you just have to dive in at the deep end . ’
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