Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] in [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother had stepped in to fill the embarrassed silence . |
| 2 | There were signs that Iraq was withdrawing the military support it had sent in to bolster the Lebanese Army against the Syrians , and the reasons for this could be established more discreetly in Beirut than in Baghdad . |
| 3 | WORLD cricket has distilled itself into the English game : the World Cup is over , South Africa have played their first Test match against the West Indies and now the far flung stars of these international matches have flown in to fill the last few places in the carousel of English county cricket . |
| 4 | Exercises , whether for translation or other kinds of manipulation , can be neatly presented in sentences , with a tick or a mark for each one , and in this way everybody knows where they are going , and how far they have come in developing the necessary formal basis . |
| 5 | But management at Redworth Hall hotel , near Heighington , have stepped in to offer the delighted couple a top suite and romantic candlelit meal to celebrate Valentine 's Day in style . |