Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five hundred lines to anyone caught sneaking in before the bell ! ’ |
| 2 | Three or four knights had come hastening in at the sound of their lord 's voice . |
| 3 | More film roles are expected to come rolling in after the Oscars on 29 March , although Thompson claims she is a no-hoper for glamorous parts . |
| 4 | A midwinter day … the wind to the north , the sky in rags , hail whipping in from the islands in dark squalls . |
| 5 | Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window . |
| 6 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 7 | Well , your mother came rushing in from the car with a rare display of energy and snatched it from the fellow 's hands . |
| 8 | The glass exploded outwards and rain suddenly came pouring in through the hole . |
| 9 | In quick succession , Sandy Lyle , Faldo twice and then , last year , Ian Woosnam came riding in on the crest of a British tidal wave . |
| 10 | As they staggered out of their tepees and another faultless day came smooching in from the Pacific , they would sniff the honeyed air and ask one another what they 'd got up to the previous night . |
| 11 | Connon 's voice came drifting in from the hall . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're in luck , ’ said Jonna , as Ned came panting in at the doorway with an armful of heavily-foliaged twigs . |
| 13 | Phil came running in to the street saying : ‘ He shot my granddad ’ . |
| 14 | He came running in from the dispensary , pulling up his trousers , still held up by his MCC tie , the end of his stethoscope bouncing off his fat tummy . |
| 15 | A bee came buzzing in under the roof . |
| 16 | Before the little vole could answer , four mallard ducks came sliding in across the water . |
| 17 | However tempting it may be , try to avoid falling in to the trap of ‘ in my day we did it this way ’ or you may receive a stinging reply . |
| 18 | I just wanted the fight to stop before you began wading in with the rucksack . ’ |
| 19 | Alerted by a grapevine of unparalleled efficiency to the presence of honkies with money , hitherto undiscovered talents began swarming in from the ghettos and down from the hills , bearing tape-recordings , even guitars , for impromptu auditions . |
| 20 | Cos that Australian said er get many more ruddy red ants in here he said , we 'll need to start chipping in for the coffee ! |
| 21 | When filming a combat he pans round two adversaries so that , as each in turn assumes the aggressive role , he is observed moving in from the right . |
| 22 | ‘ I keep falling in on the inside of the turn . ’ |
| 23 | They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors . |
| 24 | Mrs Stocks would come rushing in from the wash-house in a lather of soapsuds and thrills at having found the Cap'n 's blackamoor wandering in the yard . |
| 25 | Marie , who is single , really enjoys mucking in with the lads . |
| 26 | We 're going to have a period , before toys start coming in with the EC label , when we 've a gap with very little to sell . |
| 27 | Around eight o'clock the sound of distant brass bands can again be heard wafting in through the bedroom windows . |
| 28 | In these lonely hours , sitting in Brick Lane in the East End or Lamb Lane in Bradford , vivid memories come flooding in from the past , from the life before this semi-existence . |
| 29 | The birds , when they come shooting in through the darkness , seldom land exactly beside their nest hole . |
| 30 | Erm , but we are n't going to the sort of , end of degree , that er , I say this , and then you sort of enter stage left and say this , and I respond like this , and then erm , something else happens , and then somebody comes crashing in through the door . |