Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] in [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a slow , infuriating process , and as A roads gave way to B and Robyn neared her destination already two hours late , the slowly darkening skies became as black and as desperate as Robyn 's frame of mind , until the heavens opened and it started to pour — not reasonable , perfectly acceptable drops of rain from a warm July sky , but pounding , penetrating torrents that battered and bounced off the roof of the jeep and seeped in through the ill-fitting windows . |
| 2 | He let the jib sheet loose and heaved in on the main . |
| 3 | I remember years ago being amused when a young man given to very few words came to our vicarage and burst in with the news : ‘ Jane had a baby boy this morning ! ’ still with his bedroom slippers on . |
| 4 | They could not open the door , so they climbed down from the roof and got in through the window . |
| 5 | But the lesson of the Kennedy case is that if you have the chance to take another job before your redundancy has been confirmed , you may have to choose between safeguarding your future and cashing in on the job rights built up over the years in your present employment . |
| 6 | Brett went to the lead limousine and climbed in beside the driver . |
| 7 | He parked his car and walked in through the yard . |
| 8 | He waited another second , then shrugged his shoulders and went in through the double doors . |
| 9 | Here we see the usual linen winding-sheet , parted to show not only the face but the entire body , with the arms placed at his side and turned in at the elbows so that the hands meet over the groin . |
| 10 | He said the key to SmithKline 's success was its ability to market and sell brands and cash in on the potential of new products . |
| 11 | It 's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door . |
| 12 | She just wanted to sink back into the dream and give in to the lovely floating sensation . |
| 13 | She had arranged to lunch with friends at the Lion d'Or at Cologny and call in to the clinic afterwards to see one or two patients . |
| 14 | As the sea is calm I turn in to a narrow cleft on the headland , cutting the engine and gliding in between the faces of grey rock to let my passengers get the flavour of the sights and sounds of a Shetland geo . |
| 15 | They strolled back home down the tunnelled lane and called in at the Littles ' cottage and the Vicarage on the way . |
| 16 | He did n't mind losing his board and slogging in through the breaking waves . |
| 17 | Instantly they took advantage and leapt in under the hesitating staff but as they did so two other shafts struck in quick succession , Allen 's second and Marian 's first . |
| 18 | Pottering down to the library to exchange Colin Thubron for Jonathan Raban or dropping in to the Jacaranda Tree for a mushroom omelette , everything can seem orderly and secure . |
| 19 | Stepping out of the stables , she opened the half-door of the Lagonda and got in on the driver 's side . |
| 20 | McLeish stopped at the door of the interview room and looked in through the spy-hole , wanting to get some feel for the evidently hostile and , by all accounts , neurotic Penelope Huntley . |
| 21 | Some universities now have deputy or pro vice chancellors , who chair major committees and stand in for the vice chancellor . |
| 22 | Finally , I would observe that the justice in this case is not to be criticised for the decision she reached on the Friday , which was based on advice given her by a legally qualified court clerk , reinforced by the submission of the representative of the Crown Prosecution Service and acquiesced in by the defendant 's solicitor . |
| 23 | Gregor Townsend later managed to pass to the referee — clad in near identical colours to the Scots — for the Samoans to plunder ball and scuttle in for the first of their three tries , though it might have been more had we not seen defensive heroics typified by a timely tackle on Leilane Une by Derek Turnbull . |
| 24 | Bradford went ahead in the 15th minute when Tony Marchant snapped up a loose ball and squeezed in at the corner . |
| 25 | OTHERS have preferred to select the right machine for the duty and ground conditions and hired in for the job . |
| 26 | We reached the gateway and turned in under the adobe arch with the name Hda LUCINDA plaster-embossed in large letters . |
| 27 | McAllister had apologised to Rose for refusing her invitation — she had sewing to do for the bazaar , she said — when the front door had banged shut behind her and she had been compelled to run round to the back and come in through the kitchen . |
| 28 | I do n't remember what the man looked like but he was coming out of the Arts Centre with his wife , took off his glasses and stepped in between the thugs and me . |
| 29 | An administrative culture — which is concerned with rules , roles , authority and fits in with the concept of a role culture . |
| 30 | It drove swiftly round the perimeter and pulled in behind the ‘ plane , its ramp down , cavernous interior gaping wide . |