Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] in by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Christmas we announced the Sainsbury's/BBC Good Food Wine Taster of the Year competition , and the entries poured in by the thousand . |
| 2 | A one-way system meant that out of season hold-ups were rare , but in the peak summer months when the holidaymakers poured in by the dozens in their hire cars the village often became jammed . |
| 3 | On dry summer days the dust raised by galloping posses could be evoked by a vigorous soft shoe shuffle in the red Derbyshire clay , your sandals given spurs by a twig slid in by the outer ankle . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the " fundamental substance which takes up our time remains the transition from capitalism to socialism on a world scale ushered in by the Great October Soviet Revolution " . |
| 5 | This was for a toroidal magnetic confinement system ( see figure ) with a circulating current of electrons pinched in by the magnetic field generated by the current . |
| 6 | Arguments about merit have never really gone away , and many people have felt that the extra effort put in by the best students need to be recognised . |
| 7 | There 's a lot of training and safety instruction a huge amount of effort put in by the Civil Aviation Authority amongst others who explain to pilots and bring safety considerations to the forefront . |
| 8 | When the processing requested by a form has been completed the request form will be returned to the lexicographers with the Completion Confirmed on Date filled in by the New OED Computer Group . |
| 9 | Far from being a coherent response to the growing problem of environmental degradation , ecology was a product of the new age of specialization ushered in by the rapid expansion of the scientific profession . |