Example sentences of "[verb] in [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the unskilled youngsters drafted in to help with the decorating did not . |
| 2 | Erm you had a statement of Barbara 's , if it was in there , it was planned so that you crew can work harder erm although you filled in the bonus question well , the there was a tend dangerous tendency for you be sucked in to go into the bonus and I think you did well to say yeah well we 'd better walk along to that so you held out which was nice because if I had if you had n't tackled that you might have been shown the door once you 'd gone through that . |
| 3 | While the so-called ‘ superminis ’ — cars like the Peugeot 205 and the new Ford Fiesta — grow larger and more expensive , the Eastern bloc car makers have quietly crept in to capitalise on the market for more affordable transport . |
| 4 | ‘ Let me invite you to dinner in an hour , ’ said George , ‘ and ’ — this was addressed to Mrs Robinson , who had crept in to stand in the doorway and hear the end of the story , and now stepped forward to play a part — ‘ please , let us borrow your daughter for the evening so that we four can be a company . |
| 5 | A few days after that Norman Prince , the founder of the Lafayette , flying long and late in an attempt to avenge Rockwell , hit a high-tension cable as he came in to land in the dark . |
| 6 | Several joined in to complain about the tribute required by the deputy in Riba . |
| 7 | Platt , moved up front as Les Ferdinand 's minder , came close with a shot parried by Benedettini and Bruno Muccioli raced in to head over the bar as the ball appeared to be dropping into goal . |
| 8 | ‘ He could , of course , from the son 's own appearance , have deduced that the father must be at least in his late sixties or seventies and he could , of course , have called in to talk to the father personally when he drove round to have a look at the property . |
| 9 | the complexity of science , which renders forging a direct causal link between corporate practice and the death , injury , or economic loss of employees , consumers , and the general public , very difficult to prove ‘ beyond a reasonable doubt ’ , particularly when those ‘ experts ’ called in to testify to the relationship add so many qualifications and possibilities that almost everything appears possible but nothing certain . |
| 10 | A team of British scientists have been called in to help save the city of Venice from flooding . |
| 11 | A continuous series of 15mm ( ½in ) diameter holes is drilled into the wall near dpc level and a silicone resin fed in to soak into the brick or stonework . |
| 12 | She cut through the heady memories and concentrated her mind on what Steve was saying while she watched a superb glossy white yacht coming in to berth at the jetty not fifty metres from the window of the restaurant . |
| 13 | Very few erm Continental countries would consider entrusting the administration of justice erm to erm people who took an afternoon or a day off work every week or so and went in to sit on the Bench . |
| 14 | I think if she went in to live in the back woods , you know , way beyond |
| 15 | ‘ We gave in to comfort in the end and bought the suite instead . |
| 16 | Firemen wearing breathing apparatus were sent in to deal with the fire at Hedley-on-the-Hill , Northumberland . |
| 17 | There is also a health visitor who comes in to teach on the childcare course and to discuss any health problems , and a doctor who visits monthly to give inoculations and deal with any other aspects of health care . |