Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] in [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russell turned to Dexter with a look of surprise and irritation , as if he were a complete stranger butting in on a private conversation — which indeed was just how the sergeant felt . |
| 2 | British Rail comes in for a fair bit of stick from travellers who would heartily support the loud speaker announcement heard by Philip White . |
| 3 | Jonathon is a trained musician filling in as a cleaner between jobs and he fell on his feet at the Oxford Playhouse . |
| 4 | Well there was one sad part was n't it that when I was on my in training during the and the rockets and so in classrooms and had a lecturer talking to us and erm this lad come in with a message from the teleprint and erm give it to the instructor , and he 'd call a name and the chap would go out . |
| 5 | Some guy comes in with a bandage around his head . |
| 6 | teacher talks with class about a Victorian penny brought in by a child , and about penny-farthing bicycles ; |
| 7 | In his story , a scruffy Neapolitan improvisatore breaks in on a Petersburg gentleman-poet in his study . |
| 8 | A few local lines were built first , and then a larger company stepped in with a grand strategy to create a trunk route and compete for valuable traffic . |
| 9 | Again she felt overwhelmed with fatigue , but sly , lecherous images slunk into her mind , like a guilty dog sneaking in after a roll in something bad . |
| 10 | He is still taking medication for injuries to his hand caused by the extreme cold blowing in through a hole in the fuselage during a ten-hour flight . |
| 11 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 12 | The reader in men and masculinity from Bradford University conjured up images for me of a muscular man walking in with a few four-packs of larger under his arms ready to address BASW delegates . |
| 13 | Chris Tavaré at first slip gets in on a piece of history . |
| 14 | A typical advanced attack might begin with one man moving in with a palm strike to the sternum . |
| 15 | In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ? |
| 16 | And I went down to this bird 's down by the library two weeks ago and this same fella came in with a gram and he was like that , giving out big smokes . |
| 17 | Does the fixity on a particular occasion set in as a purely mental act of knowledge ? |
| 18 | Sir Hector , who will have his own form to fill in as a farmer in Dumfriesshire , says in the letter : ‘ I recognise that many of you will be fed up at the prospect of yet more literature and more form filling . |
| 19 | ‘ Is that any way to walk in on a girl , when you have n't shown your face nor sent a word all this time ? |
| 20 | Not in these days , for smoking in , but just a casual yet elegant loose jacket with a tie belt made in straight pieces like a very simple dressing gown — a truly marvellous garment to relax in after a hard day 's work and very good for either men or women . |
| 21 | Visiting a music school in Melbourne , the royal couple looked in on a cello class that was in full swing , supervised by a delightful seventy-eight-year-old professor , Henri Touzeau . |