Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] in [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's basically when I got in with a guy in Memphis and we started Fernwood Records , and I got interested in the engineering side of it . |
| 2 | In the end , I got in through a hole in the side , but it was n't easy . |
| 3 | I charged in like a bull . |
| 4 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
| 6 | On Saturday 4 June , I came in from a morning 's canvassing in Sutton Coldfield to find an urgent message to call Conservative Central Office . |
| 7 | I PULLED in to a diner about five miles short of Waldron and took aboard some fried ham and a couple of eggs sunny side up . |
| 8 | I called in at a Sainsbury 's to buy some essential items . |
| 9 | When I went into Panama I needed a visa , I went in without a visa . |
| 10 | I I certainly did n't go in in in in with a rank on my shoulder , I went in as a recruit . |
| 11 | ‘ I had a cartilage operation three and a half years ago , and I went in for a tackle just before Christmas and damaged it again . |
| 12 | I went in for a tackle with Brian Mooney and I came off worse because I broke my right leg . |
| 13 | While I 'm digging that garden she used to go out roll in the trench what I 'd dug and soon as I went in for a drink she was in there before me ! |
| 14 | I mean , I ended up staying a month at some bloke 's house after I went in for a pack of strings ! |
| 15 | So I went in for a scholarship with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts . |
| 16 | ‘ While I was enquiring for you I fell in with a party of men who are heading in my direction shortly . |
| 17 | I sat in on a board meeting the week before last and the Manager 's alleged report was nothing more than a series of orders closely followed by a succession of demands . |
| 18 | ‘ I nipped in for a look . |
| 19 | He 'd shifted a lot of linen , some bags of which weighed in like a circus fat lady . |
| 20 | and somebody said it was because since the stockmarket flopped people drew out and put the money in building societies , building societies were bursting at the seams , did n't want to , and banks as well , did n't know what to do with all this money , so , somebody went in for a loan and asked for fifty thousand and come out with a hundred thousand , they could n't get it out , give it to people , a lot , a lot of people that really er were n't safe gambles |
| 21 | She lived in as a bride . |
| 22 | Perhaps he was in cahoots with the one who got in through a skylark ? |
| 23 | Twenty five minutes behind Pat at the finishing line was Personnel Training Adviser who came in with a time of three hours 40 minutes . |
| 24 | Thus Jasper 's father might have been the man who was painting the flats and who came in for a cup of tea , or the old lover whom she happened to run into in Denmark Hill , or the neighbour who was moving out of Flat 16 and who came up to say goodbye while his girlfriend was packing their furniture into the rented van . |
| 25 | The noise alerted a woman who came in from a side door and challenged him quite sharply . |
| 26 | With ffeatherstonehaugh 's , if you came in as a guest and they liked you , you could be elected by acclamation on the spot . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You came in with a key . ’ |
| 28 | You came in like a maniac , moving against the flow of traffic , and you 've taken my place ! ’ |
| 29 | At least have some wine , to put the colour back in your face ; you came in like a ghost . |
| 30 | She came in with a light , wary step , made a deep obeisance just within the doorway , and then advanced to the prince 's chair and sank at his feet , touching her lips to his proffered hand . |