Example sentences of "[be] [verb] in by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By undertaking extravagant adventures aimed at preserving lives which have clearly been called in by the Great Reaper , doctors are not serving the best interests of their clients , which is I take it , their first duty . |
| 2 | I 've been dragged in by the Old Bill twice and your pet grizzly bear Nevil is making life very uncomfortable for people I know . |
| 3 | He moved rapidly down-river to Rouen where a number of merchant vessels had been driven in by the exceptional tide , and requisitioned twenty-eight boats . |
| 4 | The shop had recently been taken over and the existing stock had been brought in by the previous owner . |
| 5 | Some are pulled in by the package-holiday attractions of Ayia Marina , the island 's miniature experiment in Costa Bravado . |
| 6 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 7 | It would seem that any other harmful fumes around would be drawn in by the same means , aerosols being a prime example . |
| 8 | There would need to be a reorganisation of share capital , so that management 's shares entitle them exclusively to receive an in specie distribution of the shares in Target , following which their shares in the holding company would become worthless deferred shares ( which could then be bought in by the holding company for a nominal price ) . |
| 9 | The social worker might be called in by the general practitioner , district nurse , physiotherapist or the carer . |
| 10 | therefore it is quite important to grasp at this stage that moving the lace carriage to transfer stitches is only setting up the pattern of holes that will next be knitted in by the main carriage . |
| 11 | What a complete condemnation of the Thatcherite policies that were attempted to be brought in by the controlling group opposite . |
| 12 | It will be interesting to see whether Japanese management practices likely to be brought in by the new top management will work in an environment where aggressive individual success , rather than collaborative teamwork has been the norm . |
| 13 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |
| 14 | I trust you will look favourably on both these applications and on any others that may be sent in by the various organisations within the village . |
| 15 | The party view , express d well by the Conservative Agents " journal , was that the Unionists in the Speaker 's Conference had been taken in by the Liberal members , that they had not sought or received any professional advice , and that they had blundered accordingly . |
| 16 | These radios and other stores were brought in by the small steamer Kuru , which was fitted with a device in her stack to prevent the tell-tale streamer of fumes ; these she released in occasional puffs . |
| 17 | Indian semi-slaves were shipped in by the British and most of these stayed on after their contract ended , bringing their families over and settling down , becoming small shopkeepers , craftsmen and bureaucrats in the colonial administration . |
| 18 | As for Mr 's point that Not Mr b Steven 's point that the erm figures for the strategic guidance for West and South Yorkshire were done on a different basis , those figures with the exception of Sheffield , were erm figures that were put in by the local planning authorities , the Secretary of State accepted those figures , they were done on the nineteen eighty five based household projections , coupled with different assumptions about vacancy rates and demolitions etcetera , and the Secretary of State accepted those figures . |
| 19 | In reply to Trevelyan 's comments about this land being sufficient for the new building , Hall made the astonishing remark that this could only be determined after the plans were sent in by the competing architects . |
| 20 | He says that the fire is being held in by the collapsed roof , they want to let air get to it so it will burn itself out . |
| 21 | ( In fact , over fifty additional questionnaires had been sent in by the third week in November ) . |
| 22 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 23 | This is followed in by the 16.05 ex Birmingham — in at 19.14 , out again at 19.22 . |
| 24 | It currently has a service within the Fire Service wh which costs a certain amount and we ca n't presume and I would , I suspect that Councillor is is actually trying to do is to get in by the back door for cut that we will then be forced to make the March March March Committee well I hope that members of this at this this this Committee would reject that er suggestion as it at the last meeting . |
| 25 | He runs away to the city where he is taken in by The Old Lady . |
| 26 | For him the civilization stage of European culture had been ushered in by the French Revolution . |
| 27 | He was boxed in by the final stupidity of total bureaucracy , reduced to a mere cypher in a computer which had been programmed to ignore him . |
| 28 | Last year Professor Brown was called in by the Italian government shortly after Mount Etna erupted . |
| 29 | Medical practice booklets four years ago or it 's five years now I guess , five years ago erm er it 's almost five , legislation was brought in by the then Health Secretary Ken Clarke now our dear Chancellor . |
| 30 | Free banking was brought in by the big banks to fight off the challenge of building societies , who were offering high-interest accounts . |