Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] in [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 MORE people are looking in at the local , if figures from West Country brewer Devenish are any guide .
2 The plaudits have been pouring in over the past weeks , as the following reports show .
3 Four hundred aircraft will be flying in for the International Air Tattoo at R-A-F Fairford , the biggest airshow in the world .
4 So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him .
5 Patients were flocking in for the new treatment .
6 Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door .
7 But now new technology is moving in on the traditional auctions .
8 A restructuring is under way — John McIntyre , vice-president of European Operations has gone , and Europe is now being split into two : the UK , where Engels has recently been appointed managing director , and the continent , where Terry Hall is coming in from the Australian operation to take charge .
9 Doddy is dropping in to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital to open the refurbished Women 's Royal Voluntary Service tea bar .
10 When she woke , it was late and the sun was coming in through the greasy , grey window .
11 But Marc 's business in the stable must have only taken a minute because he was coming in through the great oak doors even before she reached the foot of the stairs .
12 A glamorous , dressing-gowned housewife was staring in through the open side window , her face framed by my shoes .
13 Sea-water was washing in over the slippery grey stones .
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