Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] in [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SHOP 'S vintage hangover cure is proving so popular that regular users are walking in off the streets to take it at £1 a shot . |
| 2 | I put the phone down , wondering how many people had been listening in on the extensions , and went back into my room . |
| 3 | and they 're coming in with the colds and the shivers and not feeling very well . |
| 4 | They 're cashing in , but at least they 're cashing in on the locals and not just on the Leeds . |
| 5 | Now the crack Flexible Anti-Smuggling Teams are closing in on the dealers ' ’ rat-runs ’ . |
| 6 | THE WELSH are closing in on the standards of play that immortalised the sixties and seventies as the golden age of their rugby . |
| 7 | That 's my ambition to be roaring in against the Aussies next year . |
| 8 | They were zeroing in on the wallflowers , splitting up couples and effortlessly getting them to mix . |
| 9 | This worked very well , but in 1988 people were pushing in from the sides instead of joining the queues , and tempers were becoming frayed and the situation somewhat dangerous as people trampled over the numerous electricity cables and water pipes . |
| 10 | By 1930 , from 400,000 to 450,000 people were travelling in from the suburbs to work in Paris : 180,000 into the Gares Saint-Lazare , Montparnasse , and des Invalides , 90,000 into the Gare du Nord , 85,000 into the Gares de l'Est and de la Bastille , and 45,00 into the Gares d'Austerlitz , d'Orsay , and de Lyon . |
| 11 | The lid stopped it all from falling out when you tipped it over and the air is getting in around the cracks in the lid . |
| 12 | finally news is coming in from the ski-slopes of Europe that a strange bird has been spotted … an eagle … yes Eddie the Eagle is back in business |
| 13 | But light was spilling in through the seams of the door at the far end of the room ; crimson , glowing light from whatever lay on the other side . |
| 14 | He was peering in on the proceedings from the kitchen , while his best friend , Mafouz , had retreated to the stairs and was looking down , intently , on Mr Malik 's elegantly coiffeured hair . |
| 15 | There were times when I was starting in at the cattle that it stood between me and the road . |
| 16 | Led by a small boy in shorts and singlet and over-large wellingtons , a herd of cows was coming in from the fields . |
| 17 | Creech Jones , the Colonial Secretary , had been a champion of colonial causes before he took office : now he was falling in with the policies of powerful officials like Sir Andrew Cohen . |
| 18 | The sun was slanting in through the windows and heating the place up . |
| 19 | Limp orange light was leaking in around the edges of a grey blind . |
| 20 | When Caroline awakened , the sun was streaming in through the windows . |
| 21 | The sun was streaming in at the windows of her room . |