Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] in [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But we did n't want to go in with a heavy commitment at first ; we took a PC and wrote our own very simple software to deal with incoming orders . ’
2 I should need to go in on the eleventh to clear up I expect .
3 He never wrote entirely admiring reviews : ‘ It 's the essence of a book never to be perfect , ’ he said , ‘ so its writer must expect to come in for a little criticism . ’
4 This is an eminently Basque town and the one I would choose to stay in of the several alternatives along this coast ; it is more intimate than Bayonne , less pompous than Biarritz and livelier than Hendaye .
5 She said politely , ‘ Would you like to come in for a last drink ? ’
6 Older women may hesitate to join in with the young , feeling that they may have to ape their manners to be accepted by them .
7 Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door .
8 It is hard to disappoint someone who may have come in as a last port of call when all other channels to sort out their problems seem closed .
9 ‘ There is no way we would have got in under a Labour government . ’
10 If he had been walking out with any other girl in service in the town they could have stayed in on a wet night and talked by the kitchen range , but with the Hogans hovering around he had to bring Patsy out into the rain .
11 She had risen this morning with the intention of going into town and meandering among the shops , perhaps treating herself to a new bonnet , or buying Cissie those pretty boots she had so admired some days ago when the two of them had walked up and down Ainsworth Street , browsing in all the shop-windows ; afterwards , Beth might have called in to the delightful tea rooms at the comer of the boulevard .
12 And by the way , do n't forget to cash in with the great Vernons offer in your new Diamond Bingo card .
13 ‘ Mind you , they never actually say when , and you did rather get dropped in at the deep end .
14 He swerved past it , stopped and , looking back , saw Bigwig come racing in from the opposite side .
15 ‘ If we do not act then thousands more will come floating in on the early spring tides , maybe tens of thousands , even hundreds , and they will bring chaos and suffering on a scale far larger than anything we have seen so far , ’ he warned .
16 Does the Wednesday ferry come in at the same time ? ’
17 Although , if it was a French war , might it also be assumed that the Vietnamese , whose tendency to sit on the fence was the subject of American as well as French complaint , would want to join in with the same enthusiasm that they would give to a national cause ?
18 ‘ If you can do that , then you have in your mind what the strong target notes are and you can start going in with the other notes of the scale .
19 We wish a long and happy retirement and hope he will continue to pop in on a weekly basis to keep the Pools Syndicate going .
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