Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] in [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Juan Sosa , former Panamanian ambassador in Washington , said that , if the US had been ‘ more active ’ , several battalions of wavering Panamanian troops would have joined in on the rebel side .
2 Ronnie must have come in through the yard door without her knowing …
3 She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done .
4 Otherwise whoever it was would probably have come in from the corridor .
5 We may have zeroed in on the difference , but so what ?
6 I found a small but perfectly-formed hailstone on my knee , which must have got in through the air vent .
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