Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] in at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others .
2 Brilliant light dazzled in at the left-hand window as they swept past Balnaguard , Balmacneil , Kinnaird .
3 The sun shone in at the science-room window .
4 The basic recipe is a reduction of white wine and brown fond de veau lié with a julienne of gherkins and mustard stirred in at the last moment .
5 My third bus dropped me two streets away from home , which gave me a chance to call in at the local florist 's and buy a twenty-quid bouquet on PKB 's Amex card .
6 You can not tell if a youngster really has , for instance , stopped smoking , but you will know if your teenager gets in at the negotiated time .
7 Scale length checks in at the Fender-like 25½″ .
8 First the social worker went in at the old man 's request , and tried to persuade the daughter and son-in-law to leave .
9 Anyway , it comprised of 4 or 5 short/quick one touch passes between Soton players — down the side to Batty , first time left foot cross — Deane rose and a superb little glancing header floated in at the far post … off the post .
10 A profound depression set in at the same time , despite the fact that she knew her bowel symptoms could now be controlled quite easily .
11 Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more .
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