Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] come in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door . |
| 2 | The cry that came in from the cold |
| 3 | Dr Tariq , frail and looking as though the gentle zephyr that came in off the Tigris might flatten him , could muster a savage temper when attacked . |
| 4 | Just a fraction of the household and commercial waste that comes in to the landfill site at Oakley Wood in Oxfordshire every day . |
| 5 | They were used to store the very large volume of offerings and tribute that came in from the townspeople and from the people living in the surrounding countryside ; administrating the inflow and redistribution of this temple tribute was a major function of the Minoan temple . |
| 6 | McAllister had apologised to Rose for refusing her invitation — she had sewing to do for the bazaar , she said — when the front door had banged shut behind her and she had been compelled to run round to the back and come in through the kitchen . |
| 7 | If we do n't raise our targets , we shall stumble but I 'm absolutely confident from all the news that comes in from the field , that we shall raise our targets . |
| 8 | I did it during the week and came in on a Saturday for myself . |
| 9 | Essex were , for a time , in some trouble after Munton had claimed two wickets in as many balls but Gooch , still snuffling after his touch of ‘ flu and coming in at an unaccustomed No 5 position , thwarted the hat-trick ball . |
| 10 | In analysing the information that comes in through the eyes , the brain works ‘ bottom up ’ , piecing together the information from individual retinal cells into larger wholes , and ‘ top down ’ , comparing pre-existing models in the brain with the visual input . |
| 11 | The one item that comes in under the £100 mark might not suit your favourite Brit . |
| 12 | Film credits include Zeffirelli 's Jesus of Nazareth , with Robert Powell , Rod Steiger and James Mason , The Spy that Came in from the Cold , with Richard Burton , and Raise the Titanic , with Alec Guiness . |
| 13 | If an aspiring agent does n't go to college or university , there is no reason why he or she ca n't apply to an agency and come in as a very junior person to work their way up . |
| 14 | It 's an exciting opportunity to see a country that came in from the cold — just do n't expect 130mph plus autobahns ! |
| 15 | So why not bluff and come in from the left ? |
| 16 | Anna shut the door again , she did not know that Mena had followed her , and walked round the house and came in by the terrace , a smile on her face . |