Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] in [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er has the card been filled in with a date on it ? |
| 2 | A yard or so up the line from the bomb a swivel or ring is tied in as a back stop . |
| 3 | ‘ The only problem is , my car is going in for a service , so maybe you could do me a favour and give me a lift there ? |
| 4 | Although most Panamanians will welcome the departure of General Noriega , the fact that their new President was sworn in by a US army general at a US army base is likely to colour perceptions of the new government . |
| 5 | Then a motorcyclist was brought in on a blue light , a dispatch rider who had been burning along the Norwich road and hit a patch of oil . |
| 6 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 7 | The question was sent in by a viewer and ran as follows : ‘ Will Mr Kinnock , if he becomes Prime Minister , return the Elgin Marbles to Athens ? ’ |
| 8 | His body was entirely missing below the waist , the stump of his torso being plugged in to a cybercart of softly gurgling tubes , which he controlled with his one remaining flesh-and-bone hand . |
| 9 | A spokesman for the UK Offshore Operators ' Association said : ‘ Superficially , the reduction to 50pc sounds good , but the tax is tied in with a lot of allowances , including exploration and appraisal , and that has all been abolished , and that is going to have a devastating effect of exploration and appraisal . ’ |
| 10 | Our era was ushered in with a reminder that the flood remained not entirely tamed . |
| 11 | The international civil rights group was called in by a province-wide body of Protestant community leaders , the Ulster Community Action Network ( UCAN ) . |
| 12 | Curator Maryan Ainsworth of the Metropolitan Museum is quick to note that , ‘ The thorny problem of underdrawings and workshop practice in , for example , the works of Lucas Cranach and his circle is not easily resolved through underdrawing analysis , since in many cases , the picture was drawn in with a non-carbon substance , like iron-gall brown ink , that is not penetrated by infra-red , and is invisible on the reflectogram screens . |
| 13 | A tame rabbit was brought in with a large abscess about the size of an egg on its cheek . |
| 14 | Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives . |
| 15 | A copy of the catalogue of this exhibition was sent in by a reader recently and it is quite mind-blowing to read what a wealth of aircraft and engines were on display : |
| 16 | In addition to all this , during the holiday period a newly bought fifteen foot wide Axminster spool gripper loom was lifted in by a seventy ton crane , and now awaits assembly . |
| 17 | Then I turned to the other side of the coin — the Civil War that might break out , even if Reunion were voted in by a majority and approved by the Dáil . |
| 18 | The couple 's recent past is filled in by a series of ‘ flash-ins ’ , influenced by the French nouvelle vague . |
| 19 | About half a mile away an attack is going in on a hill , I can see Commandos advancing up the slopes , shells burst a short distance in front of the forward troops , probably covering fire from the British Artillery . |
| 20 | The dip liquid is pumped in from a vacuum tanker . |
| 21 | This is a hybrid case in Banbury erm the opting out legislation was brought in for a specific purpose . |
| 22 | The legal cloak given to the US action by the formal request for US assistance by the new government of President Guillerm Endara is not convincing , since the government was sworn in on a US military base with a US general standing by . |
| 23 | Simone 's boutique was nestled in between a shoe shop and a jewellery shop . |
| 24 | One seems to show Samaranch being sworn in as a national councillor in 1967 . |
| 25 | A gorilla in a Canadian zoo is moving in with a couple of bachelors in Texas . |
| 26 | The sunshine was pouring in through a high window on the right , warming a square of the dark red polished floor and making the rest of the room look gloomy by comparison . |
| 27 | Given that this reform will hit hardest those firms with most part-time workers , it is suggested that this change is phased in over a five-year period . |
| 28 | Changing machines means a new contract , so the company are locked in for a fresh term , again of up to nine years . |
| 29 | Four members of the press were allowed in at a time . |
| 30 | Thus the composition was blocked in on a warm basis , over which he would lay a series of glazes . |