Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a slow , infuriating process , and as A roads gave way to B and Robyn neared her destination already two hours late , the slowly darkening skies became as black and as desperate as Robyn 's frame of mind , until the heavens opened and it started to pour — not reasonable , perfectly acceptable drops of rain from a warm July sky , but pounding , penetrating torrents that battered and bounced off the roof of the jeep and seeped in through the ill-fitting windows . |
| 2 | He let the jib sheet loose and heaved in on the main . |
| 3 | I remember years ago being amused when a young man given to very few words came to our vicarage and burst in with the news : ‘ Jane had a baby boy this morning ! ’ still with his bedroom slippers on . |
| 4 | Hard to feel sorry for the laird , who would have watched the sweating workers from his window , hands in pockets , listening for the doorbell in case the king changed his mind and dropped in for a scone . |
| 5 | They could not open the door , so they climbed down from the roof and got in through the window . |
| 6 | But the lesson of the Kennedy case is that if you have the chance to take another job before your redundancy has been confirmed , you may have to choose between safeguarding your future and cashing in on the job rights built up over the years in your present employment . |
| 7 | Brett went to the lead limousine and climbed in beside the driver . |
| 8 | Ellwood walked to his car and got in like a man with a purpose accomplished . |
| 9 | He parked his car and walked in through the yard . |
| 10 | Here we see the usual linen winding-sheet , parted to show not only the face but the entire body , with the arms placed at his side and turned in at the elbows so that the hands meet over the groin . |
| 11 | It 's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door . |
| 12 | She just wanted to sink back into the dream and give in to the lovely floating sensation . |
| 13 | Pallanza lies in the centre of its west bank — a busy , friendly , village-like town stretched along a lakeside promenade and nestled in among a mass of scenic loveliness . |
| 14 | As the sea is calm I turn in to a narrow cleft on the headland , cutting the engine and gliding in between the faces of grey rock to let my passengers get the flavour of the sights and sounds of a Shetland geo . |
| 15 | They strolled back home down the tunnelled lane and called in at the Littles ' cottage and the Vicarage on the way . |
| 16 | Add the grated orange rind and the sherry or milk and fold in with a large spoon . |
| 17 | She struggled and was nearly countered , but then negated Wu 's defence and slipped in for a one-armed shoulder throw . |
| 18 | He did n't mind losing his board and slogging in through the breaking waves . |
| 19 | Instantly they took advantage and leapt in under the hesitating staff but as they did so two other shafts struck in quick succession , Allen 's second and Marian 's first . |
| 20 | After leaving the letter in a drawer she had gone to a nearby town and booked in at a hotel . |
| 21 | McLeish stopped at the door of the interview room and looked in through the spy-hole , wanting to get some feel for the evidently hostile and , by all accounts , neurotic Penelope Huntley . |
| 22 | Finally , I would observe that the justice in this case is not to be criticised for the decision she reached on the Friday , which was based on advice given her by a legally qualified court clerk , reinforced by the submission of the representative of the Crown Prosecution Service and acquiesced in by the defendant 's solicitor . |
| 23 | Gregor Townsend later managed to pass to the referee — clad in near identical colours to the Scots — for the Samoans to plunder ball and scuttle in for the first of their three tries , though it might have been more had we not seen defensive heroics typified by a timely tackle on Leilane Une by Derek Turnbull . |
| 24 | Bradford went ahead in the 15th minute when Tony Marchant snapped up a loose ball and squeezed in at the corner . |
| 25 | We reached the gateway and turned in under the adobe arch with the name Hda LUCINDA plaster-embossed in large letters . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The price of oil would probably rise to more than $50 a barrel and dig in for a stay of some months . |
| 28 | I did it during the week and came in on a Saturday for myself . |
| 29 | An administrative culture — which is concerned with rules , roles , authority and fits in with the concept of a role culture . |
| 30 | In a remnant of old forest I came on some grazing deer and quickly dropped to ground and crawled in under a small bank where I was able to stay out of sight , out of smell , and enjoy a very good look at the herd . |