Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Full of hope , I took the watch in to a smart business in the Rue du Rhône , where it was examined by a stately manager . |
| 2 | ‘ Stones arranged in heaps , ’ said Fenella , frowning , reining her horse in to a slow walk . |
| 3 | put a bid in at a certain price . |
| 4 | I pulled the car in beside a late-business liquor store . |
| 5 | The two Amnesty Groups involved would like to thank Peter Florence for fitting the benefit in to a tight schedule at such short notice . |
| 6 | Dyson let the clutch in with a belated jerk which brought some hard and heavy object tumbling down from the dashboard to hit Bill Waddy on the knee and roll away out of sight beneath the front seats . |
| 7 | If a man was lucky it was a case of pop in for a quick half , then home to a meal of bubble and squeak with the Missus . |
| 8 | Much has changed since 1989 when the first annual Art Show was organised to help members of the prestigious Art Dealers ' Association of America cash in on a booming art market . |
| 9 | They start with the filling in of a pre-printed summons form which is obtained from the Sheriff Clerk . |
| 10 | Do you need to give some free line because the chub are sucking the bait in from a considerable distance ? |
| 11 | The privileged sign in at a large book attached by a thin chain to a sort of lectern . |
| 12 | Brown puts the boot in to a do-nothing leader |
| 13 | that to him when the Celtic red mist 's before his eyes and he 's kicking your head in in a jealous rage , he thought . |
| 14 | You need to put the S T D code in for a local call . |
| 15 | Keep a baby in like a warm baby-gro |
| 16 | He can mix the Hi-Watt in for a cleaner sound , if that suits a song more . |
| 17 | Then I quartered the block and pointed out the Fire Exit , which was a battered red door in between a Greek restaurant and a graphic art studio . |
| 18 | ‘ How many men had you discarded before you decided to throw your lot in with a married man ? ’ he murmured , so casually that she said , |
| 19 | That was not unusual on the Monday after a tournament , so I decided to drive to his house in Clapham in the hope that I might intercept him either on the way in from a long lunch or on the way out for a pre-prandial drink . |
| 20 | A frequent comment of observers about a prisoner in for a serious offence like murder is that he shows no remorse . |
| 21 | Parents are not concerned about other children but their own and the photo may well stir up some resentment which can best be countered by inviting the press in on a regular basis and ensuring that as many children as possible get their picture in the paper . |
| 22 | The dog was watering the delphiniums and I was on my knees and elbows , bottom in the air , trying to push the ashtray in from a different angle , in the hope he would n't notice it , when the garden gate creaked open — it was the postman . |
| 23 | It is often unwise of the plaintiff to rely on the defendant sued obtaining an indemnity from a third party if the plaintiff could bring the third party in as a second defendant , eg in road accident cases . |
| 24 | John took his party in by a back door , using the yard between the Foreign Office and the new building . |