Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] in [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely also that the practice of swallowing a paste made of powdered pearls indulged in by Francis Bacon among others was derived from India , where it was established in Hindu usage . |
| 2 | In recent weeks his perky figure has turned up twice in the winners enclosure on Northern tracks and when Dance of Words went in for Mick O'Toole last Friday night at Downpatrick this was his seventh winner since his return to Ireland . |
| 3 | Three hundred Catholic miners marched in from Cleator Moor , four miles away , intercepted him outside the meeting-hall , beat him as hard as they could , and left him for dead . |
| 4 | There is little evidence of either the presence or practical aid of Russian priests in the afflicted rural areas , though a considerable number of West European churchmen came in with relief organizations . |
| 5 | Against the protests of many of their salesmen , then , the Central Authority and Area Boards gave in to government pressure to restrict promotional advertising and hire purchase schemes in order to curtail the over-rapid growth of demand . |
| 6 | Matters have been made worse by the way investment banks scrambled to do junk-bond deals after federal investigators closed in on Mr Milken . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Inspiral Carpets went in at grass roots level and worked their butts off in the clubs . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Inspiral Carpets went in at grass roots level and worked their butts off in the clubs . |
| 9 | At Police Headquarters alarm bells rang in from government munition dumps , military vehicle compounds , hi-tech weapon factories and sweet shops . |
| 10 | TRIBUTES poured in from showbiz stars as Leslie fought for his life in hospital last night . |
| 11 | Tributes flooded in from comedy colleagues stunned at the loss of one of Britain 's favourite entertainers . |
| 12 | Tanks and riot police drafted in to lorry row |
| 13 | Office workers and shoppers were evacuated from the area surrounding the Reject Shop in Cornmarket as police moved in with sniffer dogs . |
| 14 | Then the contact became closer as Japanese national and club sides zeroed in on New Zealand as a convenient training area . |
| 15 | The only English-trained horses pitched in against Mill Reef were Ortis , second in the King George after winning the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot , and the three-year-old Royalty , unbeaten but untried in high-class company . |
| 16 | Most houses had their windows barred as standard ; wealthier householders went in for burglar alarms . |