Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] in [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waves poured in like the ocean . |
| 2 | When two police cars raced in through the school gates she hid behind a wall . |
| 3 | There was the sound of running feet outside and the gate guards piled in through the crack . |
| 4 | Even their parents got in on the act , when the Mercedes hired to take them to the reception blew up . |
| 5 | It reached a peak as miners surged in against the riot shields . |
| 6 | The four sets of parents went in to the Panel separately , although they were to be treated as one case . |
| 7 | The cemetery had emptied of people , the cold winds swept in from the sea and the still bare branches of the trees shivered like thin fingers against the dark sky . |
| 8 | Two riders turned in at the approach to the castle , the rest of the cavalcade swept onward through the gate , flung open to give them passage , and vanished in a flurry of spume and fine mud along the foregate . |
| 9 | In every Legion Regiment , the English-speaking people stuck together in tight groups , drinking together , socialising together and looking after each other ; Australians , South Africans and Canadians joined in with the club , which evolved its own codes of conduct and unspoken rules of behaviour . |
| 10 | Later European governments got in on the act and set about invading and colonizing large chunks of the globe . |
| 11 | He had wandered away along the narrow trodden path through the grass while they were talking , to the small hollow cove where boats came in to the abbey meadows . |
| 12 | I saw Sybil on ‘ Top of the Pops ’ the day before I started work on the book and she was wearing a gold bra top , huge fake-gold earrings and black trousers pulled in at the waist . |
| 13 | The party of the workers fell in behind the policy of foreign bankers , which meant that it fell in behind high unemployment caused by high interest rates . |
| 14 | He was hustled away by some of the extra police officers drafted in for the case . |
| 15 | After the home club and Southend took the top places , Colchester Joggers got in on the act with the team bronze , a first for the club over this distance . |
| 16 | Firstly , donations of large quantities came in throughout the year enabling sorting , packeting , pricing , etc. , to be put in hand in good time . |
| 17 | The seventy seven year old collapsed after five police officers clambered in through the window to arrest her grandson . |
| 18 | A dish he calls Maltese curry — an unlikely and most interesting mixture of onions , tomatoes and fruit with eggs mixed in at the end of the cooking , rather in the pipérade manner — was another recipe he repeated in several of his books . |
| 19 | Gifts poured in for the youngster . |
| 20 | I discussed the format of the diet with various callers and then one of my members came in to the shop . |
| 21 | Early skiers reported back that powder coated the empty slopes and bookings flooded in to the tour operators . |
| 22 | Mr Scott 's removal from office was demanded by one shareholder who said that he was at the helm when the company 's finances went in to the red . |
| 23 | Floors were sometimes plastered , especially in light-wells or courtyards , with small pebbles mixed in with the plaster . |
| 24 | They are not necessarily the cheapest but can sometimes offer a package deal supplying all requirements from a single source with own stock and products bought in for the purpose . |
| 25 | In order for an exchange to become a recognised investment exchange , it must demonstrate to the SIB that , inter alia : ( a ) it has financial resources sufficient for the proper performance of its functions ; ( b ) that it has rules and practices which ensure that business conducted by means of its facilities is conducted in an orderly manner , affording proper protection to investors ; ( c ) it limits dealings on the exchange to investments in which there is a proper market ; ( d ) where relevant , issuers of investments dealt in on the exchange are required to comply with such obligations as will , so far as possible , afford to persons dealing in the investments proper information for determining their current value ; ( e ) it has its own arrangements for ensuring performance of transactions effected on the exchange or ensures their performance by means of services provided under clearing arrangements made by it with a recognised clearing house ; ( f ) it has ( or secures the provision on its behalf of ) satisfactory arrangements for recording the transaction effected on the exchange ; ( g ) it has adequate arrangements and resources for the effective monitoring and enforcement of compliance with its rules and any clearing arrangements made by it ; ( h ) it has effective arrangements for the investigation of complaints in respect of business transacted by means of its facilities ; and ( i ) it is able and willing to promote and maintain high standards of integrity and fair dealing in the carrying on of investment business and to co-operate by the sharing of information and otherwise with regulators . |
| 26 | Many schools have education about drugs and solvents built in to the curriculum . |
| 27 | Three minutes from the end Saints had the last word when Cherry 's powerful drive squirmed out of Marshall 's hands trickled in at the post . |
| 28 | Behind him , three more gipsies crowded in through the doorway . |
| 29 | When reports came in of the spread of an eye disease in Cuba that was caused by malnutrition , they rushed to send packets of vitamins . |
| 30 | Reports came in of the landing of Iraqi military personnel on the uninhabited Kuwaiti island of Bubiyan . |