Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many gardeners believe that an informal pool should be planted liberally , with waterlilies obscuring areas of the water surface , and reeds and rushes tumbling in from the garden . |
| 2 | This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks … |
| 3 | Initially , he had much sympathy from the British trade union movement , funds pouring in from the mainland , including almost £pound94,000 collected by the Trades Union Congress . |
| 4 | old said I do n't want any of the lads going in with the girls |
| 5 | Should be a few goals going in at the Baseball Ground on Sunday … the central live match is Derby County against Oxford United … |
| 6 | When Rosalind and Philip first moved in , it was in a pretty parlous condition , with , amongst other nightmares , an elder tree with its roots in the great hall and its branches spreading in through the windows . |
| 7 | This index was started by Herbarium staff , who scanned new journals and books coming in to the Library . |
| 8 | Since the 1920's Berlin has been a city encountered through images : Doblin , Pabst and Isherwood ; the diabolic glamour of Nazism ; Year Zero ; the Airlift ; John Kennedy and spies coming in from the cold ; the generation of " 68 , the stylized desperation of the punk underground , and angels made corporeal . |
| 9 | A very simple picture , again , it 's er you could n't have anything much more simple than this , just two waves coming in onto the shingle beach and er you can almost hear the the the waves rushing u running across the shingle . |
| 10 | What happened in Liverpool when Liverpool were playing ho oh , Nottingham Forest , and what happened was is that there was extra fans coming in to the ground and the police let them in and then everyone just started to get squashed and all that . |
| 11 | But , unfortunately , there are also restaurants cashing in on the brasserie bandwagon by serving cheap , cheerful and desperately trendy bistro food in designer surroundings — and charging the earth for it . |
| 12 | During these periods , the great tides sweeping in from the Atlantic would first feel the initial restriction of the Bristol Channel . |
| 13 | And it 'll be a cool afternoon , temperatures around nine degrees celsius , that 's forty eight fahrenheit , with light winds coming in from the east . |
| 14 | He watched Maggie bump the tall girl with her hip , then add , ‘ There 's a gang of parched Arabs coming in from the desert ; see to them . ’ |
| 15 | It was almost time for Compline when Cadfael came from the gardens after his last round of the evening , and saw horsemen riding in at the gate . |
| 16 | A single-glazed window has a ‘ cold zone ’ around it where you 'll get convection draughts ( as well as the draughts coming in through the gaps ) . |
| 17 | Well I can remember when I went Was in the water at the start , there was You could see a lot of boats coming in alongside the platform . |
| 18 | Corbett bowed respectfully and , pushing by the labourers and other villeins coming in from the fields to break their fasts , went out of the Galilee Gate , across the track and into the woods . |
| 19 | Perhaps they would go down to the harbour in the evening and watch the yachts coming in to the anchorage , and sit with other groups at the chairs and tables outside the Bell Inn . |
| 20 | She watched him sprawl in a cane chair on the terrace , light a cigar , and pick up a book , uncaring of the many and varied insects homing in on the light above him . |
| 21 | I was sitting on the sofa , quietly crying ; I think I was wishing that Auschwitz looked better than it did , just now , with its windless heat and plagues of flies homing in on the marshes . |
| 22 | Swanage suffered badly during the last war , chiefly from ‘ tip-and-run ’ raids by bombers swooping in from the sea . |
| 23 | A strong south-westerly wind ruins the swells coming in off the Atlantic . |
| 24 | The changes in legislation have been dramatic since the mid-eighties the majority of changes coming in at the beginning of nineteen ninety three with the E C directives . |
| 25 | Enemy tanks could be illuminated with laser beams and destroyed by missiles homing in on the laser frequency . |
| 26 | Katherine sat in the sitting room , memories creeping in with the shadows . |
| 27 | The smell was terrible , despite the fresh breezes wafting in from the river . |
| 28 | As one would expect , the majority of the sentenced prisoners coming in through the gates had received short terms , but 121 ( 13 per cent ) had been admitted to serve sentences over five years and 84 of these had received life imprisonment for murder . |
| 29 | A person of ‘ quality ’ — such as a member of the landed gentry or the clergy — would be at the top of their scale , commanding a funeral similar to that organized by the College of Arms for a knight bachelor , with paupers and wayfarers coming in at the bottom . |
| 30 | There are many more good illustrations coming in to the Library than there are analytical entries or other index terms . |