Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] in [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation . |
| 2 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 3 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 4 | I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I came in with a bad knee and it just started getting worse , ’ the 13th-seeded Lendl said . |
| 6 | I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ? |
| 7 | ‘ I put in for a supplementary allocation only last week , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I get in from a dull lunch and find your urgent communication on my desk . |
| 9 | I popped in for a short while to the Scottish Gallery in Cork Street , to see the most recent sculptures by Gerald Laing . |
| 10 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 13 | I was feeling low and I gave in to a mad impulse . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I always felt as if you rode in on a white charger and saved me from my loneliness . |
| 15 | The custom of cleaning the close had been explained to Madge on the day she moved in by a small woman carrying a metal pail and a large card . |
| 16 | I mean do you do better if you put in on a large stake as opposed to a small stake ? |
| 17 | She was feeling pleased with her progress when she walked in on a typical scene on the terrace of room 216 . |
| 18 | ‘ I expect you signed in as a voluntary patient ; then they 're covered , Evans said . |
| 19 | Ah it 's sweet enough , I saw you coming in with a black one . |
| 20 | And when you wanted to buy something like a three piece suite , you went to somewhere like Bentalls and they took you into a little room , soon as you said to the man well I want to buy this on hire purchase and you went in to a little room and the man sat down and you filled in a long form . |
| 21 | She falls in with a tawdry crowd and finds her values jolted and sympathies unwillingly engaged . |
| 22 | ‘ You go in with a whole lot of money and you come out with a whole lot of junk . |
| 23 | Accent is on comfort when you step in for a relaxing drink . |
| 24 | Day Seven : Time at leisure until you check in for a scheduled flight home to London Heathrow . |
| 25 | Then the Birmingham Small Arms Company revealed after many a summer that the car she sat in like a burnished throne , and even some of the furs she wore , were not provided by her Prince Charming , Sir Bernard , but by them , the nuts and bolts firm of which he was chairman , as a business expense which they were no longer happy to provide . |
| 26 | We crept in under a low table and covered ourselves with a tarpaulin . |
| 27 | This is the moment when we decide whether we go in for a federal Europe or whether we go in for a Europe of member states trading together , competing together , co-operating together . |
| 28 | ‘ We go in by a roundabout route . |
| 29 | Significantly , the one recorded local dispute in which he was concerned ( a violent struggle over the manor of Gregories in Theydon Garnon ) shows him drawn in as a political heavyweight to counterbalance strong support on the other side . |
| 30 | Significantly , the one recorded local dispute in which he was concerned ( a violent struggle over the manor of Gregories in Theydon Garnon ) shows him drawn in as a political heavyweight to counterbalance strong support on the other side . |