Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] [to-vb] in [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Still , I was determined to cash in on my success and maintain a high profile at the ground . |
2 | Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’ |
3 | I did n't know quite where or how or with whom but I was going to turn in at the Gendarmerie and take it from there . |
4 | ‘ I would n't wear muddy hunting boots if I was going to climb in through a bedroom window and murder a lady , ’ said Ethel . |
5 | For an instant she was tempted to give in to him , to say she 'd forget the party . |
6 | And she would have to leave whatever she was doing to sit in with him while he briefed her on what he intended to do , and why . |
7 | Worst still , she was planning to cash in on Ivor 's insurance policies . |
8 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |
9 | Or he was trying to get in through the one window in the house which was approachable from the tree side . |
10 | He turned down the lamp and wondered how he was going to get in without wakening her ; when suddenly she started up , crying out with despair , fighting to be free of the blankets . |