Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [noun] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | We came to the quarry to dig in , look after ourselves , live proper lives . |
| 2 | A few rocks showed in the water close in to the quarry face and there was a crescent of sand the meadow side of the water with two giant pines shading the right corner . |
| 3 | So what happened afore the machinery came in ? |
| 4 | When I arrived at the airport to check in , I was surprised by the amount of security , I decided they must be looking for drug traffickers . |
| 5 | Kaas leant forward and dragged Adam to his feet as he yelled for the guards to come in and help him . |
| 6 | Zambia returned to the IMF fold in early 1990 on the basis of an agreed economic restructuring programme and debt rescheduling , which has also released new aid flows . |
| 7 | Members of a crowd which gathered around the bus joined in , and four of the soldiers were beaten to death . |
| 8 | As a practical measure , keep a full record of all jobs that you apply for and the responses that you receive to show that you have not simply sat back and waited for the money to roll in . |
| 9 | In the National Liberal Club last night , party activists were busy savouring the mathematic soup stirred up by television exit polls as they waited for the results to roll in . |
| 10 | I went to Argentina and sat in a cell and waited for the torturers to come in . |
| 11 | The lean and agile don , in his open-necked shirt , stood on the window-sill and tugged at the casement to let in fresh air , cold Cambridge light . |
| 12 | Damian stood against the sunlight flooding in through the windows , his hands thrust in his grey trouser pockets , the silver watch-chain across his powerful chest reflecting light . |
| 13 | The cutters were then ordered by a signal flashed from the clifftops to close in at top speed . |
| 14 | She stood on the embankment breathing in gulps of air as he stood awkwardly by her , then fumbled for a handkerchief and he saw that she was crying . |