Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet . |
| 2 | The boy tried to move in with the grandparents . |
| 3 | It just seemed to fit in with the story and the early part of your visit about somebody getting killed . ’ |
| 4 | Sonia said : ‘ It seemed to fit in with the spirit of the Festival — how political change in history is articulated — and celebrated the most remarkable use of language , worldwide . |
| 5 | When results began to come in from the field researchers , Highlander served as the collection , organisation and computation centre , and held workshops to allow participants to draw some very marked comparisons and contrasts from the raw data . |
| 6 | But disappointment began to set in by the time the ballot boxes had been emptied , and when the second stage of the count began , at 12.45 a.m. , it soon became clear that it would be a two-horse race . |
| 7 | Having done so , slammed the door shut , walked round the front of the car , opened the driver 's door and began to climb in behind the wheel . |
| 8 | THE High Street banks were blasted for profiteering as they rushed to cash in on the interest rate jump . |
| 9 | The howling wind blew the broken bonnet away and rain began to flood in under the dashboard . |
| 10 | A short blast on the ship 's siren to warn the dockyard staff ashore was followed by the thrashing of its propeller , as the transport began to manoeuvre in to the jetty . |
| 11 | Now , as always at the beginning of the rainy season , dense black clouds began to roll in over the Residency from the direction of the river , advancing slowly , not more than a few feet above the ground and masking completely whatever lay in their path . |
| 12 | A mist began to roll in off the sea ; and suddenly , before Ruth really noticed what was happening , everything beyond ten yards was blotted out . |
| 13 | Inside our flat , small drifts of this sand began to blow in under the doors and through the cracks in the window frames . |
| 14 | The crew decided to go in by the entrance to Fingal 's cave . |
| 15 | It went on so long that finally I did undress and started to give in to the sleep I could feel coming on me . |
| 16 | Remembering Philippe Bonard 's invitation to use the pool whenever she wished , she decided to call in at the Auberge de la Fontaine and pick up her swimming costume . |
| 17 | It was then that Nigger decided to get in on the act , and launched himself the length of the hallway . |
| 18 | Benny struggled to fit in with the saying accurately . |
| 19 | I have been intreated during these weeks , cajoled , wheedled , almost caressed , tortured , threatened , brow-beaten and all but blackmailed to step in as the saviour of society . ’ |
| 20 | I were just so psyched up on Wednesday and then I had to go in on the Friday before so I did n't |
| 21 | But I felt guilty about her being in a Home … she just had to go in in the end — and I know it 's the best place , it 's safe and she has company all the time … ’ |
| 22 | As Major Pond discovered , seat-holders were let in through side doors while hoi polloi had to come in through the front in the hope of getting what they could . |
| 23 | ‘ The policeman saw the car coming straight towards him , and thought he was going to be hit , and had to pull in to the side of the road . |
| 24 | After two exhausting hours we had to give in to the flames . |
| 25 | She longed to give in to the desire in his eyes and her own body 's urging . |
| 26 | As happens in any new venture , I discovered that the hours I had to put in at the beginning seemed to outnumber those available in any day . |
| 27 | He had to dodge in to the roadside as an open-backed van loaded with milk-crates passed , its brakelights glowing as it slowed to take in the bend . |
| 28 | Hundreds of flowers , cards and goodwill telephone calls continued to flood in to the hospital today . |
| 29 | He wanted to go in with the sun behind him . |
| 30 | Opening the meeting of the Economic Planning Council , the Chairman , Lord Hampshire , surprised members by announcing that the Prime Minister intended to sit in on the transport debate , which was the subject of a White Paper about to be discussed on the floor of the House . |