Example sentences of "[vb past] come in [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was as much to disprove some of their absurd assumptions as to help you prove your own theories that I agreed to come in on this project .
2 Reports began to come in of successful strikes on other vehicles .
3 Then offers started to come in from other amp and electronics companies , asking me if I wanted to branch off and do some design work for them , which I could see the advantages of — plus I wanted to have a life !
4 But Elsie Birdsall and Lavinia Thwaites kept coming in with all kinds of things to try and get me going — home-made soups , arrowroot , custards — and finally I began to mend a little .
5 But the attempt to remove the deer failed in both forests , because fresh stock kept coming in from adjoining woods .
6 The peasants in the Roslavl' region did come in for some attention during 1922 , though supervision was at best paternalistic , sporadic , and myopic .
7 Cos it 's an outdoor job , it 's a three shift system for those on the bottom , er early , morning and late , cos the eight hour day had come in at this time .
8 She had come in with fresh water to bathe his back and hands , and stole extra time to finish the job , because he was conscious and willing to lie still .
9 By that date Moscow had provided a mere three and a half million roubles , and one million had come in from other gubernii .
10 The waiting-room was moderately full and there were several clients who had come in from neighbouring villages .
11 Yet someone had come in by that door , very softly , and was now motionless just within it , hesitating to advance into the choir and interrupt the second office of the day .
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