Example sentences of "[vb past] in [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This creative period was followed by an exploitive period in which many theoretical physicists moved in to apply the new mechanics to a host of significant problems . |
| 2 | Rex waded in to hold the struggling arms apart . |
| 3 | Excluding the para-military National Guard , they number only 4,400 , whereas the normal US garrison of about 10,000 men had already been augmented to 13,000 before airborne units parachuted in to secure the international airport and clear the way for further reinforcements . |
| 4 | Joining Welch and Taylor was Lt Sanders who led a flight of four P–40s up through the clouds to attack six Japanese bombers , Sanders hit one aircraft while another of his men , Lt Sterling , closed on a two-seater , Sterling 's engine was hit and caught fire , but he carried on in pursuit , another Japanese closed in on his tail and the three flew on firing at each other , then Sanders joined in to attack the second Japanese , only Sanders survived this ordeal . |
| 5 | Was n't that the time when the Bank of England stepped in to avoid the whole City suffering ? |
| 6 | The chairman was alerted and he stepped in to fly the wayward duo into Manchester . |
| 7 | The Finns needed pilots badly and volunteers from many nations flooded in to join the Finnish Air Force , Asa among them . |
| 8 | Other cars screamed in to fill the sudden vacuum of our wake . |
| 9 | when , when I went in to work the other day , Pete says I do n't know about that , that Kenwood stuff |
| 10 | Meanwhile our three cutters , Active , Safeguard and Swift also came out of hiding , the roar of their engines sounding a death knell for Eloise as they closed in to arrest the white yacht . |
| 11 | But he could n't get the better of Martyn , who turned one goal-bound shot from the 22-year-old onto the post minutes before Osborn jumped in to stun the 21,123 crowd with only his second goal of the season . |