Example sentences of "[vb base] in [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we 're talking to the people on the phone we home in on a thousand pound . |
| 2 | Home in on a particular aspect . |
| 3 | Put in on a slow wicket , Montgomeryshire were bundled out for just 65 taking up virtually 45 overs . |
| 4 | I mean do you do better if you put in on a large stake as opposed to a small stake ? |
| 5 | ‘ I put in for a supplementary allocation only last week , ’ he said . |
| 6 | This can be clearly seen at St Oswald 's in Gloucester , where the many phases of development are more clear in elevation than plan , and where , ironically , the earliest masonry is up above arches put in at a later date . |
| 7 | As the ground rises up to tap Sly gently on the bonce , CWD henchmen drop in for a quick cuppa … well they actually want to blow his brains out but I was being polite . |
| 8 | And even if you just pop in for a welcome drink , look out for our Happy Days bar promotions . |
| 9 | I get in from a dull lunch and find your urgent communication on my desk . |
| 10 | And flying tonight … the Falcons swoop in for a new season . |
| 11 | As the sea is calm I turn in to a narrow cleft on the headland , cutting the engine and gliding in between the faces of grey rock to let my passengers get the flavour of the sights and sounds of a Shetland geo . |
| 12 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 13 | On every channel earnest-looking men with maps and pointers , looking like war-gamers in some fiendish Pentagon basement , demonstrate — predict , even — the inch-by-inch path that the storm is taking , noting that it usually passes off to the north , but may perhaps curve back upon itself and go in for a second strike . |
| 14 | This is the moment when we decide whether we go in for a federal Europe or whether we go in for a Europe of member states trading together , competing together , co-operating together . |
| 15 | Then you have to select your weapons and use them with caution — go in with a gung-ho spirit and you could find you 've missed most of your targets and run out of ammo . |
| 16 | ‘ You go in with a whole lot of money and you come out with a whole lot of junk . |
| 17 | ‘ We go in by a roundabout route . |
| 18 | Add the grated orange rind and the sherry or milk and fold in with a large spoon . |
| 19 | If any other readers would like to save money and the rain forests , call in at a local reclaimers the next time you need timber . |
| 20 | The decision leaked out among the officers , one of whom burst in on a later meeting to protest passionately against it : ‘ What is this ? ’ he demanded . |
| 21 | The State regards itself as threatened by Counter-revolution ; its apparatus of power is theoreti cally entitled to employ all means at its disposal ; the great leader person ally authorises the use of force ( and who dares contradict him ? ) ; the army and security forces lumber in with a grotesque over-use of fire power — in this case including heli copters — and within minutes there are bodies in the streets . |
| 22 | They come in as a net fare operator |
| 23 | If relatives come in with a new resident , begin to get to know them as well . |
| 24 | Few are in any doubt that there is plenty more pain to come , and it may well be that the interim management is now expected to clear the decks , steel itself to announce another enormous net loss for the current quarter and let the new chief executive and team come in with a clean sheet . |
| 25 | May we , er , come in for a little while ? ’ |
| 26 | Like those boys that come in for a single rose as if nobody 's ever done that before . |
| 27 | Eventually they settle in to a new home — but life ca n't be that easy , can it ? |
| 28 | Accent is on comfort when you step in for a relaxing drink . |
| 29 | So here she was sitting beside me on the window-seat , shut in between a heavy curtain and a window . |
| 30 | Day Seven : Time at leisure until you check in for a scheduled flight home to London Heathrow . |