Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the lucky 30 guinea pigs in Bruno 's experiment were sampling his alternative dishes , the other pupils were tucking in to a typical school dinner of beefburger in a bap , sautee potatoes and jacket potato in cheese , or open sandwiches . |
| 2 | Not by someone else stepping in at the last moment . |
| 3 | When this happens it is time to celebrate and consider all the various offers raining in from the major labels . |
| 4 | They reached Airman 's Grave and paused together beside its perimeter wall , gazing in at the poignant tribute to one victim of a long-ago conflict , though not as long-ago , it occurred to Derek , as the conflict which had recently extended its crabbed old hand to touch their lives . |
| 5 | The two feet would shrink with a cheating stick , and perhaps we could avoid some of the easier but time-consuming lower pitches by sneaking in along the first terrace from an easier route . |
| 6 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 7 | So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him . |
| 8 | Altogether appropriately and ingloriously , the frame ended with the Barometer 's in-off the black , the ball lasering in on the middle pocket at a preposterous angle . |
| 9 | Avoid bouncing up and down because an élite performer will simply wait until you are moving upwards before driving in with a strong attack . |
| 10 | Let's see ! ’ said the others , crowding in around a big pan of stale bread and biscuits . |
| 11 | For the first time I noticed the brothers ' yarmulkes in the somewhat subdued light of the boardroom , plain black skullcaps blending in with the pale glow of the room . |
| 12 | Trading in for a smaller house or flat again releases considerable capital , which is often shared with the offspring . |
| 13 | The paper started by zeroing in on the inner London boroughs . |
| 14 | ‘ Muscling in on a theatrical invitation . |
| 15 | I was surprised to see Benjamin keep to a swift gallop , not reining in until a good mile separated us from the convent . |
| 16 | He had visions of booking in to the same hotel several weeks running and a knowing clerk saying , ‘ Ah , I see sir has a new Mrs Smith this weekend … ’ as his latest girl flashed her ring on the desk . |
| 17 | The reader in men and masculinity from Bradford University conjured up images for me of a muscular man walking in with a few four-packs of larger under his arms ready to address BASW delegates . |
| 18 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
| 19 | On the first day the Champion Hurdle had been won by Kribensis ( owned by Sheikh Mohammed and trained by Michael Stoute ) from Nomadic Way ( owned by Robert Sangster and trained by Barry Hills ) — powerful Flat racing connections elbowing in on the jumping scene . |
| 20 | Jay Disley was spotted by the police looking in through a broken window and his accomplice Simon Brooklyn was found in the kitchen of the house in Berrybank Crescent . |
| 21 | Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair . |
| 22 | They did not know then , were not to know for many years , were never fully to understand what it was that held them together — a sense of being on the margins of English life , perhaps , a sense of being outsiders , looking in from a cold street through a lighted window into a warm lit room that later might prove to be their own ? |
| 23 | The feet should be kept in the straps until sheeting in on the new tack , thereby keeping the board on its banked course throughout the crucial rig change . |
| 24 | Current models , launched in 1988 , are the third generation , slotting in between the sporty 3-Series and the luxurious 7-Series . |
| 25 | Vincent barely managed to keep his temper in check in the blast of this ‘ raw north wind ’ that had come howling in through the front door . |
| 26 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 27 | Towards the end of 1989 film and TV scripts were flooding in at an unprecedented rate , spurred on by her successful debut live tour , the incredible success , even by her standards , of her second album ‘ Enjoy Yourself ’ which entered the British LP charts at number one on its first day of release in October that year and the much-anticipated release of The Delinquents . |
| 28 | The sunshine was pouring in through a high window on the right , warming a square of the dark red polished floor and making the rest of the room look gloomy by comparison . |
| 29 | The plaudits have been pouring in over the past weeks , as the following reports show . |
| 30 | Orders are already pouring in for the American-made scarves and bandanas that heat up when a liquid-filled pad is microwaved is placed into a pouch . |