Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Not by someone else stepping in at the last moment . |
2 | When this happens it is time to celebrate and consider all the various offers raining in from the major labels . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | The paper started by zeroing in on the inner London boroughs . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Current models , launched in 1988 , are the third generation , slotting in between the sporty 3-Series and the luxurious 7-Series . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
18 | The plaudits have been pouring in over the past weeks , as the following reports show . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | He swerved past it , stopped and , looking back , saw Bigwig come racing in from the opposite side . |
21 | Tamar had allowed Victoria to stay up late to watch the leading in of the last load , which was a ritual joined in by all the estate workers . |
22 | It is easy to become disheartened if the dace fail to respond after an hour or so , but stick at it , keeping the feed going in on the same line . |
23 | ‘ If you can do that , then you have in your mind what the strong target notes are and you can start going in with the other notes of the scale . |
24 | Oh of course do n't forget yester yesterday erm they allow so many in so you 'd all be going in at the same time |
25 | the basis is you keep going in at the wrong level it 's the educational process at ground level |
26 | People were coming out from Palm Sunday Mass at the church of Ognissanti , pausing to chat to families going in to the last service and then passing under his window carrying sprays of olive leaves . |
27 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
28 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
29 | Going in by the back door |
30 | While still leafing through the statements he turned to Sara : ‘ We have a witness who claims to have seen you in Alexandra Road after eleven on Saturday night , and you may know that a woman was seen going in by the back door of this house at half-past . ’ |