Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this happens it is time to celebrate and consider all the various offers raining in from the major labels . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The paper started by zeroing in on the inner London boroughs . |
| 8 | I remember hens , large grey ones , wandering in through the back door . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Looking in through the open door of one , I saw a fat , drunk skinhead in a wheelchair . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Current models , launched in 1988 , are the third generation , slotting in between the sporty 3-Series and the luxurious 7-Series . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 15 | The plaudits have been pouring in over the past weeks , as the following reports show . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He swerved past it , stopped and , looking back , saw Bigwig come racing in from the opposite side . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | the basis is you keep going in at the wrong level it 's the educational process at ground level |
| 20 | ‘ I never like going in through the front door , ’ Ace said , ‘ but I guess you 're right . ’ |
| 21 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 22 | Going in by the back door |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | and peering in through the front door |
| 25 | The rooms seemed bare , she thought , peering in through the dusty panes . |
| 26 | She suggested calling in on the local correspondent to see what his views were . |
| 27 | Their acquiescence was to be encouraged by a campaign of information and by mobilising convinced peasants to persuade recalcitrant ones , but nothing could stop the tractors from moving in on the appointed day . |
| 28 | Then , when the next breeding time comes around , the males start moving in on the female groups again and fight one another for possession of that year 's harems . |
| 29 | Network Computing Devices Inc pretty much has the dedicated X-terminal business sewn up , and the Mountain View , California company is now moving in on the personal computer X Window System emulation business with launch of PC-Xware , a single software package that it claims provides full X terminal functionality on personal computers for the first time . |
| 30 | Network Computing Devices Inc has the dedicated X-terminal business pretty much sewn up , and the Mountain View , California company is now moving in on the personal computer X Window System emulation business dominated by the likes of Canadian outfit Hummingbird Communications Ltd and UK firm XVision Ltd , with launch of PC-Xware , a single software package that it claims provides full X terminal functionality on personal computers for the first time . |