Example sentences of "[v-ing] in from [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | He swerved past it , stopped and , looking back , saw Bigwig come racing in from the opposite side . |
| 3 | The danger of cracking heads with Bairstow flying in from the other side is as good a reason as any for its omission . |
| 4 | His appeal must have met with some response because although some hundreds of people did leave for Fort-de-France , many hundreds more sought refuge in St Pierre itself , flocking in from the surrounding countryside , so that on the morning of 8 May , as many as 30,000 people were probably crowding the town . |
| 5 | The library , which had not been in use since Sir John Merchiston 's death some seven years earlier , was a very pleasant room , positioned opposite the ballroom , between Araminta 's parlour and the big saloon , with panelled walls , quantities of shelving , an ivory inlay desk , leather chairs before the fireplace , and a good deal of light , even on this overcast day , coming in from a glazed door leading out into a pretty walled garden . |
| 6 | He knew that Garvey 's eyes could see nothing , coming in from the relative lightness outdoors . |
| 7 | A restructuring is under way — John McIntyre , vice-president of European Operations has gone , and Europe is now being split into two : the UK , where Engels has recently been appointed managing director , and the continent , where Terry Hall is coming in from the Australian operation to take charge . |
| 8 | These are believed to result , at least in part , from sewage pollution , although there is some evidence that nutrients are also coming in from the open sea . |
| 9 | Winters are cold , with biting winds sweeping in from the Hungarian plain . |
| 10 | Every now and then , one of the tall waves thundering in from the open ocean carries within it a dark sinister presence . |