Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] in [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not wanting to jump in at the deep end , I hired the school the day before and went with Karen , a friend who wanted to give her experienced but spooky horse an indoor schooling session . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ I 'm going to pull in at the next layby . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're going to come in at the far end . ’ |
| 4 | Nor was she going to give in to the warm and leaping sensations being generated in her by the slow , rhythmic stroking of his fingers . |
| 5 | In truth , Cabernet is beginning to creep in by the back door . |
| 6 | WITHOUT wishing to cash in on the latest Royal marital rift it seems right to impart the information that some cartoons depicting the unfortunate pair have gone on sale in their adoptive city . |
| 7 | Twelve other works by Matisse were offered — all trying to cash in on the much-hyped exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art — but only ‘ La plage rouge ’ , an estate picture at Sotheby 's soared , selling to a European collector at $1.25 million . |
| 8 | Or he was trying to get in through the one window in the house which was approachable from the tree side . |
| 9 | There may also be some junior males trying to muscle in on the dominant male 's kingdom . |