Example sentences of "be [verb] in on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thankfully , some Scottish firms are muscling in on the act . |
| 2 | Social problems are crowding in on a city where the body-count for murders rose from a record 1,905 in 1989 to a new record of more than 2,200 in 1990 . |
| 3 | They 're coming in on a starship disguised as a Boeing 747 so that the locals wo n't suspect until it 's too late , but when they land at London Heathrow their baggage gets lost ; all their heavy weaponry ends up in Miami and gets mixed up with the luggage of some psychiatrists attending an international symposium on anal-fixation after death , and : Freudians take over the world with the captured high-tech . |
| 4 | Howard sits up front with a shotgun grazing his earlobe , whilst Miki , Emma , Chris and myself are squashed in on the back seat , staring through the grating at the road ahead . |
| 5 | The Soviet Army , has also been getting in on the act . |
| 6 | Even British farmers have been getting in on the act , attracted by the lure of cheap agricultural land at prices half those on our side of the Channel . |
| 7 | Dublin 's notorious ticket touts have also been getting in on the act through Northern front men knowing there will be a market for the tickets at ten times the outlay . |
| 8 | There will be family backing — no doubt the McTavish branch will be muscling in on the act , if Deirdre is to act as captain . |
| 9 | The next day , he telephoned Al Clark , asking that Music Week be let in on the joke . |
| 10 | Yes , and this is why I want to look at this week at a glance diary , so that you will go away and I want you to fill this in as I 'm filling in on the board , you 'll go away with an idea what a diary , sorry , spit there , ha , erm , of what a diary will look like roughly , so that you know what your diary should look like every week . |
| 11 | Eventually , he mentioned the present writer and suggested that I should be brought in on the matter as I had already knowledge of one or two other cases . |
| 12 | SPM forces were later reported to be closing in on the capital from the south , with help from the Somali Salvation Democratic Front ( SSDF ) , which claimed by March 21 to have defeated USC forces near Ceel Buur , 350 km north-east of Mogadishu . |
| 13 | He seems to be cashing in on the goodwill of those who regret the party 's ‘ new start ’ last month when it renamed itself the Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) . |
| 14 | Welcome back : In a few minutes , we 'll be dropping in on the pub of the year . |
| 15 | Welcome back : In a few minutes , we 'll be dropping in on the pub of the year . |
| 16 | It is a pleasure to see that so many museums still have free admission and free events but if you are dropping in on a favourite , remember that many close at Christmas and New Year and booking is advisable . |
| 17 | The Smiths are acknowledged as writing with sensitivity , depth and intelligence and the suggestion that they are cashing in on a tragedy at the expense of causing grief to the relatives of its victims is absolutely untrue . |
| 18 | Grigorovich and the others are cashing in on the myth — the blanket subsidies have been slashed , and their jobs may depend on box-office returns . |
| 19 | Stewarts and Crazy Prices supermarkets are cashing in on the schooltime purchases with a bigger than ever range of bags and stationery . |
| 20 | Well no it 's , it 's the same councillors that 's come to your door that are sitting in on the meeting and saying no , it 's impossible ! |
| 21 | The action had also electrified the crowd who were pressing in on the ring despite the best efforts of the khalifas to keep them all back . |
| 22 | Along London 's fast-flowing River Thames freighters and trampers were steaming in on every tide , and the jetties and berths echoed all day long with the sounds of wheeling cranes , dockers ' shouts and curses , and the chugging of busy tugs . |
| 23 | She used to make things that are now quite commonplace but which at the time seemed really exotic — fabulous cakes like kugelhopf and filled croissants which were wheeled in on a trolley for tea . |
| 24 | After the ceremony of the Wheel there was a firework display and people bought chips and hot-dogs from traders with vans who were cashing in on the occasion . |
| 25 | Forty minutes later Fred Winter was again being led in on the winner , for his wasting to ride Beaver II had paid off . |
| 26 | They are hemmed in on the east by the Grand Junction Canal which still flourishes on the north by the straight alignment of the shortened Oxford Canal on the west by the former Great Central Railway line constructed in 1896 and on the south by the embankment of the old Daventry to Leamington railway . |
| 27 | It was wonderful to see how the great court filled , as though the word of her return in triumph had been blown in on the wind . |
| 28 | A new board is voted in on the promise that they 'll get a better deal . |
| 29 | People and animals portray in this , in the Tahiti painting , never seemed to be in a hurry , erm , even when always relaxed even when working and I wondered how much of this was cultural and erm , how much was due to the large amounts of erm drugs consumed in most paintings at this , this period but that I suppose I 'll , I 'll never know for sure about , erm with this painting I found in the background , er there 's a figure , that 's looking in on the situation and I , I for myself think 's its probably Gaugin , as he portrays himself as Christ , which I think he did quite a lot to me in , in , in a few of his paintings and so this painting gave me tremendous sense of being looked in on and this figure in the background , was the person that was doing the looking in . |
| 30 | About half a mile away an attack is going in on a hill , I can see Commandos advancing up the slopes , shells burst a short distance in front of the forward troops , probably covering fire from the British Artillery . |