Example sentences of "be [v-ing] in [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thankfully , some Scottish firms are muscling in on the act . |
| 2 | Since then , police have been listening in to the frequency used by the gang . |
| 3 | I have been listening in to the E-Mail for some weeks , and in fact even coming in on weekend to pick up the results and comments . |
| 4 | Dutch authorities are looking in to the incident . |
| 5 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 6 | And er I do do n't know which day it was but she was sitting there fed up second day I 'm thinking she said well I , I 'm going home tomorrow , so I said no you 're staying in for the week ! |
| 7 | Well , we want to obviously make er people aware er both of their chest , I mean we 're coming in to the autumn , the winter period when er people who have er a residual chest problem will suffer far more , than say in the warmer , dryer and summer months . |
| 8 | The Soviet Army , has also been getting in on the act . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Replies are coming in to the questionnaire on VDU use which was recently issued to all staff . |
| 12 | ‘ The caterers are coming in during the afternoon . |
| 13 | Also there were the people who 'd been coming in to the shop when it was still Let It Rock . |
| 14 | There will be family backing — no doubt the McTavish branch will be muscling in on the act , if Deirdre is to act as captain . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Advance orders are said to be pouring in for the LP Portrait and single Blue Days . |
| 17 | Every one hundred thousand Soviet immigrants delays by one year the deadline , soon they will be pouring in at the record rate of twenty a thousand month . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm going in to the kitchen to see how Mrs Porter 's getting on , ’ Belinda announced firmly , cutting off Tom 's words . |
| 19 | ‘ She asked me how I was and when I would be moving in to the cottage . ’ |
| 20 | Although the recent decisions on the Channel Tunnel and the PBKAL ( Paris-Brussels-Cologne-Amsterdam-London ) line are signs that Britain may be coming in from the cold , the country is still seen as an isolated outpost of a European transport network in which the main traffic flows will run north to south linking the industrial areas of France , Germany and Italy . |
| 21 | PENSIONERS in East Cleveland could be coming in from the cold as far as weather payments are concerned . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | Welcome back : In a few minutes , we 'll be dropping in on the pub of the year . |
| 25 | Welcome back : In a few minutes , we 'll be dropping in on the pub of the year . |
| 26 | Af , I thought that first time would be the last , but since this , Steve 's been dropping in during the day while my son and daughter are at work . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Stewarts and Crazy Prices supermarkets are cashing in on the schooltime purchases with a bigger than ever range of bags and stationery . |
| 29 | 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 ! |
| 30 | While the president kicks conservatives opposed to his constitution out of the government 's front door , conservatives opposed to his economic reforms are creeping in through the back . |