Example sentences of "the [noun sg] came in [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought he was going to kiss her , but it did n't happen , because the door was pushed open and the clerk came in with a pile of reports from other departments . |
| 2 | The teacher came in like a colossus and the class shrank into a shivering line . |
| 3 | And when the sh when the relief came in the ship lay about a mile off the never came near the rock at all because it was just a mass of reefs you know and the ship lay about a mile off and then the launch came in with a crew of about half a dozen men and the officer the second mate usually in charge . |
| 4 | The owner came in with a gendarme . |
| 5 | The newcomer came in on a gust of the storm . |
| 6 | The orderly came in with a pot of tea . |
| 7 | The door opened , and the man came in with a woman doctor . |
| 8 | ‘ But suddenly the mortar came in from a very unexpected area . |
| 9 | The Frenchwoman who ran the hotel came in with a crowd of people and sat at the only other table . |
| 10 | The sea came in with a weightless rush and trickled between dry rocks . |