Example sentences of "they come in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 2 | We had an old inspector , a Manx man , he used to laugh when he saw them coming in with the blood pouring down their heads , fighting and everything . |
| 3 | Seventy-four , they came in to the collection in seventy-four . |
| 4 | They stood on their ends in the inward sloping shelves for a fortnight or so when they came in during the spring or early summer . |
| 5 | I joined a party to climb down the great west cliffs to the boulder scree of Carn Mør , where we stayed until darkness fell and listened to the calls of Manx shearwater , Leach 's and storm petrels as they came in from the ocean to feed their young , hidden deep under the boulders . |
| 6 | As soon as they came in from the fishing , John — Augustus left Robinson and his potboy to take the tackle and the satisfactory number of dead char back to the inn while he went over to Hause Point . |
| 7 | A Whether they come in through the letterbox , under the door or around the windows , draughts all add up to a large heating bill . |
| 8 | They come in during the winter time , and take off their coats and sweaters and put them in the big dryer for a sixpenny warm-up . |