Example sentences of "come in [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the polling system is new and complex , the results will not be known for several days , but most observers expect the local party 's candidates to come in far behind the Popular Front and other unofficial groups . |
| 2 | The wind , I thought , was shaking the door , but no , it was St John , who came in out of the frozen darkness , his coat covered in snow . |
| 3 | Besides the top six , coming in just below the million pounds for their year 's labour were two directors grossing 900,000 ( $1,440,000 ) . |
| 4 | … the black and red patterned blanket folded over with the top sheet to form two parallel white borders from which the planes move slowly off , rise suddenly and vanish or come in out of the low grey cloud … . ( 10–11/404–5 ) |
| 5 | When we squeeze the Devil out through the front door , we unwittingly let in all sorts of secular ideologies that masquerade as Christian ones ( which is just another way of saying that he comes in again through the back door ) . |