Example sentences of "come in [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Historians will be occupied for a long time to come in determining the exact balance and interaction of forces — including , to mention only the more obvious , the economic disaster of the Second World War , the rise of America , and the development of nationalism — which contributed to Britain 's imperial demise .
2 One day a bloke came in wearing a rubber mac , a real Wimbledon Common regular by the look of him .
3 ‘ Well , Gabby came in riding the second wave .
4 She came in holding a large vase of flowers and said with a smile :
5 As she turned , there was a knock at the door and a young woman in SS auxiliary uniform came in carrying a large file .
6 At that point , the mother came in carrying a large tray on which were the four suppers .
7 Day 24 ) While I was fixing a meal , another truck like mine came in needing a rear axle .
8 He ended up 200 miles off course and when the Salisbury beacon came in showing a 160 mile track error to the west , he realised he had been following a star !
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