Example sentences of "they come in [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
2 | Seventy-four , they came in to the collection in seventy-four . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | A Whether they come in through the letterbox , under the door or around the windows , draughts all add up to a large heating bill . |
7 | 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 . |