Example sentences of "they come in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Seventy-four , they came in to the collection in seventy-four .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 A Whether they come in through the letterbox , under the door or around the windows , draughts all add up to a large heating bill .
6 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 .
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