Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] in [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A girl walked in with a red dress on . |
| 2 | One day a guard came in with a bunch of roses . |
| 3 | If a burglar breaks in through a window , he will want to open the door so that he can carry the television out to his vehicle . |
| 4 | It 's 10 minutes today : less than a cat puts in on a bird . |
| 5 | It 's er it 's like made of blackthorn and the upper part of it 's all little knobbly and a head like a a head turned in like a h like the head of an a of a bird . |
| 6 | I 've got a chance to go in with a women 's group up Manchester way . |
| 7 | Furthermore , even if a woman paid in for a full pension she had to pass the ‘ half test ’ ; that is , she had to work for at least half of her married life before she could count in her contributions both before and after marriage ( Groves , 1983 , pp. 45–7 ) . |
| 8 | A cat suffering from alopecia was given an injection of a cortico steriod and a dog brought in by a near-hysterical owner was found to be only badly bruised . |
| 9 | Eva said it had taken to wait a month to get in for a Saturday night . |
| 10 | He says in the centre of the site there 's a land-drain put in by a previous farmer which drains into a stream which runs into the River Thame . |
| 11 | He says in the centre of the site there 's a land-drain put in by a previous farmer which drains into a stream which runs into the River Thame . |
| 12 | If you are lucky you might get a codex thrown in for a good measure for telecomms application . |
| 13 | The first harbinger of the outside world came when the bedroom door suddenly opened and a maid came in with a tray . |
| 14 | While I was waiting , a customer came in with a bullet wound in his chest . |
| 15 | ‘ My goodness ! ’ exclaimed the doctor as a patient walked in with a huge swollen nose . |
| 16 | done a financial and er my er , this afternoon I had a guy come in with a Capri , bloody welding that thing needs doing , I do n't think he 'll get it done , so I was , I was |
| 17 | Unashamed nostalgia makes Radio Days ( RCA / Columbia , PG ) a gem to wallow in as a family of Jewish misfits huddle round their wireless at the start of the Second World War . |
| 18 | ‘ Court proceedings could be long and drawn out , and how do you prove when a player went in for a tackle he did it with intent to harm his opponent ? |