Example sentences of "a [noun sg] come in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Led by Major Ronnie Tod , 30 men went ashore and had hardly been gone a few minutes when Dudley Clarke and the commander saw the dark outline of a boat coming in from the sea . |
| 2 | A stranger coming in to the house that you 've never seen before |
| 3 | One day a guard came in with a bunch of roses . |
| 4 | Hidden Pot is succeeded by Gale Garth Pot , and when a wall comes in on the left , a detour along its south side is recommended to the point where it turns northwards . |
| 5 | And yet … there was a night , long ago now , when a mist came in off the sea ; we slept uneasily , then woke in the dark , to hear the cold whine of sea magic in the air . |
| 6 | Hang on a minute , I just wan want to work out what happens if a complaint comes in against the Gas board ? |
| 7 | If a claim comes in in the normal sequence of events and our adjudicating officers are asked to adjudicate , that is one matter . |
| 8 | I thought we were going to have a visitor coming in through the back door . |
| 9 | But nobody cared for the stones he told And he sat all alone of a night Until one day a traveller came in from the cold A sorry and miserable sight . |
| 10 | And then , at four-thirty when she was just contemplating going off shift , a call came in on the red phone that made her feel cold inside . |
| 11 | And erm but with a man coming in over the harvest , they were working hard and long hours every day and they demanded and they deserved a higher wage . |
| 12 | I I 've got a bill to come in from the electrician for his call-out charge he diagnosed that it 's was not an electrical fault and then thought it was an electrical fault by the noise , it was making a fizzing noise but he does n't th he said it 's , it 's the pump the pump is on the way out it needs replacing house is built in nineteen eighty five ! |
| 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 | It was only a couple coming in from the terrace , and she was about to look away again when she caught sight of a tall , stooping man standing outside and peering lugubriously at her through the glass . |
| 16 | At the end of dinner , a servant came in with the farmer 's one-year-old son in her arms . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Four minutes later Carl Leven 's header went over the bar with a cross coming in from the left , Charlton going in confidence , although United had the chances to put the game well beyond their reach . |