Example sentences of "in [prep] the [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Make foreign things work for China ’ , ran one slogan but it recognised that ‘ flies and pests ’ would come in through the open door as well as fresh air to revitalise the stuffy atmosphere in China . |
| 2 | She knew it would be tantamount to suicide to try to go in through the open doorway so she made her way cautiously around the side of the building , careful to duck low enough under the shattered windows to avoid detection . |
| 3 | ‘ I said if we did n't win this time we 'd abolish the b + + + + + + , ’ says Dixon , digging in for the first time since his Army days . |
| 4 | I plugged my naked feet in between the empty seats as tears rolled down my cheeks . |
| 5 | You saw in fact the lady as you came in about the same time as you came in who does that . |
| 6 | What we do need is the co-operation of the residents , and I must say that we are beginning to get the co-operation now and in fact many people did phone in after the last incident when the officers were assaulted , first of all asking for the condition of the officers and showing concern , and secondly giving us information . |
| 7 | What I certainly would n't see in Shetland were snow buntings carrying food in below the same boulders as the puffins , while their mates sang their lovely wild song from the top . |
| 8 | Would you like to see them in against the outside candidates if we look at this |
| 9 | Turning inbound the VOR indicator needle will roll in from the same side as you . |
| 10 | He headed in in the 31st minute after Wright 's centre had taken a deflection , then scored from the penalty spot after being brought down by Bennett . |
| 11 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |
| 12 | Leeman plugged away with constant strikes and both his colleagues joined in on the 17th end when continued Brackley accuracy brought the game to a premature conclusion . |
| 13 | Other potential candidates , who were remaining loyal to Ted but who it was known would come in on the second ballot if Ted were defeated , were quietly being accused of cowardice by the Neave camp . |
| 14 | Iain filled me in on the essential details while I was devouring that gargantuan breakfast . |
| 15 | It 's very good good erm good thing for the party and they 're usually quite starved of practical campaigning ideas and so we regularly try every at least every year to go and do a tour and erm we 've been giving them we we 're trying to rope them in on the various activities because they 're crying out for |
| 16 | She was immediately thrown in at the deep end when one of her young clients , Lucy Gates , died . |
| 17 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 18 | While there was nothing extraordinary about the goal itself , Chapman turning the ball in at the near post after Clough had driven an indirect free-kick low through a crowd of players , the circumstances in which the kick had been given were a little odd and left Everton looking apoplectic . |
| 19 | Fiona , whose businessman husband Rod Potts lives in Cumbria , plans to turn in at the same time as her baby daughter Natasha . |
| 20 | Dealers were expected to get these cards filled in at the same time as fulfilling their quotas of business , but nobody had time . |
| 21 | The jolt rattled his ribs and he breathed in at the same moment as his head crashed through the surface , like a seal in the surf . |
| 22 | Brilliant light dazzled in at the left-hand window as they swept past Balnaguard , Balmacneil , Kinnaird . |