Example sentences of "in and [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such circumstances ( known as ‘ the last resort ’ ) the Bank of England will always step in and lend to the discount houses , or purchase bills of exchange from them before the bills have reached maturity . |
| 2 | Then came the snow and she had to stay in and watch from the window how it piled up against the water butt , how it lay like a blanket along the sills , how it changed the distance from bluey brown to white as far as you could see . |
| 3 | We used to walk in and stand at the foot of one of the giant cranes . |
| 4 | Books from Boots Library had small labels in them which , if a reader wanted to buy it when it had finished its circulation life , he could fill in and give to the librarian when he returned it . |
| 5 | The opponent may move in and strike with a roundhouse kick to the head and the first-time fighter may not actually see it coming . |
| 6 | As I looked up , I saw that water was beginning to slop in and trickle down the wall . |
| 7 | We want access to the same range of opportunities to participate in and contribute to the society in which we live . |
| 8 | The report focuses on the importance of transport and mobility in enabling older people to fully participate in and contribute to the life of the community and contains recommendations aimed at addressing the mobility needs of older people . |
| 9 | Once people have been diagnosed as suffering from food poisoning , or have been struck down by viral infactions and diseases caused by doubtful practices , it is necessary for somebody to step in and legislate for the industry . |
| 10 | He was laughing at her , yet in such a nice way that she had to give in and join in the laughter . |
| 11 | she said do you wan na come in and look at the kitchen now and I said no I wo n't stop now I 'll work |
| 12 | We 'd stock up the shelves and by the middle of the afternoon all that would be left would be size 14s in puce and some size fives that maybe a girl would pop in and buy for a party just before we shut . |
| 13 | Later the wolf would be cut open while she was asleep , filled up with heavy stones once the little pigs had scrabbled out of her , stitched up again by the woodcutter ; and then she would be driven by thirst to the river , would topple in and drown with the weight of the stones . |
| 14 | fancy let to go in and mix with the grouting , its a bit of a cheek in it ? |
| 15 | At the end of the last series , presenter Gordon Burns invited anyone who was interested in taking part to write in and ask for a place — and Paul was among the 8,000 who applied . |