Example sentences of "in at the [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | She was immediately thrown in at the deep end when one of her young clients , Lucy Gates , died . |
2 | 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 ? |
3 | I decided the only thing to do was throw her in at the deep end and go right down the village high street , where the roads were busiest and noisiest with holiday-makers , and simply stand there trying to calm her down . |
4 | She had been thrown in at the deep end and it was a question of sink or swim . |
5 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
6 | Now McFall either jumps in at the deep end or dithers and backs off — he never falls off . |
7 | They 're er they live in at the present time and er his name 's Paul and he 's the main Skoda dealer in Nottingham . |
8 | Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister . |
9 | Some writers ostensibly agree with the principle , yet sneak in at the back door and cosh the reader with a highly personal style . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Brilliant light dazzled in at the left-hand window as they swept past Balnaguard , Balmacneil , Kinnaird . |