Example sentences of "came in [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ?
2 It was often her task to carry it up to the little sitting-room , followed by Mary from the village , who came in as a daily maid , bearing a silver jug of hot water and matches to light all the lamps .
3 You saw in fact the lady as you came in about the same time as you came in who does that .
4 A fair number of final bids which came in under the reserve price were later accepted .
5 I could relive it every time I came in through the front door .
6 She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door .
7 He looked up when Donna Frizzell came in through the back door , and was startled to see that her hat was awry and her makeup smudged beyond repair .
8 He came in through the back door on Lily 's afternoon out .
9 Her father came in through the back door .
10 The hours passed , daylight faded , and the sounds of a warm September evening came in through the open window .
11 A little breeze came in through the open window and set the hanging light swinging , so that her face was now shadowed , now glistening pale in the electric glare .
12 She turned as two uniformed policemen came in through the main entrance .
13 I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’
14 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 .
15 good recruiting period and we had er thirty o thirty one I think it was or thirty four new members who came in at the general election .
16 He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval .
17 Now , obviously I 'm not going to talk about profits from the T V division just now , because Thames only came in at the half year , and we 're not including any profits from B Sky B in the half year , but it 's likely that we 'll take some de-loan stock interest in at the year end .
18 Lyn switched off the set as Stephen came in at the back door .
19 Well as you know er to be a basic rate taxpayer , you 're paying twenty five pence in the pound , apart from the er the new rate you know the first two thousand five hundred you get at twenty percent , which came in at the last budget .
20 But Anna did not talk to him , because Sarah came in at the same time .
21 Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister .
22 He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes .
23 One day Aileen came in with a black eye .
24 Owners , whose holiday brands include Sovereign , Enterprise and Falcon , had sought an alliance with German-owned Thomas Cook to cement its position in the competitive UK market , but fast-growing and highly-profitable Airtours came in with a rival bid to spark off weeks of rhetoric and activity which finally ended yesterday .
25 The sea came in with a weightless rush and trickled between dry rocks .
26 But when no-one came in with a firm bid Beck sent a video compilation of all Dublin 's goals to every First Division club .
27 ‘ I came in with a bad knee and it just started getting worse , ’ the 13th-seeded Lendl said .
28 There was another one came in with a little bit of a strain yesterday morning , so what 've done this morning , we 've just had a collective training session and we 've told them to report at quarter to eleven in the morning .
29 Close to dawn she forced herself into bed , but she was still wide-eyed when the maid came in with an early-morning cup of tea .
30 Ilse came in with an orange-coloured book .
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