Example sentences of "[verb] in and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Every three months , the heads of department and managers sit in and discuss the benefits of what we are doing and how we can make improvements . |
| 2 | I usually sit in and watch telly or play sounds until she comes round and then we go out together . |
| 3 | Got a tent that we sit in and cook in . |
| 4 | But he added : ‘ The players who 've enjoyed the biggest success abroad have been those who 've blended in and learned the language . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I was looking for engineering companies to invest in and manage , ’ he says . |
| 6 | It feels the unit would be better off in a company willing to invest in and grow that line of business — it says it does not have the resources to devote to an operation that is outside its core business . |
| 7 | These committees have issued various guidelines ( on such matters as shareholders ' pre-emption rights , employee share incentive schemes , and discounts to market price on share issues ) which they require companies to follow if the institutions they represent are to be expected to invest in and support them . |
| 8 | As the technological composition of industry increased , only the largest firms could afford to invest in and run large-scale factories requiring heavy research and development costs . |
| 9 | He hopped in and unzipped the rucksack , taking out only the scope which he pointed back towards the lakeside . |
| 10 | It builds in and reinforces their dominance , but it damages the weaker economies . |
| 11 | At that moment Mauleverer tottered in and made for the armchair beside the fire . |
| 12 | Somewhere in the period between the time that early man first made for himself a ‘ god ’ , and the time when evidence of ‘ god ’ worship was left for later generations to find , the use of ‘ gods ’ for purposes which were largely intended to create unfair privileges , and were therefore a source of evil , gradually crept in and became a widespread part of the social scene . |
| 13 | She had only been there a few minutes , revelling in the multiplicity of objects and fabrics , when a little maid crept in and indicated shyly that she would unpack . |
| 14 | Owner Louie Lalonde will tell you how Bill broke his own rule by sitting with his back to the door the night Jack ‘ Broken Nose ‘ McCall crept in and shot him . |
| 15 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 16 | Never having read a word of Norse ( Old Icelandic ) before , Lewis plunged in and attempted a few lines of Laxdaela Saga . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | To begin with , the trainee sits in and observes the therapist 's assessments ; later their roles are reversed , so that the trainee can be given feedback about his performance . |
| 19 | Take the opportunity to clean out the channel the cover fits in and to fill it with grease . |
| 20 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |
| 21 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |
| 22 | ‘ ( 2 ) In the light of the provisions and principles of Community law and in particular ( but without limitation ) the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality , the right of establishment and the requirement of proportionality , is a member state entitled to stipulate that in order to be registered in and entitled to fly the flag of that member state , a fishing vessel : ( a ) must have its legal title vested as to 100 per cent . |
| 23 | ‘ ( 2 ) In the light of the provisions and principles of Community law and in particular ( but without limitation ) the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality , the right of establishment and the requirement of proportionality , is a member state entitled to stipulate that in order to be registered in and entitled to fly the flag of that member state , a fishing vessel : ( a ) must have its legal title vested as to 100 per cent . |
| 24 | I just assumed he was there to get a tooth filled or something , but Andy must have broken in and switched the records then . ’ |
| 25 | Anger of a kind ; what could those girls , students most likely , know about her life , bloody cheek to come wading in and try and organise your life like that . |
| 26 | Just marched in and set to work . |
| 27 | When the vote went against them the Poles simply marched in and took by force the areas they considered rightfully theirs . |
| 28 | She was sitting on her futon , bent over her feet , and had turned down her stereo because Brian had just marched in and requested her to do so . |
| 29 | Oil had leaked in and formed a rainbow sheen on the surface . |
| 30 | Charles got in and slammed the door . |