Example sentences of "[verb] in by one " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made her way up to the hotel bedroom and was let in by one of the porters . |
| 2 | In spite of the many things it has achieved over the last hundred years — and we have all been shaped by that — it has got itself boxed in by one issue . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister has , like Eden before him , become both bogged down and boxed in by one big issue at the expense of the general election mandate secured only the previous year . |
| 4 | Although in the event the old lady died first , towards the end it looked as if she would need to be taken in by one of her descendants and this caused distinct tension : ‘ we had least room and everything — and least money ’ , but ‘ there was a bit of squabbling in family . |
| 5 | An order for payment out will be needed whenever the money in court is accepted if it was paid in by one of two or more defendants . |