Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] in " in BNC.

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1 But the interview about which I was most apprehensive came in making the film on the Scharnhorst .
2 I 've found that it was very necessary for me to take some time to get a grasp of what is a very complex situation and it would be rather foolish to jump in too quickly .
3 ‘ I 'm terribly sorry to butt in like this . ’
4 We want to safeguard the special beauty of our countryside and make sure that it is not only pleasant to walk in but that it is safe too .
5 Art is , and always was , the only point — a notion so old fashioned in today 's hyperventilated art world that it just might , if we are lucky , be due for a comeback .
6 It would be a sad day , would n't it , if lawyers were only prepared to act in ‘ politically correct ’ cases . ’
7 Once you knew what the routine was , it was much easier to fit in .
8 Would it be so wrong to give in ? argued the voices in her head .
9 Yeah it was a good weekend it was , it was a very good weekend but packed so much packed in .
10 so much to go in
11 The latter has a lyric set round an argument which Bob not so much gives in to , but agrees to differ on …
12 It would be so easy to give in , simply to take what was on offer .
13 You will tell me that the milkman has refused to continue deliveries , but this only adds weight to my earlier submission that the boat is not only unfit to live in but actually unsafe . "
14 These complications are only likely to set in if the infection has been present for some time , and this is only likely to happen if the infection is an asymptomatic one .
15 It is much better to step in and help people firmly rather than having to punish them at a later stage .
16 People who are under medical direction to lose weight or quit smoking may likewise be quite rightly unwilling to give in to their impulses .
17 Leith yelled , and as fury which she just could not contain spiralled out of control , her right hand arced through the air , and even as she hit him with all her strength , she was still yelling , ‘ Since it seems to be taking so long to sink in , you can bank on it — whoever pays my mortgage , you 're far , far at the back of the queue ! ’
18 Much controversy has attached to the word ‘ servants ’ in this passage , as to whether it cancelled the previous Leveller insistence on full , unqualified adult manhood suffrage and was intended to exclude all wage-earners from the vote , or — more likely — was meant to cover only those living in , and so dependent on their master or mistress for board and lodging .
19 It could not come fast enough , though when we did arrive , as I said at the start , we were suddenly reluctant to go in : victims of a misplaced scepticism about the generosity of fellow climbers .
20 But the Greeks , though they enjoy buying the products of other people 's factories , are stubbornly reluctant to go in for factories themselves .
21 It was so difficult to take in .
22 Only two appeared in more than one newspaper — each appearing in both the Sun and the Star .
23 You know they are not pleasant to shop in are they ?
24 They were not afraid to come in after her .
25 And , if there are limitations on our ability to make such inferences , are they in any sense serious or just casual , in that they would require more effort than anyone is normally prepared to put in ?
26 He felt that , with a wife and child to support , he should be paid what he was worth , and he made it clear that he was not prepared to give in when he thought he had a good case .
27 Constance , whose confidence was growing daily , was not prepared to give in to Nicky 's wishes merely because of his sex .
28 When we meet , we seem to go in circles ; we 're great at telling the others how wrong they are or how to solve the problem , but we are not prepared to give in a bit and make the necessary compromises .
29 It 's actually not uncomfortable to sit in when you get used to it .
30 This all calls for a fundamental re-think of your playing style , but one that is not impossible to master in just a short while .
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