Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] in the " in BNC.

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1 Cheshire County Council brought in the new day centre charges on April 1 to a furious reception by carers .
2 Paint , varnish , more varnish and a blow-drier hastened the effect and old brown shoe polish filled in the cracks .
3 The housekeeper brought in the first dish .
4 The housekeeper brought in the coffee in an ornate silver tray which she deposited on one level of the Scandinavian wall-system .
5 He and the motor trader filled in the usual forms .
6 Cleo sighed , and opened her mouth to speak , but at that moment the door to the parlour creaked and Drago Dratslinger and his mistress brought in the meal they had prepared for their guests , and the talk turned to that of wood and spirits , of how to trap a wandering soul .
7 The scheme is not out of the woods yet ; and rather than break the law Maxen last week filled in the local VATman 's registration form .
8 The Captain filled in the space where Maxwell might have thought he had to apologize , and then asked him quickly : ‘ What did you do in the north of Italy in January ?
9 Cargolux in turn brought in the three hauliers as fourth parties by serving fourth party notices on them .
10 In 1838 a troop of Nottinghamshire dragoons and the metropolitan police were attacked with stones and bricks and in 1839 the government brought in the 5th Dragoon guards to suppress the bull-running once and for all .
11 The Government brought in the new law after inspectors found that 97 per cent of ‘ pints ’ contained less .
12 Indeed , that was one of the main reasons why the Government brought in the poll tax , which failed abysmally , just like the rates .
13 If you re recall back in nineteen eight five Tony the Government brought in the transport bill which let operators compete .
14 The commotion brought in the new duty officer , a tall and muscular young lieutenant with a sad , world-weary face .
15 Nothing very special here , then , to herald the arrival of little William ; but just as that year brought in the new , so it took away the old : Benjamin Titford the Outrider 's widow Elizabeth , 70 years old and paralysed , died in Shoreditch Workhouse on 12 September .
16 A stabbing brought in the police one night .
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