Example sentences of "[vb past] in [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | It , it worked out , my mum at first thought it were n't too bad cos she got in with one of these special offer things . |
| 2 | In a cavity between it and the central part of the body , most species have gills which are continually bathed by a current of oxygen-bearing water , sucked in at one end of the cavity and expelled at the other . |
| 3 | It came in from one side , and Hrun was forced to take a badly-judged standing jump to escape the flame . |
| 4 | The figure passed , breathing hard , and a few yards ahead turned in at one of the gates . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Other schools pigeon-hole you , something on the timetable grid , fed in at one end and popping out a set number of years later , certified . |
| 8 | Ruth had called to see Mrs Johnson , looked in on one or two of the other neighbours , and was halfway up the hill to the churchyard before Maria caught up with her . |
| 9 | Various factions are at work , each seeking to promote its own interests — I 'd not give a fig for the young king 's life if he fell in with one of them ! |
| 10 | Simpson , another big-money signing from Oxford , split the defence for Gabbiadini to take on Munday , and cross low , where the ball went in off one of three defenders supposedly guarding the near post . |
| 11 | And the hours er the early that 's what they called the early men they went in at one o'clock . |
| 12 | somebody homed in on one and then you would be back on your scaled fee for the |
| 13 | Last Sunday you may remember I held up something at the start of the service , and it was my mail from the previous day and we homed in on one buff letter which had H M inspector of taxes in it . |
| 14 | But just as the kettle was coming to the boil a black cloud billowed in through one of the open windows and enveloped the entire tea party . |
| 15 | The big traders were so supine , they just caved in after one letter . ’ |
| 16 | Or he stood in for one or other of the teachers , notably Miss Gilberd when she wanted to ‘ pop home ’ , or Mr McWhirter when he failed altogether to arrive . |