Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old open fireplace had been boarded in and a single gas fire now burned in the hearth . |
| 2 | For a couple of years the low cliffs of unconsolidated coombe rock and brickearth were eroded at the rate of 3.5–6m ( 12–20 ft ) per year before they were boarded in and a new groyne system established . |
| 3 | Next door but one , new neighbours had recently moved in and a man was at work in the garden , slowly digging a flower bed , while a small boy pottered about trying to help him . |
| 4 | On 1 November Sukarno was called in and a ceasefire arranged . |
| 5 | After a few seconds silence a jingle cut in and a record was played before replacement DJ Brian Moore took over . |
| 6 | In some of the other houses the stable was now a double garage , but in this one it had been blocked in and a window installed . |
| 7 | Gloria had gone in and a person at a window had waved once but Dot had n't known if it was him . |
| 8 | The horses were reined in and a man-at-arms plunged into the stream , presently triumphantly holding up the dripping book , which was returned to the anxious Queen . |
| 9 | Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it , before it had exploded . |
| 10 | Feynman , 1967 , p. 147 ; Anscombe , 1971 ; Sorabji , 1980 , Ch. 2 ; Mellor , 1986 ) A coin is put in and a chocolate bar comes out . |
| 11 | Crown Bar , where all the stained glass windows were blown in and a ceiling collapsed . |
| 12 | Mildred 's tabby was clinging desperately to the front of her cardigan , its claws hooked in and a wild , desperate look on its face . |