Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black rain clouds were scudding in over the Thames . |
| 2 | Erm , but we are n't going to the sort of , end of degree , that er , I say this , and then you sort of enter stage left and say this , and I respond like this , and then erm , something else happens , and then somebody comes crashing in through the door . |
| 3 | This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks … |
| 4 | The idea of the Big Chief Exec himself crashing in on the detail seems a poor use of resources itself and no more a guarantee of success when he should be looking after the whole business ( you have heard the litany : ‘ At first he came to every meeting , then occasionally he was called away , then he sent some deputy or other , and in the end we thought , what 's the point , if he does n't care , why should we ? ’ ) . |
| 5 | Then , wading in towards the hippo , he said soothingly , ‘ Poor old chap . |
| 6 | I just wanted the fight to stop before you began wading in with the rucksack . ’ |
| 7 | Although Joe Nichols in the New York Times wrote that ‘ Lester Piggott rode with the competence that has stamped him as one of the world 's great riders , and brought his mount home in time ’ , the Washington Post thought that ‘ there could be fault-finding with Piggott 's tactics in tucking in on the rail and not asking his mount for more of the effort he had in reserve ’ . |
| 8 | Tucking in at the Cork District Social function held in Clancy 's Bar on Wednesday , 7th April 1993 . |
| 9 | A midwinter day … the wind to the north , the sky in rags , hail whipping in from the islands in dark squalls . |
| 10 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 11 | ‘ But I think it is a pointless exercise , ’ said Floy , somewhere towards morning , a thin , cold light filtering in through the windows to where he sat at a great desk , his black hair tumbled , hollows in his cheeks , his face white with fatigue . |
| 12 | She slept unexpectedly soundly , and when she next opened her eyes , daylight was filtering in through the rather grimy window . |
| 13 | A flurry of bangs hit the door and before Allan Stewart could shoot back the bolt gun-butts had burst through the timbers , the bolt and its socket tore the jamb away , and soldiers in blue coats and white breeches were stepping in across the wreckage . |
| 14 | This switch was intended to enable Roshanara to retain her influence by stepping in as the child 's regent . |
| 15 | Not by someone else stepping in at the last moment . |
| 16 | Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window . |
| 17 | Many gardeners believe that an informal pool should be planted liberally , with waterlilies obscuring areas of the water surface , and reeds and rushes tumbling in from the garden . |
| 18 | When this happens it is time to celebrate and consider all the various offers raining in from the major labels . |
| 19 | Trinity House was ordered to remove the navigation buoys from the Thames estuary ; the militia in the south-western counties was called out , seriously disrupting the bringing in of the harvest ; Essex , Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire between them raised 22 troops of cavalry who occupied Hounslow Heath ; while the foot from Kent and Surrey were mustered at Blackheath . |
| 20 | Here too they follow Richards , who used the same term to characterize the ‘ bringing in of the opposite , the complementary impulse ’ ( Richards 1967 : 197 ) , which he held to be characteristic of all great poetry . |
| 21 | They reached Airman 's Grave and paused together beside its perimeter wall , gazing in at the poignant tribute to one victim of a long-ago conflict , though not as long-ago , it occurred to Derek , as the conflict which had recently extended its crabbed old hand to touch their lives . |
| 22 | The two feet would shrink with a cheating stick , and perhaps we could avoid some of the easier but time-consuming lower pitches by sneaking in along the first terrace from an easier route . |
| 23 | Motherwell ‘ keeper Thomson was at full stretch to smother the youngster 's shot which looked like sneaking in at the foot of the post . |
| 24 | So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him . |
| 25 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 26 | It was cold , too , an icy wind sneaking in through the thatch and through gaps in the mud wall . |
| 27 | Five hundred lines to anyone caught sneaking in before the bell ! ’ |
| 28 | The action had also electrified the crowd who were pressing in on the ring despite the best efforts of the khalifas to keep them all back . |
| 29 | I had a kind of ear infection which caused giddiness and I had to come out of the West End play I was appearing in at the time , The Rose Tattoo . |
| 30 | Altogether appropriately and ingloriously , the frame ended with the Barometer 's in-off the black , the ball lasering in on the middle pocket at a preposterous angle . |