Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] in [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 2 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 3 | That 's basically when I got in with a guy in Memphis and we started Fernwood Records , and I got interested in the engineering side of it . |
| 4 | In the end , I got in through a hole in the side , but it was n't easy . |
| 5 | I charged in like a bull . |
| 6 | I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I came in with a bad knee and it just started getting worse , ’ the 13th-seeded Lendl said . |
| 8 | So I came in with an American-made guitar ( the T-60 ) in a case that retailed for 350 dollars at a time when a Les Paul was 1,000 dollars and a Stratocaster over 800 . |
| 9 | So I came in with an American-made guitar ( the T-60 ) in a case that retailed for 350 dollars at a time when a Les Paul was 1,000 dollars and a Stratocaster over 800 . |
| 10 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
| 12 | Finally I came in as a ‘ check ’ knitter , making the garment to the written instructions to see that there were no errors in them . |
| 13 | I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ? |
| 14 | On Saturday 4 June , I came in from a morning 's canvassing in Sutton Coldfield to find an urgent message to call Conservative Central Office . |
| 15 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 16 | I popped in for a short while to the Scottish Gallery in Cork Street , to see the most recent sculptures by Gerald Laing . |
| 17 | I PULLED in to a diner about five miles short of Waldron and took aboard some fried ham and a couple of eggs sunny side up . |
| 18 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 19 | I called in at a Sainsbury 's to buy some essential items . |
| 20 | When I went into Panama I needed a visa , I went in without a visa . |
| 21 | I I certainly did n't go in in in in with a rank on my shoulder , I went in as a recruit . |
| 22 | I mean , I ended up staying a month at some bloke 's house after I went in for a pack of strings ! |
| 23 | So I went in for a scholarship with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts . |
| 24 | ‘ I had a cartilage operation three and a half years ago , and I went in for a tackle just before Christmas and damaged it again . |
| 25 | I went in for a tackle with Brian Mooney and I came off worse because I broke my right leg . |
| 26 | While I 'm digging that garden she used to go out roll in the trench what I 'd dug and soon as I went in for a drink she was in there before me ! |
| 27 | ‘ While I was enquiring for you I fell in with a party of men who are heading in my direction shortly . |
| 28 | It was getting on for ‘ good night ’ time when I fell in with an old lady who complained that the naughty children of Sligo pulled her ivy down and swore at her . |
| 29 | I was feeling low and I gave in to a mad impulse . ’ |
| 30 | I sat in on a board meeting the week before last and the Manager 's alleged report was nothing more than a series of orders closely followed by a succession of demands . |