Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] in [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean there was a big battle to get women into the Working Men 's Clubs , because they could only come in as men 's guests . |
| 2 | Erm we 're coming in on Sunday to see Norma so I might pop in pop in on Sunday afternoon . |
| 3 | THE owner of a Newtownards pub targeted by loyalist bombers because it hosted folk music sessions has vowed that he will not give in to terrorist threats . |
| 4 | Pub owner vows he will not give in to threats |
| 5 | Industry troubleshooter Peter Ryan , current chairman of airline Dan Air , will shortly move in as chairman replacing Mr Torday , who will concentrate on his role of chief executive . |
| 6 | The same kind of mistake — usually entirely hidden from the people with the opposing views — can easily creep in to discussion about more serious matters . |
| 7 | We were not at a party , he did not go in for brunettes , and I was very much his junior . |
| 8 | Different objectives of different finns controlled and limited the techniques of production they could use ( eg. a firm developing prototypes of electronic equipment can not go in for mass-production ) . |
| 9 | The royal family does not go in for oratory , so the policy is evident mostly in endless American- and British-made videos on television , boasting of Saudi Arabia 's military and industrial prowess . |
| 10 | The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon . |
| 11 | And when , to show what a good little wife I had become — Nonni thought that my aunts did not ‘ appreciate ’ me , meaning that they did not go in for endearments or tell me how pretty I looked — she pointed out , one Sunday lunchtime , how well I had starched the table napkins , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ But why ? |
| 12 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
| 13 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
| 14 | Yeah , we 'd just come in from town as well had n't we ? |
| 15 | Housing benefit will not come in on top of the rates . |
| 16 | This year 's battle of the budget is generating more anguish than any for years , John Major 's cabinet now realize what a parliamentary mess December might turn into with week-long debates on both the Queen 's speech and the budget to pack in , and worse to come in the spring , a budget combining taxes with public spending seemed a good idea at the time Norman Lamont announced it , but with November the thirtieth just a month away the political down-side is appearing , of course with a fifty billion pound deficit in the Government 's accounts this years spending round would have been hard pounding anyhow , but the usual noisy haggle over the available cash among departments is now amplified by posses of Tory backbenchers trying to head off this or that tax increase , and there 's an incentive to keep that up right through the finance bill after Christmas , since most new taxes would not come in until April . |
| 17 | Why not pop in for lunch ? |
| 18 | The rabbit is proposed The New Republic as a favourite , following an alleged investment by Perot in Rabbit Software — in actual fact , Perot Group investors did once invest in of Charles Robins ' business enterprises , but it was n't Rabbit . |
| 19 | are you do you ever go in for karaoke and stuff stuff like that ? |
| 20 | Thoughts fly to Tom — he could probably break in through plumbing outlet or shin gracefully up drainpipe . |
| 21 | I did n't want the other boys to view us as being mates because then I would probably come in for abuse too . |
| 22 | The patient 's colour , face and body features as well as pulse and tongue will also come in for scrutiny . |
| 23 | Do n't forget you can now ring in for offers , or to enter competitions in BBC Good Food . |
| 24 | Her home was on the other side of Belsize Square , and he would often drop in at night to tell her about his latest ideas , just as he had done earlier with Dulcie Howes and was to continue doing with one friend or another all his life . |
| 25 | So Mike must , said to him well , the thing is well we wanted to really get in before Easter |
| 26 | He says they can even zoom in on tax discs to see if they 're valid . |
| 27 | Really , he thought in disgust , must they even cash in on Christmas ? |
| 28 | ‘ I said it was terrible , to ruin one of Lehar 's most wonderful love songs like that , and Ingrid , he made it quite plain that if I did n't fall in with Therese 's wishes — exactly — I would be thrown out of the company . ’ |
| 29 | Do n't give in to tears and special pleadings . |
| 30 | One must n't give in to pessimism , and it 's pointless to look too far ahead , but in a couple of years she wo n't even be legal . |