Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] in on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 2 | But if researchers home in on the record as the first level of access , ignoring the surrounding administrative context and archival structure which forms part of its meaning , will understanding be fostered or impaired ? |
| 3 | Second row Paul Warwick got in on the act and full-back David Rowledge stretched the lead to 27–11 with a penalty to add to his earlier conversions . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 6 | However , Pound 's diagnosis of Williams 's condition was surely perceptive : Williams could abide American reality ( where Pound and Eliot had to flee from it ) because , as in the admirable ‘ To Elsie ’ ( ’ The pure products of America / go crazy' ) , he remained the immigrant , the outsider looking in on the behaviour of the nation that he had been , by the sheerest accident , born to . |
| 7 | That 's a lot of light coming in on the back I think . |
| 8 | But , unfortunately , there are also restaurants cashing in on the brasserie bandwagon by serving cheap , cheerful and desperately trendy bistro food in designer surroundings — and charging the earth for it . |
| 9 | In an attempt to cash in on the UK corporate market 's growing appetite for high speed personal computer graphics , NEC Corp has introduced its Image Series of desktops , launched in the US in February ( CI No 2,116 ) . |
| 10 | However , a firm may treat a client or counterparty as a market counterparty by virtue of its status as a member of a listed category only if : ( 1 ) The investment is of the right kind ; this will mean seeking information in advance from overseas persons as to the kinds of investment they regularly deal in and , if necessary , from exchange members as to the kinds of investment dealt in on the exchange ; ( 2 ) Normally , the firm notifies the client or counterparty in writing in advance that it will be treated as a market counterparty ( so that a notification is essential , except as referred to below ) and he has not told the firm that he does not want to be treated as a market counterparty in relation to the investments concerned . |
| 11 | Sue and Bert come in on the Friday whenever and then open an account |
| 12 | More voices join in on the radio circuit . |
| 13 | When his telling cross arrived in the danger area , Stainrod stole in on the blind side of the Perth defence to power the ball home first time from 12 yards . |
| 14 | Only a sixth of Paris 's milk came in on the Nord network , the biggest importer being Etat . |
| 15 | Kenny Logan switched from wing to fullback and Tony Stanger came in on the wing . |
| 16 | At Crackington Haven , flanked by the soaring cliffs of Cambeak and Pencannow Point , Atlantic rollers crash in on the tide . |
| 17 | Tim Robbins , it was rumoured , might wish his American publicist to sit in on the conversation . |
| 18 | Even their parents got in on the act , when the Mercedes hired to take them to the reception blew up . |
| 19 | Even now as he stood there by the kitchen table he could see Caspar closing in on the weaker lamb , and he could hear that weird and terrible wailing of Lee 's . |
| 20 | Here , in bad weather , there are reputed to be spectacular collisions between the seawater coming in on the westerly winds and the fresh water trying to get out . |
| 21 | Panic set in on the twelfth day when , after ‘ lifting ’ milk , a lorry picking up the churns stopped , the driver beckoning Harry . |
| 22 | Shot and shell rained in on the village , orchard and chateau grounds , tearing up the earth , smashing roofs and rafters , but causing little in the way of casualties . |
| 23 | Later European governments got in on the act and set about invading and colonizing large chunks of the globe . |
| 24 | Stephen pulled in on the opposite side of the road . |
| 25 | She watched him sprawl in a cane chair on the terrace , light a cigar , and pick up a book , uncaring of the many and varied insects homing in on the light above him . |
| 26 | I was sitting on the sofa , quietly crying ; I think I was wishing that Auschwitz looked better than it did , just now , with its windless heat and plagues of flies homing in on the marshes . |
| 27 | It is recognised that a lot of people who might once have bought homes in the West Country have been flocking to France in recent years to cash in on the predicted property boom . |
| 28 | This was precisely the way in which Inspector Porfiry in Dostoevsky 's Crime and Punishment homed in on the culprit Raskolnikov , a man who was also damned by a paper : an article he had written for the Periodical Magazine , months before , offering justifications for certain sorts of crimes . |
| 29 | In Poland , Communism trundled in on the back of a tank , with a provisional government shooting from the hip with edicts and expropriations . |
| 30 | In previous years the banks have been lined with marquees offering hospitality as riverside farmers cash in on the regatta … even though they have virtually nothing to do with it . |