Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Simon 's filled me in in glorious detail . ’
2 We have been starved of second-hand cars because nobody was trading them in for new ones , but this should change that . ’
3 ‘ Let's get out of here before MacLane shows and tries to pull me in for this . ’
4 Denis , great Atlanticist , a man with a vivid war experience , former defence secretary , it 's an unlikely position to find you in over this war , is n't it ?
5 ‘ I want you in on this .
6 Coetzer , 6ft 4ins and nearly 16 stones , was ranked No.1 contender by the WBA and IBF until last month in Las Vegas , when Riddick Bowe stopped him in round seven .
7 The public is being asked to believe that an ill-conceived government has it in for these companies .
8 It was thing with two prongs and you tap it in like that and it lifted the neeps , then you did that with the yeuk
9 To relax the feet totally , start by soaking them in for 20 minutes in some herbal bath salts .
10 that 's all grown from leaves , just put the leaves in water and the little shoots come on them and then I put them in after some , when they 've got their little roots on them and they grow , that 's , that 's one I 've grown from , from just leaves and one in over there in the window I 've grown from leaves .
11 You either let them in for two reasons .
12 ‘ … so long as you let me in on all the details . ’
13 Let me in on this mystery that surrounds Corosini .
14 If there are still outstanding sponsorships monies to be collected , could you please send them in by 31st January , so that we can send the donations to Age Concern and Action Research for the Crippled Child .
15 Christ , why had AD let him in for this ?
16 I 've seen her in about one programme in the last five years
17 The controller mistakenly put it in for one hour ( we had n't crossed our seven as they do in French ) , which caused the authorities to send out a search-and-rescue helicopter for us .
18 A If you put it in with another colour , all you get are ‘ streaks ’ which wo n't be much good as you are trying to change the colour .
19 Put it in by eleven .
20 When she takes him into the living-room there is a kind of roar , and a man emerges from the background of people and easy chairs , and advances upon Howard , his arms outstretched , his deep , dark eyes raking back and forth over Howard 's face , soaking it in with eager amazement .
21 and I put 'em in near boiling water did n't I ?
22 So after the combine had been I used to open the two gates to the field ; let 'em in through one and drive 'em almost straight away out through the other . ’
23 If the registration service was erm , asked to ma to reduce its budgets for ninety four , five and future years , by twenty thousand , it could do it in to three , four , five because it would bring forward twenty thousand pounds worth of carry forwards .
24 I it 's she will type it in as two , and then you will give her the next draft and then two and then the next draft and then two , I mean there 's no confusion there for her .
25 Rovers chief executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ We are absolutely delighted to have made it in after six years of trying .
26 She bowed in her turn to an irresistible force and let us in with raised eyebrows and an air of power suspended , not abdicated .
27 After a brief lapse , Fate booked us in for more hardship .
28 ‘ I expected you in at 5 for your tea .
29 Then it became darker , the trees denser , thicker , hemming them in on all sides as Thomas guided their horses along some secret path known only to him .
30 He sat silent for a moment , glancing with a look of displeasure at the cars jamming them in on either side .
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