Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] in at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 2 | She was cracking those damn peppermints in her back teeth to disguise the fact she 'd called in at the Oyster Bar on her way up . ’ |
| 3 | Beringed hands waved in a frenzy around Miranda 's own boldly streaked , mane-like hair , and Belinda quickly paid and left , realising she had been very lucky to get squeezed in at the salon when so many women wanted to look special for Christmas . |
| 4 | ‘ Mind you , they never actually say when , and you did rather get dropped in at the deep end . |
| 5 | When mum and I had checked in at the travel desk and given in our suit cases we were able to wander around and have something to eat until our flight was called out . |
| 6 | The one time Mayor of Arden , father of the bruised Grace ( ‘ Had it been Paddy Ashdown I would n't have minded one little bit ’ ) , had checked in at the desk and was about to carry his overnight bag up to his room when he noticed her through the glass door of an adjoining room . |
| 7 | A spokesman at the hotel said he and the other members of the team had checked in at the weekend and appeared to be none the worse for their ordeal . |
| 8 | There the plaintiff had booked in at the reception desk of a hotel and only subsequently , on entering her room , did she discover behind the door a notice which claimed to exclude the hotel 's liability for guests ’ property . |
| 9 | He had come in at the door , he had lain down with her , he had been her lover . |
| 10 | That 's the total we 've got in at the moment . |
| 11 | She had called in at the office once since she left and had been greeted with pleasure . |
| 12 | The first proof that the rot had set in at the Midland was the full disclosure of its profits and reserves in 1969 . |
| 13 | But I mean he 's sucked in at the minute with Linda cos she wants him to put his money with her as well you see . |