Example sentences of "[verb] in [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Every three months , the heads of department and managers sit in and discuss the benefits of what we are doing and how we can make improvements . |
| 2 | But he added : ‘ The players who 've enjoyed the biggest success abroad have been those who 've blended in and learned the language . ’ |
| 3 | He hopped in and unzipped the rucksack , taking out only the scope which he pointed back towards the lakeside . |
| 4 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 5 | To begin with , the trainee sits in and observes the therapist 's assessments ; later their roles are reversed , so that the trainee can be given feedback about his performance . |
| 6 | I just assumed he was there to get a tooth filled or something , but Andy must have broken in and switched the records then . ’ |
| 7 | Charles got in and slammed the door . |
| 8 | He got in and pressed the button for the first floor . |
| 9 | He was out again early ; too early even for the car to have been ticketed yet , as he found when he got in and turned the engine over to be sure that the cold and damp of the early hours would n't leave him with any last-minute problems . |
| 10 | She got in and held the door-open button . |
| 11 | Perhaps the shopkeeper should have a panic button under the counter to press during such a confrontation , and while humouring the shopper by pretending to go and look for some grey ones , stout men could rush in and restrain the customer before he can make it to his Access card . |
| 12 | As there will be no catch in this chaos we simply reel in and watch the merry-go-round . |
| 13 | However , the landlord took pity and Sally was the one not too mud bespattered to go in and fetch the drinks — meanwhile the horse trod on Ian 's toe … |
| 14 | The incensed Norwegian Lapps called in the authorities , who had to hire a helicopter to go in and confiscate the wire . |
| 15 | So the head catcher decides that the moment has come to go in and bring the captives out , starting with the calves . |
| 16 | And then ri , down a bit further in verse eleven , pass through the midst of the camp and command the people say , preva , prepare provisions for yourself , for within three days you are to cross this Jordan to go in and possess the land which the Lord , your God , is giving you to possess it . |
| 17 | ‘ And he 's the right man to go in and get the truth . ’ |
| 18 | We 'll stay in and watch the cup final |
| 19 | I 'll just stay in and scrub the kitchen floor , wash your clothes and make your dinner . ’ ) |
| 20 | But if Ken wanted to sit in and watching the good results coming in |
| 21 | The music grew louder , the Chelsea Granada welcomed all who would like to come in and watch the transmission of Bootsie and Snudge . |
| 22 | For some years a man used to come in and do the deed , but Uncle got on with it himself later round by the stable , using a humane killer . |
| 23 | He used to come in and do the flowers , all in the dining-room before the dinner was served ; and it used to look glorious . |
| 24 | You see a working , well of course they do get them up nowadays , but in th you were supposed t to stay in bed for at least a fortnight after the mother was born but you a lot of these mothers used to hop out of bed when the midwife had gone , and , and I mean if they 'd got two or three children and a husband coming in and they had n't got a mother or a neighbour or somebody to come in and do the cooking , i I mean she 'd just get up and get on with it herself . |
| 25 | Or do you mean you paid a lot of tradesmen to come in and do the work for you ? |
| 26 | There was no sign of any other cars or tanks or armoured personnel carriers and no indication that the police Stukas were waiting to come in and bomb the last pockets of resistance . |
| 27 | to come in and blitz the place from top too bottom and if we just have them once a fortnight , the in between weekend I can whiz round , |
| 28 | Unstoppable , and so tailor-made for success it 's like them lying there , legs akimbo , waiting for the major companies to come in and shag the ass off them . |
| 29 | Oh they had good nights and there were always a crowd of boys there and they used to come in and pinch the . |
| 30 | He liked to come in and find the family gathered under one roof . |