Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wright battled back into the senior side and scored in the Mersey derby defeat at Everton — but only after filling in for injured Steve Nicol and David Burrows . |
| 2 | Racecourse officials and race starter Capt Keith Brown could also face heavy fines after coming in for stiff criticism . |
| 3 | Aintree race course officials and National starter , Capt Keith Brown , could also face heavy fines after coming in for stiff criticism . |
| 4 | After shipping in on local sailing schooners , 200 workers and piles of materials , work began on filling swamps . |
| 5 | Erm , I 'm I 'm never sure about Bishops and Archbishops , erm I remember Archbishop Runcie once commenting about er , an activity that took place at the installation of a Bishop and it 's , I gather , I mean I 've , I have n't actually been to one , but if you 're Bishop or an Archbishop when they act to the triumph and act of installation took place there were you 'll find that the person was surrounded by Bishops and they were all sort of looking in on this er , this body that was gon na be installed and somebody once asked what are they doing ? |
| 6 | So in that sense , the build the , the equities have kept pace , but if you think in the short term , you 'll always be out of , out of order with shares , if you 're thinking of going in for three or four years , you you 're likely to get your fingers burnt . |
| 7 | Normally , I say , I do n't see the point of staying in for this . |
| 8 | Lady , as I recall there was no question of giving in on either side . |
| 9 | With some industry experts predicting that within five years more people will be sending and receiving faxes through their PC than with stand-alone fax machines it is no wonder that software developers are examining ways of cashing in on this increasing market . |
| 10 | The following morning a person who was out with his gun , in expectation of falling in with some sort of wild fowl , perceiving an appearance rather uncommon , ventured to approach the spot ; upon his coming up the dog got off the body , and after repeatedly shaking himself to get disentangled from the accumulated snow , encouraged the sportsman ( a Mr. Finch ) , by actions of the most significant nature , to come near the side of his master . |
| 11 | It is thought that British Midland considered the City Airport some time ago , but decided against moving in at that stage . |
| 12 | In general , taxes remained largely unchanged , although the budget revived proposals for phasing in by 1993 a sliding-scale reduction in capital gains tax on long-term investment , according to the period for which the investment had been made . |
| 13 | Yes it goes like that , like you say , you know , it 's come in and I did n't have nothing to lose and things were going well , then there 's been a bit of a lull and erm like I say , we 've worked hard and we 've like with following in on this save earlier on . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd telephoned you purely because I had a need to hear the sound of your voice and what do I get for giving in to such weakness ? |
| 15 | The wife of a Sussex shopkeeper paid a woman 18d ( 7.5p ) in 1760 for coming in for two days , while Eden in 1794 reported that Lincolnshire women who went out to wash earned 6d to 8d ( 2.5 to 3p ) a day . |
| 16 | Take a sheet of paper before going in to any negotiation and empty your mind onto the sheet of paper . |
| 17 | The first is that George shot Lennie to stop him from getting in to more trouble . |
| 18 | Medical practices for instance two days beforehand before coming in for three days . |
| 19 | Israel hopes to extract the maximum from giving in to American pressure — applied by the withholding of aircraft identification codes — not to join in the war . |
| 20 | The Christian belief that a house of God should be open to everyone precludes the Church from cashing in on some of its most beautiful assets . |
| 21 | ‘ There — must be some other way , ’ she voiced her thoughts out loud , and , as the thought occurred , ‘ I can tell Travis that I do n't want to see him again without going in for this — this charade . ’ |
| 22 | But even though this version is n't quite as expensive as the original , the gallery is n't taking any chances ; a full-time guard prevents anyone from on cashing in on this artistic venture . |
| 23 | He will have other reasons , quite apart from any strategy of the noble lie , for falling in with certain familiar practices that he might be tempted , at first look , to discard . |
| 24 | By listening in to these , guinea fowl could hear storms hundreds of kilometres away and so have advance warning of a change in the weather . |
| 25 | A student can get in touch with the Counselling Service by phoning or by calling in to either office . |
| 26 | In New York and Boston businessmen and women can get business travel advice and tips on how to keep travelling costs down by tuning in to daily business travel programmes on local radio stations . |