Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] in [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I only stepped in at Royalbion because you 'd been knocked out .
2 The roof literally fell in on Montreal last year when storms ripped off their Olympic Stadium 's retractable top , and they finished last in the National League East .
3 And she finally got in at quarter to and she 's , oh Kim said she was in a dreadful state .
4 I just got in from Chateaubriand . ’
5 And , I think he just moved in to Muriel 's next door .
6 So she arrived , eventually arrived in at quarter to twelve .
7 In spite of the fall , the Government still came in for criticism from opposition parties and trade union leaders , who pointed out that the total was still higher than this time last year .
8 She came when it suited her , when she could spare the time from her other work , but she always popped in on Monday afternoons to make a start on the ironing .
9 She always looked in on Carolyn , when she came home ; gradually Carolyn came to realize how kind this was , and how many other claims Clare had on her time .
10 EAST GERMANY 'S ruling politburo yesterday gave in to demands from independent opposition groups and said it was prepared to convene ‘ round table talks ’ about free elections and constitutional and electoral reform .
11 The Ministry of Defence 's own research establishments also came in for criticism for playing too great a role in specifying , designing and managing defence projects .
12 The mill pond also came in for attention and was thoroughly dredged , and the dam , tunnels , gates and wheel repaired .
13 In her wake four English players also came in with scores on the right side of 80 .
14 On this same trip he also called in on Tersteeg — who sowerscomplimented him on his progress — and on another painter , de Bock .
15 Of course the proposals of the Beveridge report also now came in for mention .
16 He was compelled to accept the ‘ nationalist ’ Vietnamese who now came in from China in a United Front government .
17 Fred Workman shared a room with Harold Davies , an older Englishman who was Chief Reporter and who often sat in for Fred as Editor .
18 Dai and Meirion were two other company stalwarts who regularly pitched in with building work in their spare time , or else organized a shift system with the other printers , almost all of whom were happy to volunteer for manual labour .
19 The barrel vault of semi-circular section was used for smaller buildings and was generally divided into rectangular compartments , with brick construction supported on wood centering and then filled in with concrete .
20 Lucian Freud was among those who sometimes called in at breakfast and who , whilst Bobby Hunt made coffee , lay sprawled round the room , exercising their wit on the contents of the day 's newspaper .
21 The butler then went in for breeding dogs which he kept in large wire enclosures .
22 I tidied everything away and cleaned the shed up after my bomb-making activity , then went in for dinner .
23 Marshall and fellow defender Richard Jobson were both booked in the space of a minute for pulling down Shearer as he twice homed in on goal shortly after half time .
24 In the end , EGBT were willing to put in more money for a more environmentally-friendly mode of working , and we agreed that the planings would be off-loaded at the end of the path , and then ferried in on dumper trucks .
25 Profits before tax on the same basis of accounting as used previously came in at £248.25m against £252.3m .
26 Profits before tax on the same basis of accounting as used previously came in at £248.25 million , against £252.3 million .
27 He gestured to his whole staff who dutifully fell in behind Rebecque and the Prince as they spurred away from the crossroads towards the south .
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