Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commercial procedure of dégorgement crept in in gradual steps sometime in the latter part of the eighteenth century , or soon after , and might have been the producers ' response to an increasing number of complaints about their clouded wines . |
| 2 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
| 3 | Tamar had allowed Victoria to stay up late to watch the leading in of the last load , which was a ritual joined in by all the estate workers . |
| 4 | What worries Spenser is how human action fits in with this determined overall scheme of things whose main signposts can be discerned in Scripture , but whose timetable and precise unravelling are not clear . |
| 5 | How does a secondment to industry fit in with such goals ? |
| 6 | Antrim 's new president collected 220 votes in all as the finances of the Association came in for some healthy but heated discussion . |
| 7 | Overseas aid came in from many quarters ( including South Africa ) ; the landlocked Zambians brought in health officials from all their neighbours to try to limit the spread of the disease , which nevertheless struck Malawi . |
| 8 | The price-earnings ratio for the larger software companies was 24.7 against just 15.1 for smaller companies , while total market capitalisation to turnover came in at 1.24 for large and 1.11 for small companies . |
| 9 | Greville Starkey 's riding of the horse came in for fierce criticism , but he made no mistake in Dancing Brave 's next race , drawing right away from Triptych to win the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park . |
| 10 | The top-placed battery car came in at eighth place . |
| 11 | To demonstrate that , he is happy to show off work on new City dealer boards devised in Belfast that allow a foreign exchange trader or the like to listen in to some 20 phone conversations at once via a sophisticated touch screen . |
| 12 | — STRESSHOLME Golf Club came in for high praise yesterday after staging the Mizuno Tournament a major event for assistant professionals . |
| 13 | You might occasionally need to change your exercise programme to fit in with different needs or different time constraints but it is essential that you maintain an adequate level of physical fitness . |
| 14 | In welcome contrast to the dimness and the heavy , ornate splendour that had gone before , the white ceiling and walls were unadorned and light poured in through several long windows . |
| 15 | The community care Support Force swung in on hard-pressed SSDs with as much subtlety as a ton of bricks . |
| 16 | Translated into terms of visual experience , this would be like a semi-transparent door with extra light coming in around all the cracks . |
| 17 | The results from the unusual condition fell in between those from the other two conditions . |
| 18 | Underfoot , a soggy tiger-trap of a burrow roof gives in like brown sugar . |
| 19 | He saw Kimberley and Killion curling in from either side , and wondered that they were both intact . |
| 20 | Your gear comes in for some heavy duty usage . |
| 21 | Net income on the group 's £52.3 million of net cash grew from £2.4 million to £4.1 million , with the help of currency gains and a decision to lock in at fixed rates last July . |
| 22 | Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion . |
| 23 | The Sinclair Spectrum came in for particular criticism . |
| 24 | When , at last , the deep adit came in below these workings , and connection was made with the deepening shafts , ore from that source was brought out in ever increasing amounts until the Paddy End Mill was closed down . |
| 25 | The fact that the ad sits in between other normal commercials gives it added impact , but the trouble is it tackles the symptoms , not the cause and could feed on guilt . |
| 26 | Skipper Gareth Ryan , his St Asaph clubmate , took 2–13 and Russell Wiseman of Boughton Hall weighed in with 2–17 . |
| 27 | David Oates , from Four Marks , scored another fine second place in round four of the British Group N. Saloon Car Championship , racing the Peugeot 309 GTI 16v . |
| 28 | He pressed a button on his desk , and an exceedingly attractive girl came in with two cups of coffee . |
| 29 | When did you last make a considerable personal adjustment to fit in with some deeply felt need your partner has articulated ? |
| 30 | Granada boss tunes in to soaring profits |