Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] in at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 2 | Brilliant light dazzled in at the left-hand window as they swept past Balnaguard , Balmacneil , Kinnaird . |
| 3 | You got a very good committee , dedicated committee erm who , you see the young trainees were sent to the technical colleges and you see , erm some of them did go on if they graduated to Stanford Hall , but I mean those that went to technical college , we used to have to get the committee to sit in at the examinations . |
| 4 | He grabbed Joseph roughly by the shoulder as the boy peered in at the window , and pulled him away . |
| 5 | In the morning the sun came in at the window and woke me . |
| 6 | The sun shone in at the science-room window . |
| 7 | Theda came to herself to find that she lay in a large four-poster bed , with the curtains drawn back , and the weak autumn sun coming in at the windows . |
| 8 | We huddled in its dark ruinous rooms sipping bitter tea while gusts of sand blew in at the doorways . |
| 9 | Mercer used his pace in the second half to get in at the corner after Harmon 's effort and Forster scored after a quick-witted kick by Turner , who also kicked five goals . |
| 10 | If you go on holiday for a month , you want another pay cheque going in at the end of the month . |
| 11 | When the tax came in at the beginning of 1863 , vodka became cheaper and more readily available , state revenues held up , and the former monopolists of the retail trade began to invest their accumulated capital in railways , banks and mines . |
| 12 | The basic recipe is a reduction of white wine and brown fond de veau lié with a julienne of gherkins and mustard stirred in at the last moment . |
| 13 | The arms positioned alongside the body turn in at the elbows with the hands over the groin . |
| 14 | I use it for a wide sleeve gathered in at the bottom and I have knitted the main part of the garment with a 2x1 welt . |
| 15 | like Jimmy next door , he 's always dropping off and he got a vent put in at the bottom of his door , they took the pipe out and behind you had a big open |
| 16 | I wanted the sleeves to be semi-full , with the ease taken in at the wrist . |
| 17 | Nerina called in at the office to see her mother . |
| 18 | It all started early this morning , when a rather anxious mum called in at the office . |
| 19 | However some water got in at the front . |
| 20 | The room was low , and precious little of the falling day crept in at the one small , grimy window . |
| 21 | ‘ Did you get a chance to look in at the side studio , when they were there last Friday ? |
| 22 | Metazoans are virtually absent except in some of the lakes where fresh water seeps in at the edges . |
| 23 | The jacket of the suit curved in at the waist and at the back were two buttons above a pair of tails . |
| 24 | My third bus dropped me two streets away from home , which gave me a chance to call in at the local florist 's and buy a twenty-quid bouquet on PKB 's Amex card . |
| 25 | ‘ As I hold a season ticket I had no occasion to call in at the booking office . |
| 26 | Each time you fill the bath , the water flows in at the rate of 15 litres per minute through the cold tap and 12 litres per minute through the hot tap ( when they are fully turned on ) . |
| 27 | I have heard that even if they lose 15 per cent of the money coming in at the moment , some of them could fold . |
| 28 | Chill dread settled in at the base of her skull and directed the activities of her roiling stomach , as she tried in vain to move her mouth , or even blink . |
| 29 | In the main gatehouse tower on the first stack , Moray was asking of the guard-captain whether the Countess was at home when the door from the first of the bridge-corridors was flung open and a young woman came in at the run , hair blown , laughing-eyed , skirts kilted up the better to run , fine bosom tumultuous — as unusual a Countess of Dunbar and March as was the castle of which she was chatelaine . |
| 30 | For observers who find the pace of the SCAN analysis too demanding , or who wish to concentrate on other things , the coarse observation kit uses checklists which the observer fills in at the end of each short teaching episode . |