Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] 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 | Antrim 's new president collected 220 votes in all as the finances of the Association came in for some healthy but heated discussion . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The top-placed battery car came in at eighth place . |
| 7 | — STRESSHOLME Golf Club came in for high praise yesterday after staging the Mizuno Tournament a major event for assistant professionals . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The community care Support Force swung in on hard-pressed SSDs with as much subtlety as a ton of bricks . |
| 10 | The results from the unusual condition fell in between those from the other two conditions . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion . |
| 12 | The Sinclair Spectrum came in for particular criticism . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Skipper Gareth Ryan , his St Asaph clubmate , took 2–13 and Russell Wiseman of Boughton Hall weighed in with 2–17 . |
| 15 | He pressed a button on his desk , and an exceedingly attractive girl came in with two cups of coffee . |
| 16 | The latest is he 's improving the prisons , and ’ — her head went back now and she laughed — ‘ he 's wanting a law brought in for heavy sentences for incest . |
| 17 | Other Norwegians argued that whaling was no more cruel than any other forms of hunting indulged in by anti-whaling nations , including fox- or deer-hunting , and claimed that explosive grenades fired by the harpoon guns ensured that the whale died instantly . |
| 18 | Maybe if I was on Sandøya when winter came , when the sun went in for two or three months , when all the water froze , when ice covered the ground and fishing was a risky business of frozen fingers and ears , on water in which survival was measured in seconds , I would be less romantic about it . |
| 19 | I think it reflects all the hard work put in on convincing people of our case . ’ |
| 20 | This was due to the hard work put in at all levels and in all parts of the country by the Wimpey Plant and Transport team . |
| 21 | The work put in by all these was specially appreciated . |
| 22 | Very shortly after the incident an appeal fund was set up and money poured in to that from various sources including the oil companies themselves . |
| 23 | In January 1949 the United States provided Israel with a $100 million loan , while money poured in from private American Jewish sources . |
| 24 | Telephone lines to the city were jammed and messages of support flowed in from other student bodies . |
| 25 | All kinds of difficult questions began to be asked and in the early heady days of the women 's movement the body came in for close scrutiny . |
| 26 | Others in the local community joined in with this socialising process , offering hospitality and a chance to mix wit h adults and children on a day-to-day basis . |
| 27 | These can create even more stress on the individuals left with the burden , especially in the credit control department , where targets have to be met and cash pulled in by certain deadlines . |
| 28 | The transfer of services in the asylums to the community fell in with this approach . |
| 29 | Be honest about that at least — ’ His fingers were biting into her wrists , but she was scarcely aware of the pain as his meaning burst in with hideous clarity . |
| 30 | The rot set in during 1973 . |