Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] in [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hewlett-Packard Co moved in on Compaq Computer Corp yesterday , making its entry into the iAPX-86-based server business . |
| 2 | The former Liverpool centre-back lunged in on Gary McAllister and sent the Leeds skipper sprawling for a penalty in the 61st-minute . |
| 3 | Then her mouth drew in with disappointment . |
| 4 | Hankin added : ‘ If a bid came in for Prudhoe , or any other player , we would consider it . |
| 5 | The car turned in at Brier Cottage and Ben climbed out . |
| 6 | The success of Carry On Nurse in America did n't alter the fact that the fans were mostly in Britain and the Commonwealth , but the mail poured in from places as far apart as Kenya and Hong Kong . |
| 7 | There was a special switch put in by AT&T connecting high-end hotels and similar establishments , which pay a premium for the quality and capacity . ’ |
| 8 | Whatever the pleasure at ‘ new experiments ’ , the party in effect gave in to nationalism and the social forces it represented . |
| 9 | Then a scholarship to university came in for Sheila . |
| 10 | After several days of this we were rather bored with the whole thing until one afternoon a yacht came in under sail and anchored near us . |
| 11 | Enough money came in by mid-March for Chris , a Courtaulds worker for 18 years , and Lorraine to take Leannda to Boston for the first step in the long road to restoring her sight . |
| 12 | RISING reggae star Apache Indian got in on Prince 's act at a glitzy fashion launch for Joe Bloggs ' latest coup — a range of stagewear commissioned by the pop idol for his recent world tour . |
| 13 | That was on the Friday evening and by Monday I had put the whole thing out of my head and into the category of satisfying memories when the boy came in with Duke on the lead . |
| 14 | THE Queen flew in to Northern Ireland for a surprise one-day visit today . |
| 15 | We realised that there could be some difficulties , and some apparent injustices might show up , but due to great consultative work put in by Councillors , and Mrs , often against great vilification and personal attack , many per problems were sorted out as they arose but we saw that i in April motions in amendments we see that it takes three full paragraphs of the amended motion to see that they deign to welcome initiatives which extend participation in decision making to schools , governors and parents . |
| 16 | In leaner years , the branch might have folded without the hard work put in by Sam Parker , and the award of this certificate will be applauded by all who know him . |
| 17 | They were hit by the scents of baking and spices , the results of the afternoon 's work put in by Adele Venetz . |
| 18 | However , if one looks at the size of family , the findings are fairly consistent : in the 1948 French study , for instance , housewives with one child put in on average a seventy-eight-hour week ; in the 1950 British study a sixty-seven-hour week , and in the present study a seventy-one-hour week was the average figure for housewives in this group . |
| 19 | The dragon homed in on Olybrius ' wrath , which called him across the continent . |
| 20 | In a sense , the patrolling constable blended in as part of this hidden social group , of whom most of the city 's population were largely ignorant . |
| 21 | In 1947 again the winter closed in after Christmas , as often happens in the Dales , only this time haytime had been ruined by a terrible summer and , in spite of the RAF airlift of fodder , many thousands of animals died of starvation . |
| 22 | It was good skill and strength that got him around the center-half ( Wetherall I think ) and his near post shoy crept in via Beeny . |
| 23 | His wife Aileen came in with pails of milk , scolding at two little girls for clinging onto her skirt and making her spill . |
| 24 | The Rector walked in on Freddie the lion and his sleeping mate . |
| 25 | One day during the early summer , Guy Gibson of Dam Busters fame flew in to Bourn and was with us for a few hours . |
| 26 | We picnicked on beaches of jet black sand under windy coconut palms , where surf rolled in from Africa . |
| 27 | The breeze kicked in after breakfast . |
| 28 | Her friend came in on Saturdays , on two buses from the Maudslay Road estate , and they had a fish supper . |
| 29 | During 1980 Boeing E75 ( N2S-5 ) Kaydet G-THEA arrived from the USA and Morane MS.733 Alcyon G-SHOW came in from France in 1981 . |
| 30 | Susan : ‘ Well , Vera , I was down in the Bank this morning paying my ESB and you know what happened — an old gentleman came in with flowers for a member of the staff — it was lovely to see ’ . |