Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] in [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE DEATH of rationing signalled the beginning of Never Had It So Good Britain , and Quaternass creator Nigel Kneale cashed in on this by adapting Orwell 's nightmare Stalinist futurevision for Sunday evening viewing . |
| 2 | This Bobby did , and was cautiously treating himself to oysters at the bar when Minton came in with some sailors and bade him join them . |
| 3 | Kate Armstrong came in with another tray of coffee . |
| 4 | Tessa came in at half past eight and looked overjoyed . |
| 5 | Mr Browning coming in at that very moment ran to his wife 's side and all but hauled her out of the bed in order to get her upright — in a moment , the convulsion was over and she sank back quite exhausted and drained . |
| 6 | Lloyds , Midland and NatWest came in for most criticism overall , while Abbey National , the Co-op Bank , FirstDirect , the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Yorkshire Bank came out best . |
| 7 | Lloyds , Midland and NatWest came in for most criticism overall , while Abbey National , the Co-op Bank , FirstDirect , the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Yorkshire Bank came out best for overall satisfaction . |
| 8 | [ BELVILLE breaks in on this little scene . |
| 9 | He 's my friend , " and Rabscuttle went in with all the others . |
| 10 | Old time pro Brad Bowman drops in on this year 's comp and shows good stylish skating , unlike Davross who amazed visiting US skaters Lance Mountain , John Lucero , Steve Keenan and Spidey with his unstylish but entertaining hang-ups ( yeah Jase ) . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't want to leave Ana , ’ she confessed quietly and he had no time to do anything other than look at her intently because Ana walked in at that moment , looking bright and determined . |
| 12 | Bush gave in to this movement , invoked at that time by presidential contender Patrick Buchanan , when he sacked the chairman of the N.E.A. John Frohnmayer this spring ( The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , pp.1,2 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Did Sara come in on any of this ? ’ |
| 14 | In the last week , Italian politics became even more chaotic than usual , and Germany went in for some ‘ neo-Nazism ’ . |
| 15 | Just then Parker came in with more coffee . |
| 16 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |
| 17 | Paul Smith , 42-year-old veteran Terry Roberts and last season 's skipper Jon Curry fill in for that trio . |
| 18 | Ilse came in at that moment . |
| 19 | Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers . |
| 20 | Koresh zeroed in on this and tried to bring it closer to where we are to make it more real so it was uppermost in the minds of all his followers . |
| 21 | As well as composing , Lennox Berkeley taught composition on the Broadwood piano in the study : among his pupils were Richard Rodney Bennett ; John Manduell , now head of the Northern College of Music ; and John Tavener who , in a recent broadcast , remembered how his lessons were often interrupted , sometimes by Nicky , the Berkeleys ' youngest son — whose football might make an unscheduled appearance through the window , to Lennox Berkeley 's gentle consternation — or by Freda coming in with some latest gossip which would send the tutor ‘ running for the gin cupboard ’ . |
| 22 | He turned away impatiently and Jules came in at that moment , bringing coffee on a silver tray , and the conversation had to end , to Jenna 's great relief . |
| 23 | W H Smith came in for some surprisingly harsh comment from the financial press last week after the group 's interim results had revealed a 20% drop in pretax profits . |
| 24 | Mrs Stych came in at half past one , her wings bedraggled from the weight of her coat . |
| 25 | Does Mrs Feather tune in at all ? |
| 26 | Town rallied and had a good effort from Kenny Campbell , well saved by keeper , Andy Hopping , after Roger Charles had found him with a great cross , but Harefield went in at half time with a deserved one nil lead . |