Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] in [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM meanwhile is looking for other vendor customers and is working with the Open Software Foundation to see how CICS fits in with DCE . |
| 2 | The JNA moved in with tanks and sealed off Borovo Selo on May 3 and also occupied villages near Knin , the main town in the " Autonomous Region " . |
| 3 | Tipped off by Harry Solomon of Hillsdown , Mr Lever moved in on Spong Holdings , an ailing shell with a stock market listing in 1989 . |
| 4 | Derek Andrews should be sampling but G. stands in during Andrews ' holidays . |
| 5 | Aggie had taken her hat and coat off and had dropped on to the settle , and as he entered the room she said immediately , ‘ Somethin' will have to be … ’ but paused as Millie came in on Ben 's heels , and she nodded towards her saying , ‘ Go and take your things off and set the tray . ’ |
| 6 | Ken came in for coffee . |
| 7 | Many years later , Kevin MacLean and Edward Scott zeroed in on pebbles and stones as they investigated their own kind of erosion , this time that of the landscape seen in close-up . |
| 8 | Despite being without Merseyside No 1 Howard Nuttall or Zain Saleh , 1987/88 junior county champion Paul Ratcliff flew in from Belgium to take the top slot . |
| 9 | Rovers have left out Dave Passman against his old club , with Nick Hardy coming in at lock . |
| 10 | Steve Adorable rolled in about lunchtime and he too needed to be told everything . |
| 11 | And they reiterated that they would like Becky to stay in for tests but Jenny could come home , and Becky was a bit jaundiced you see . |
| 12 | RECENTLY RICHARD APPEARED IN For Women magazine , with a head of hair but without clothes . |
| 13 | Gerry Byrom and Mathew Doggert come in for Richard Scanlon and John Pierce . |
| 14 | Latham stood in without notice for the indisposed Donald Maxwell , anticipating his own planned debut in the role by three months . |
| 15 | ‘ Will I do ? ’ she asked Matey , in her charming , half-joking manner , for Matey to reply in like vein , |
| 16 | On her way off , Sister Marcus came in with Humber . |
| 17 | When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned . |
| 18 | Norman Tebbit was made Employment Secretary and Nigel Lawson came in as Energy Secretary . |
| 19 | The narrator may not wholly be in jest when he refers to sexual intercourse with a certain girl , 17 or thereabouts , as ‘ the ultimate indecorum ’ , and rereaders of the novel are likely to be mindful of the survival here of an old England lived in by people like the middle-aged T. S. Eliot , exponents of a disgusted chastity . |
| 20 | Sainsbury moved in around day two with a £200,000 press project that has now evolved into a £14.2m ( Media Register ) account . |
| 21 | Stephen Ross phoned in from Cardiff , he says can Labour lower the consent for gay people if they get in ; Mike Collins from Chesterfield says he 's not had a job for 11 years , has to pay for all sorts of things , he wants some action from Labour on long-term unemployment … ’ |
| 22 | Of the other leading contenders for honours , Instonians have boosted their squad with the return of Davy Wilson from the French League , where he figured for Amiens , while Irish U-18 Andrew McBride is back at Annadale slotting in for Vincent Devenney ( working in the US ) . |
| 23 | Of the other leading contenders for honours , Instonians have boosted their squad with the return of Davy Wilson from the French League , where he figured for Amiens , while Irish U-18 Andrew McBride is back at Annadale slotting in for Vincent Devenney ( working in the US ) . |
| 24 | Dr Curtis came in with Humber a few minutes later . |
| 25 | The IDA came in for attack the following day from residents ' associations in both Currabinny and Ringaskiddy . |
| 26 | The team was unchanged from Soton , except for Fairclough coming in for Newsome ( to counter Flo 's aerial threat ? ) |
| 27 | Jill Atkin and Gill Brown have withdrawn , with Sutton Coldfield 's Mandy Pickles and Slough 's Sue Chandler coming in as replacements . |
| 28 | I do n't know how often Rotherhithe goes in for gunfights , but this could be one of ours . ’ |
| 29 | Deputy hooker Ian Jeffery drafted in at blindside flanker typified the courageous tackling of the home team to avert a glut of scores by the visitors the County pack plying back enough possession to win a dozen games . |
| 30 | Sensing there was no dialogue here , Miss Mowlam moved in on Jim Compton , a 33-year-old bus driver on his lunch break . |