Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] in [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 " . |
| 2 | Tipped off by Harry Solomon of Hillsdown , Mr Lever moved in on Spong Holdings , an ailing shell with a stock market listing in 1989 . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Ken came in for coffee . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Steve Adorable rolled in about lunchtime and he too needed to be told everything . |
| 8 | RECENTLY RICHARD APPEARED IN For Women magazine , with a head of hair but without clothes . |
| 9 | Latham stood in without notice for the indisposed Donald Maxwell , anticipating his own planned debut in the role by three months . |
| 10 | On her way off , Sister Marcus came in with Humber . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Norman Tebbit was made Employment Secretary and Nigel Lawson came in as Energy Secretary . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Sainsbury moved in around day two with a £200,000 press project that has now evolved into a £14.2m ( Media Register ) account . |
| 15 | 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 … ’ |
| 16 | Dr Curtis came in with Humber a few minutes later . |
| 17 | The IDA came in for attack the following day from residents ' associations in both Currabinny and Ringaskiddy . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Sensing there was no dialogue here , Miss Mowlam moved in on Jim Compton , a 33-year-old bus driver on his lunch break . |
| 20 | And then Sylvia came in with apologies and that perennially green hat , and we lowered the lights while she recited De Musset 's ‘ Nuit de Mai ’ . |
| 21 | Today , the hon. Member for Dagenham confirmed that , and the hon. Member for Eastbourne joined in on behalf of the Liberal Democrats . |
| 22 | Special trains run by LNER poured in from Middlesbrough , Stockton , Newcastle and Hartlepool , and the price was 2s . |
| 23 | There was a knock at the door , and then Bicker , Ratagan and Guillamon walked in with Isay behind them . |
| 24 | On his way to the South Pole , Shackleton called in at Madeira between 16 and 19 October 1921 . |
| 25 | They remembered with joy when Alberta Monterecchio went in for culotte suits in satin , velvet and even leather , just when the mini skirt was appearing . |
| 26 | In the meanwhile , the Constable bought in at Sotheby 's last month at £850,000 may have given the Principal pause for thought . |
| 27 | As Lord Diplock said in Re Racal Communications Ltd , ‘ The breakthrough made by Anisminic was that , as respected administrative tribunals and authorities , the old distinction between errors of law which went to jurisdiction and those which did not , was for practical purposes abolished . ’ |
| 28 | [ BELVILLE burst in with MRS . |
| 29 | There was an outcry when it was revealed Rosalyn sat in on cabinet meetings . |
| 30 | Shakespeare must have known someone very like Ralph Edwards when he put Fluellen into Henry V. If Ralph came in on St David 's Day , I would have hidden to avoid being forced to eat a raw leek as was poor ancient Pistol in that play . |