Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will require some things that are going to be necessary for the statutory and voluntary sectors in any case and it will mean drawing the private sector in , like a common assessment policy for all long term care . |
| 2 | Even the way he hung his hat was expansive , drawing the whole room in . |
| 3 | Western leaders were content to rest on their laurels , convinced that Nato 's ‘ steadfastness ’ had been crucial in bringing the Communist bloc in from the cold , that Western prosperity had been enough to convince the East of the hollowness of Marxism . |
| 4 | They were bringing the big fellow in on the three o'clock train . |
| 5 | Display lighting was out , as Edward Heath began his schoolmasterish campaign of mass deprivation , keeping the whole country in until the miners owned up that they were in the wrong . |
| 6 | Louisa sighed , her red knuckles pummelling one of Marcus 's shirts on the ribbed board , driving the soapy water in , squeezing the grime out . |
| 7 | He was silent , concentrating on pulling the tight bodice in , his thick lashes a pair of dark fluttering crescents on his high cheekbones . |
| 8 | Noel was present and presenting the Welsh independence in and also Gethyn was present erm I 'd like to see , er , know that Gethyn was representing the Church in Wales apart from the fact that he 's also a baptist . |
| 9 | THE Queen , rather pre-occupied these days , has nevertheless found time to quash attempts to strip Sir Walter Raleigh of his title for introducing the dreaded weed in to this country . |
| 10 | It means keeping it , getting it wide and then putting the right ball in . |
| 11 | Nails took such a proposition in his stride , unworried ; Jazz , although slightly apprehensive , was keen because swimming was the discipline he most enjoyed and was making the best progress in ; only Hoomey 's eyes came out on stalks at the presumption . |