Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] in [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argue new laws are needed as modern technology has made a mockery of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act with violent pornography easily ordered by telephone or beamed in by satellite , making enforcement of the law almost impossible . |
| 2 | Most off the shelf PCs these days come equipped with a graphics controller card which is either a card fitted into a vacant expansion slot or built in as part of the motherboard . |
| 3 | Slower-acting than most artificials , it is best hoed or dug in during winter , some months ahead of renewed springtime growth and activity . |
| 4 | There are also special plates printed by auctioneers when they are selling off the library of some eminent man , or put in by librarians to denote a special gift or legacy of books . |
| 5 | In the afternoons he sometimes helped with games , or stood in for Bill Muggeridge in the gym , if Bill wanted to go home and check up on his wife ( which he quite often did ) . |
| 6 | After his second day as substitute games and sports master , Bodie drove wearily to CI5 , and checked in at Forensic , then at Traffic . |
| 7 | Calendars and diaries have always been popular in good bookshops , many of these products spinning off from familiar sources ( Tolkien , Beatrix Potter ) and sold in by book publishers with the autumn lists . |
| 8 | Granddaughter was born on , and weighed in at 7lbs 13 oz . |
| 9 | Warnie had retired from me Army at the earliest possible opportunity , in December 1932 , and moved in with Jack and Minto as a permanent fixture . |
| 10 | Initially the advantage lay with the Lords of the Congregation ; by the end of June , they had driven the regent 's troops out of Fife , had regained Perth and moved in on Edinburgh , where , on 7 July , Knox was appointed minister . |
| 11 | Shoving a camera in his hand he sent him out to cover the story ( and moved in on Vicky himself ! ) . |
| 12 | And moved in on Monday . |
| 13 | Lips : Lined with Lip Liner Pencil in Rich Red and filled in with Moisture Rich Lipstick in Paprika |
| 14 | ‘ I left the car in Parson 's Green and came in by Underground so I could hold your hand all the way back . ’ |
| 15 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the CBI , in its publication , ’ Competing with the World 's Best ’ , drew attention to the fact that industry does not want to be organised , run and intervened in by TV producers , social workers and others ? |
| 16 | On large or uneven surfaces , the flashing is best let into a horizontal run of pointing and sealed in with mortar . |
| 17 | Needs some help and gets it from Thomson who started this move off and lifted in towards Agnew , Cooper clears it still has n't gone out and er Phillips just prevented it I think going for a corner , yes it 's a throw . |
| 18 | The first US troops , heavily armed and with faces blackened , waded ashore and dug in on Mogadishu beaches early on Dec. 9 , to be met by media lights and scores of news reporters . |
| 19 | There are people who have been brought in unconscious for no apparent reason , who have had car accidents and been cut free by the fire brigade and rushed in for emergency treatment following accidents . |
| 20 | Faced by such determination and by the solidarity shown by workers in the ports of the entire kingdom , the National Transport Workers ' Federation sloughed off its doubts at a conference on 28 June and swung in behind Wilson and Cotter . |
| 21 | On his way back he made a diversion and called in at Crosthwaite Church to let the cool sanctuary complete his cure . |
| 22 | The other two had taken the warning , and reined in in time . |
| 23 | Braintree prevented the try but were offside in doing so and went in at half-time 6–0 down . |
| 24 | Mike took the initiative , kicked down the door and went in with guns blazing , so to speak , to find — nothing ! |
| 25 | Head in the air — they would n't dare call me ‘ show-off ’ at a moment like this — I launched myself down that gaping passage-way and marched in to Dinwiddie 's room . |
| 26 | Dreamy and passive , she lay in the scented water and gave in to Adam 's sensual massage . |
| 27 | The manner of the capitalization was that the shares would not be publicly quoted and dealt in like ones on the Stock Exchange , but would be offered to investors who would have faith that the company would grow and their shares would increase with it . |
| 28 | Every now and again a thrush would land on the ground exhausted , to be netted and put in with others in a cardboard box . |
| 29 | Francis Morgan did not bother with knocking at the door but walked in without apology . |