Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] in [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me in for tea , and we all listened to the morning news on Radio Tonga , crackling over the miles from the aerials down in Tongatapu . |
| 2 | At Barvas Lodge knickerbockered ladies with good stud pearl earrings invited me in for tea . |
| 3 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 4 | Ellwood pursed his lips round a bean and sucked it in like spaghetti , then touched his mouth and hands with his napkin before taking a sip from a full glass of red wine . |
| 5 | Nothing was too much to ask if it prolonged her stay , she thought wistfully , so she smiled as she said , ‘ Considering that I was the culprit who booked them in on Ling 's day off , it 's the least I can do . ’ |
| 6 | cos he filled it in at weekend and I posted it Monday or Tuesday , one of them two |
| 7 | And you made you in like camera work , or could you actually |
| 8 | The crowd cheered us in of course , but it 's not the same as coming down the last as the winner for sure . |
| 9 | see through me with a voice of rival , rival calm when she called me in for tea , have a go |
| 10 | She 's as generous as Robin Hood and all his merry men , she 's as kind as Florence Nightingale and then as kind again , right super mum she has x-ray vision , she can see through me , with a voice or rival calm when she called me in for tea , |
| 11 | The military blocked everyone in on campus and the police announced that they could shoot you without asking questions . |
| 12 | Then she started going on about her new red tap-shoes , and how the music nun wanted to teach her violin because she had such good pitch , and we all joined up in a long line , each with a hand stretched out on to the should of the one in front , and we began to march round her , chanting very softly , " How green you are , how green you are , how green you are , how green … " and then louder and louder as we danced away from her still in our long Indian file , till we got right to the top of our street where we played another game altogether , totally ignoring the yells of fury from the lamp-post , and when our mums called us in to tea we all ran in and forgot about her . |
| 13 | ‘ Unless you 'd rather I brought him in as chaperon ? |
| 14 | They brought him in after dark to their hearths , and answered his questions as well as they could ; and soon they spoke of Master Harry Talvace , drawing up the image of him slowly out of the well of memory . |
| 15 | Cos they did n't smear Biff right away , and when he did n't fight back they took him in for terrorgation … |
| 16 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
| 17 | When his sister Miemie ( who had married a carpenter , Hermanus Dempers ) was widowed , he took her in as companion for his wife and housekeeper to the family . |
| 18 | It was Robert who took her in to dinner . |
| 19 | However , once again it was he who took her in to dinner . |
| 20 | He took her in to dinner . |
| 21 | They had to do the lot so they give us an invoice , we took it in to insurance and they 're gon na write a cheque , deduct it off that thing |
| 22 | He put me in at centre half and I 've played virtually every game since . |
| 23 | ‘ My cousin is something of a wine connoisseur , Mr Tyler , ’ said Miss Amy Hall as he escorted her in to dinner . |
| 24 | She put it in to gear and eased out of the space , willing herself not to rush , not to panic . |
| 25 | I have nothing to add to this bit — just left it in in case ‘ Her Maj ’ is on the list . |
| 26 | it 's nice it 's just like , it 's a sleeveless top , white , they had it in like lilac , jade and navy , erm and it 's got , it 's navy shorts with it |
| 27 | Others we chatted with when we met them around the grounds , and some became temporary friends who asked us in for coffee or drinks , invitations which we pleasurably returned . |