Example sentences of "[vb past] in [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foxing was a term first used in about the 1840s , probably because the brownish-yellow spots and blotches reminded some fox-hunting bibliophile of his quarry in the countryside . |
| 2 | The police moved in as the three loaded part of a haul of 200 kilos of hashish into a warehouse near Madrid . |
| 3 | We could put ourselves in three lots of two and your mum came in with the three pizzas we 'd get one between us so we get a half . |
| 4 | At Christmas we announced the Sainsbury's/BBC Good Food Wine Taster of the Year competition , and the entries poured in by the thousand . |
| 5 | A one-way system meant that out of season hold-ups were rare , but in the peak summer months when the holidaymakers poured in by the dozens in their hire cars the village often became jammed . |
| 6 | Mark Moncrieff gave Gala a lifeline when he raced in from the 22 for a try which Jim Maitland converted . |
| 7 | But just in case Vecchi tied in with the five thousand reward Mr. Bonanza was posting , I did n't see why I should settle for the usual sawbuck . ’ |
| 8 | Anne 's daddy looked at the mistletoe in the apple-tree when they reached Sundial Cottage and then went in with the three Brownies to see Miss Miggs . |
| 9 | He had got used to being in this room , shut in by the four scrawled walls , the sloping ceiling and the unrelenting noise . |
| 10 | He bravely nipped in between the two players and showed a delicate touch to loft the ball over Sutton 's body for his 11th goal of the season . |