Example sentences of "[vb past] in [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the unskilled youngsters drafted in to help with the decorating did not . |
| 2 | Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table . |
| 3 | All of them failed , from the disastrous Purko Sheep Ranch , where the sheep died because the ranch was at too high an altitude , to the four big grazing schemes which went under in the drought of the early 1960s , when people from outside the schemes , under pressure of need , came in to graze on the permanent waters and massive erosion occurred . |
| 4 | This morning Betty — my cleaner — came in bursting with the news that there was a brass plate outside . |
| 5 | A few days after that Norman Prince , the founder of the Lafayette , flying long and late in an attempt to avenge Rockwell , hit a high-tension cable as he came in to land in the dark . |
| 6 | When Helen came in to help with the spaying operation she looked rather nervous . |
| 7 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
| 8 | Er many members of the public took advantage of the offer of the more detailed appraisal er and indeed came in to look at the detailed consultants reports . |
| 9 | Several joined in to complain about the tribute required by the deputy in Riba . |
| 10 | When the gunmen climbed in to sit on the benches at the side they had to put their booted feet on the prisoners . |
| 11 | Platt , moved up front as Les Ferdinand 's minder , came close with a shot parried by Benedettini and Bruno Muccioli raced in to head over the bar as the ball appeared to be dropping into goal . |
| 12 | A continuous series of 15mm ( ½in ) diameter holes is drilled into the wall near dpc level and a silicone resin fed in to soak into the brick or stonework . |
| 13 | About 40,000 brokerage accounts were transferred to Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. in the USA , while in London the Bank of England and city institutions stepped in to deal with the consequences of the collapse on the foreign exchange . |
| 14 | Very few erm Continental countries would consider entrusting the administration of justice erm to erm people who took an afternoon or a day off work every week or so and went in to sit on the Bench . |
| 15 | I think if she went in to live in the back woods , you know , way beyond |
| 16 | Went in to look for the seeds so I m I might have changed , just gone , I du n no . |
| 17 | ‘ We gave in to comfort in the end and bought the suite instead . |
| 18 | The sensitive lacquer which was subjected to UV light is washed away , leaving the artwork positive reproduced in etch-resist on the board . |
| 19 | all of them thi Theakstons they were all and double , pound for double spirits they were by the pub what we stayed in stayed at the Black Bull at |
| 20 | When the coup in Yugoslavia in spring 1941 interfered with Hitler 's plans for an attack on the Soviet Union ( Britain 's last potential Continental ally ) and a deterioration in mood set in owing to the threatening extension of the war to the Balkans , SD soundings of opinion again registered ‘ with what childlike trust the most ordinary people in particular look up to the Führer and our leadership of state ’ , convinced that ‘ the Führer has taken it into account and will deal properly with it ’ . ’ |