Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the band is removed from the machine there will be two ends of yarn to sew in for each buttonhole . |
| 2 | The ARFU 's decision has still yet to sink in with many rugby traditionalists but Channel Ten displayed instant commitment to their new deal when they televised the tickertape parade live throughout Australia . |
| 3 | I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish . |
| 4 | Yes , Americans , erm I have the impression , they 're being rather slow to go in for this sort of Federal legislation . |
| 5 | refused to fall in with this idea , saying in Dobson v. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Plc . |
| 6 | It was as much to disprove some of their absurd assumptions as to help you prove your own theories that I agreed to come in on this project . |
| 7 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
| 8 | Mr do you want to come in at this stage ? |
| 9 | They do n't want a completely unknown counsellor to come in at this time . |
| 10 | All three elements have to come in to any budget decision and nobody can ignore all three , indeed if you look around three groups of the council you 'll see that all the budget proposed tonight will take into account all three areas . |
| 11 | A touch of deja vu started to creep in at this point . |
| 12 | But when you go in on a subject like philosophy , to jump in at that level how adjusted you are it 's difficult if you 've not got any academic background to suddenly come in and have to start doing it . |
| 13 | erm which quite simply I had some money of my own and I was n't that hungry er to jump in to any job at all . |
| 14 | ‘ Aye , except he pointed out that if she was new to the job and she tried to muzzle in around that quarter , the others would soon make short shrift of her . |
| 15 | Various aspects of the parties ' life , resources , and activities will be helpful to them in the conflict , but many of these are resources and activities that they will have possessed or engaged in or wished to posses or to engage in in any case , even if they did not take part in the contest . |
| 16 | Had they bothered to look in on that Standing Committee , they would have heard me make it clear that the Government will be working in co-operation with our European Community colleagues to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions effectively . |
| 17 | He concludes that the effectiveness of a given system should be based on its ability to fit in with the external systems making up its environment on the one hand , and , on the other hand , on its competence in allowing its own sub-systems to fit in with each other . |
| 18 | With three colourways to choose from , it is guaranteed to fit in with any colour scheme . |
| 19 | ‘ And somehow it seems to fit in with this landscape too — perhaps it 's the sense of space … ’ |
| 20 | After all , despite the joys of companionship , in any close relationship there is usually the debit side , the compromises and sacrifices that are often made to fit in with another person 's wishes and way of life . |
| 21 | This system contains two neutron stars orbiting each other , and the energy they are losing by the emission of gravitational waves is causing them to spiral in toward each other . |
| 22 | But you were too young to realise just how much work you have to put in at that stage of building up a business , how much effort it takes to hold the whole thing together and stop it from collapsing around you . ’ |
| 23 | Well I was very reluctant to put in for this job , I did n't want to really , but I was you know people said , Put in for it , you wo n't get it if you put in . |
| 24 | So then I had to put in for another grant because he 'd smashed every damn thing . |
| 25 | ‘ I hate to bring the real world into this , but is your room-mate going to pop in at any second ? ’ |
| 26 | This was pre-eminently the case where the Area Boards were united in opposing the Central Authority or the Government ( as on the Clow differential ) , though Citrine was more willing to give in to such pressure on matters where he respected the Board Chairmen 's views , such as tariffs , than on matters where he was determined to impose his own , as in labour relations . |
| 27 | ‘ It would be easy to give in to that criticism and just make mindless , utopian house records or ambiguous grunge records . |
| 28 | But you 're too good at your job to give in to that kind of temptation . |
| 29 | Alyssia refused to give in to any urge to stare at Piers , though she was sorely tempted . |
| 30 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |