Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [be] [verb] in from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the system of land tenure , wherein the land belongs to the indigenous Fijians and can only be leased to Indo-Fijians ( the descendants of indentured cane workers who were drafted in from India in the early colonial period ) militates against conservation measures because it ensures the political dominance of the former ; and the encouragement of production ensures that such land is seen to be in use , an artefact to maintain internal stability . |
| 2 | The wounded who were carried in from the attack on the Rebecca lay in the shade under the trees while their hurts were being dressed . |
| 3 | You know people who 's coming in from o the outside to come on to the flats , they 're the people at risk . |
| 4 | ‘ I shall be taking along my wife and her step-mother , Lady Potter , who is flying in from Australia , ’ says Parker Bowles . |
| 5 | Joining them will be their daughters Kate , 29 , and 31-year-old Bara — short for Barbara — who is flying in from Los Angeles . |
| 6 | ‘ It seems my nephew is so besotted with your sister that he 's treated his parents with arrant discourtesy , walking away from the opportunity of meeting his father 's cousin who is flying in from the States — a man who could be influential in his future career . |
| 7 | This was given , then I said ‘ You were the gentleman who was brought in from the ‘ Cock ’ are you not ? ’ |