Example sentences of "[vb past] come in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is she of a good family , like Mercy ? ’ asked his surprised mother , who had come in during the conversation . |
| 2 | Probably the paper did n't even have wire service , and if it did , he 'd bet a dime that anything which had come in about the book 's author had simply been buried in the chaos then reigning in the newspaper office . |
| 3 | He had come in at the door , he had lain down with her , he had been her lover . |
| 4 | It had come in for the attack . |
| 5 | There was one early proposal about archaeology which became a series called The Blood of the British , where they had come in with the idea of the series . |
| 6 | Old Joseph was glad he kept the Christmas cards from his son and daughter in 1987 , for every year since then he has taken them out and displayed them as if they had come in with the post . |
| 7 | He was glad that he did n't throw out the Christmas cards from his son and daughter in 1987 , for every year since he had taken them out of the suitcase on top of the wardrobe and displayed them in his own room as if they had come in with the morning post . |
| 8 | Ray had come in from the country bank and we sat with Margaret through the short service . |
| 9 | It was a relief when Stephen Copley , the Senior Chemist , arrived just before ten , bustling in as usual , his rubicund face with its tonsure and fringe of black curly hair glistening as if he had come in from the sun . |
| 10 | The train had come in from the sidings and stood in the station , warm and pulsing , its engines reattached , the horses and grooms on board and fresh foods and ice loaded . |