Example sentences of "in on [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trapped against the hard edge of the wooden shelving by the taut pressure of his muscled thighs , the folly of her panicked action was borne in on her with devastating precision . |
| 2 | The clinging nature of her garments was borne in on her with horrifying clarity as her startled gaze caught the back end of his grin . |
| 3 | No , this was a shark , a deadly , multi-toothed shark , and he was homing in on her with lethal precision . |
| 4 | They were accustomed to drop in on him between ten and eleven in the evening , when he could be an agreeable companion ; and he , who had spent so little of his life with women , surprised his colleagues by making friends with the celebrated actress Dorothy Tutin . |
| 5 | For , though Alexander was there , he was clearly not expecting her to walk in on him at that precise moment . |
| 6 | She seemed the same as ever as she closed in on him with that unfortunate overbearing manner , except that today there was an almost wild look about her as she burst out , ‘ I felt I had to come , Freddie . |
| 7 | Six of them , ringing him round , closing in on him from all sides . |
| 8 | It might be too much of a shock if we burst in on them without any warning . ’ |
| 9 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
| 10 | It pressed in on them from all sides , menacing , frightening . |