Example sentences of "in on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four divisions , two of them Australian , went in on a limited front of about 4.5km/24mls , with 1,300 guns massed along the line between Klein Zillebeke and Westhoek . |
| 2 | Much has changed since 1989 when the first annual Art Show was organised to help members of the prestigious Art Dealers ' Association of America cash in on a booming art market . |
| 3 | Parents are not concerned about other children but their own and the photo may well stir up some resentment which can best be countered by inviting the press in on a regular basis and ensuring that as many children as possible get their picture in the paper . |
| 4 | I 'd like to take up a couple of points if I may about getting some erm we were talking before mentioned children coming in on a regular basis er it 's called living . |
| 5 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 6 | But I quite see that you need someone to come in on a practical issue like what to do about his tenants . |
| 7 | When we 're talking to the people on the phone we home in on a thousand pound . |
| 8 | She was feeling pleased with her progress when she walked in on a typical scene on the terrace of room 216 . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've got someone coming in on a blue light , a young man who 's fallen under a train . |
| 10 | Then a motorcyclist was brought in on a blue light , a dispatch rider who had been burning along the Norwich road and hit a patch of oil . |
| 11 | Swooping in on a spilled pass he gathered one-handed on the run for the winners ' fourth try , one that Rees just failed to convert . |
| 12 | The man forgot one issue , the European Monetary Union , it was Mr Major that took us into the Economic Monetary Union at the wrong way , he took us in on a political decision on the last day of a Labour Party Conference in Blackpool and he 's forgotten that . |
| 13 | Russell turned to Dexter with a look of surprise and irritation , as if he were a complete stranger butting in on a private conversation — which indeed was just how the sergeant felt . |
| 14 | I thought I might have problems here , because the inside mitre on the four outer glazing bars created a slight undercut for assembling the curved outer members in the horizontal plane , but I found that by locating the curved members on the bottom rail first , then swinging the tops in on a slight curve , they just clicked into place nicely . |
| 15 | AFTER the opening shot of a cartoon rainbow descending over a stately home , the camera panned in on a well-groomed man with a moustache . |
| 16 | Yes , well Tony Primmer 's one of the riders from Eastbourne that we managed to pick up because we can get him in on a low point average . |
| 17 | Thus the composition was blocked in on a warm basis , over which he would lay a series of glazes . |
| 18 | ‘ Stockholm ’ ( current single , and , they tell me , the immediate pop antidote to ‘ It 's Not What You Know ’ 's wilful obscurity ) saunters in on a charming guitar line from the imposing Dolan ; ‘ Beatlemania ’ and ‘ I Lead On ’ allow Andy 's vocals to take centre stage . |
| 19 | And if Emily had expected Craig to ride in on a white charger and save the day , she had been doomed to disappointment . |
| 20 | ‘ I always felt as if you rode in on a white charger and saved me from my loneliness . |
| 21 | I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’ |
| 22 | We were kept in on a strict curfew and given meagre amounts of pocket money each week , which was just enough to buy food and travel to the DHSS office . |
| 23 | If he had been walking out with any other girl in service in the town they could have stayed in on a wet night and talked by the kitchen range , but with the Hogans hovering around he had to bring Patsy out into the rain . |
| 24 | If we 're looking at the question of services coming together to deal with the emergency erm obviously I suppose the army and that will come in on a voluntary basis which but it might be necessary to see where someone could be authority to coordinate the services and bring it whatever is required . |
| 25 | However , with regard to the follow-up of arrests , one of the research team was able to sit in on a Juvenile Case Referral Panel , which recommended whether juveniles should be cautioned , and another member made observations in the magistrates ' courts . |
| 26 | But quite clearly this is a more expensive use of beds in residential establishments , when people simply come in for a matter of days or week or two weeks , rather than coming in on a permanent basis . |
| 27 | Both need the opportunity to explore beach and castle , to look in on a busy workshop , to wander round a ruin , to wonder at a megalithic monument , to gaze at strange animals in a wildlife park . |
| 28 | ‘ I need to see Mr Patterson , ’ I said as if I was letting him in on a big secret . |
| 29 | ‘ Muscling in on a theatrical invitation . |
| 30 | Er , well Ray let us in on a little oak table erm and forget to ring up to find out whether |