Example sentences of "be [v-ing] in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of a sudden as they like to do in Birmingham station , all the trains are coming in on different platforms from usual and and er delays here and do you know what it was ? |
| 2 | The wolves have been coming in from eastern Europe where they fled to escape hunters and human population expansion . |
| 3 | We never seem to be going in for young players from lower divisions anymore . |
| 4 | Presented by Michaela Strachan , the programme has been homing in on different varieties of animals and conservation projects in countries all around the world . |
| 5 | as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position . |
| 6 | Right , I just thought the Chair would like to thank Councillor for the immense amount of work I know that he 's been putting in over certain things that have been going on lately and I now take councillors ' questions if any of you got any for me . |
| 7 | I said , well she 's er she 's going in for medical secretary . |
| 8 | It is perhaps ironic that Neal — so critical of the selections of Revie and Robson — arrives back on the England scene at a time when Taylor is coming in for internal FA criticism for picking too many players . |
| 9 | And also he 's dropping in with unnecessary and you know , when I 'm short staffed . |
| 10 | Wilde , she argued , was in a state of insanity owing to the shock to his self-esteem of prison , ‘ and the exposure of the abnormal and filthy practises which he had been indulging in with stable boys ’ . |
| 11 | In Scotland the central valley was filling in with massive expansions particularly around Glasgow , while growth around Edinburgh , Dundee and Aberdeen maintained a long-standing pattern . |
| 12 | The full force of the rising tide had reached the channel mouth and a foaming mass of water was pouring in with terrifying speed . |
| 13 | So everything was coming in on different lines ? |
| 14 | Other Administration figures had been calling for Bush to boycott the meeting , on the grounds that the US was coming in for excessive criticism . |
| 15 | Margaret Ewing ( SNP , Moray ) challenged the Leader of the Commons , Tony Newton , who was standing in at Prime Minister 's question time , to clear up the confusion after giving advance notice that she planned to raise the issue . |