Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only stepped in at Royalbion because you 'd been knocked out . |
| 2 | ‘ I only came in on the red , raw minute , ’ she said , ‘ so you 'll excuse me , madam . ’ |
| 3 | The tackle looked two-footed but Hirst argued : ‘ I only went in with one — my right foot scraped the ground . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The ball was bouncing about and I just went in for it . |
| 5 | " I just looked in for a moment to see how you were getting on together . |
| 6 | Is the top , I mean I broke , had to get in my own house when I locked myself out once when I 'd been in the garden and I , I just got in by leaning through the top window and opening the bottom window , so now I always lock the bottom windows , I do n't bother locking the top one I open it |
| 7 | I just got in from Chateaubriand . ’ |
| 8 | Ya see , I just flew in from the States and I took your British Airways — my all-time favourite airline — and you know what they did ? |
| 9 | I also sang in for him , but of course time was by then sadly running out . |
| 10 | To think I nearly gave in to you ! ’ |
| 11 | I even went in at seven in the morning when they 've got no compressors going in case it was the compressors dragging the whatsit down |
| 12 | I never got in till twelve again today |
| 13 | They did pressure me quite a lot about how I looked , but I never gave in to their attempts to convert me to pink ; I wanted to look different , and in the main I was quite happy with my image . |