Example sentences of "we [vb past] in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The march was longer than I expected and we staggered in at half past six this morning , having done twenty-seven miles in just over nine hours , which is n't bad . |
| 2 | Reception We tuned in to all the broadcast channels with the loop aerial and found that some sets gave a far better picture than others . |
| 3 | His most successful hero ( and neither word is really suitable , in any case ) is Captain McWhirr of the Nan-Shan , a middle-aged man whose prosaic letters to parents and then to wife , full of comments like ‘ On Christmas Day at 4 p.m. we fell in with some icebergs ’ , bore them into coma . |
| 4 | We went in at 35 , sir ! |
| 5 | I had strong words about our defending when we went in at half time . |
| 6 | Last Sunday you may remember I held up something at the start of the service , and it was my mail from the previous day and we homed in on one buff letter which had H M inspector of taxes in it . |