Example sentences of "come in [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Then offers started to come in from other amp and electronics companies , asking me if I wanted to branch off and do some design work for them , which I could see the advantages of — plus I wanted to have a life !
32 When , at last , the deep adit came in below these workings , and connection was made with the deepening shafts , ore from that source was brought out in ever increasing amounts until the Paddy End Mill was closed down .
33 Indeed , many of the homes said that the fees from supplementary benefit were so adequate that the people who came in on that ticket were given some of the best accommodation in the establishment .
34 However , some of the classes survived — Molly travelled to Dagenham twice a week , air raids or no , and class members came in between part-time war work .
35 Nan came in at that moment .
36 He turned away impatiently and Jules came in at that moment , bringing coffee on a silver tray , and the conversation had to end , to Jenna 's great relief .
37 Ilse came in at that moment .
38 Like Marshall in the previous Test , Paul Terry came in at Old Trafford in plaster to help a team-mate reach his century .
39 In Faye 's first painting , she had turned out so wraithlike and ethereal that she had secretly weighed herself on Faye 's bathroom scales to make sure she still came in at fifty-three kilograms .
40 ‘ I finished in 55 minutes and 40 seconds and Tim came in at 59 minutes .
41 The top-placed battery car came in at eighth place .
42 Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time , then polo necks .
43 As the protest grew , the troops came in with automatic weapons , armoured vehicles and teargas .
44 As he was preparing , all the company came in with good wishes and pledges of support .
45 Pepe tapped on the door and came in with two glasses of what looked like rum and cola .
46 He pressed a button on his desk , and an exceedingly attractive girl came in with two cups of coffee .
47 She was just trying to think what she could say to bring John back to the subject of the library and its workings when Shirley came in with two cups of tea .
48 They had held back at Milfield on the Till , biding their time , until their scouts came in with exact information of the movement of the Scots army .
49 Just then Parker came in with more coffee .
50 Kate Armstrong came in with another tray of coffee .
51 ‘ I came in with three A levels , ’ she said , matter of factly .
52 However , three LCA crews saw a Very light above the mist and came in with three motor gun boat escorts .
53 The silence held for two or three minutes and disturbed Mrs Robinson , who came in with fresh candles and the welcome offer of port .
54 There was only one toilet and you just had to hope no one came in with any diseases or anything .
55 This Bobby did , and was cautiously treating himself to oysters at the bar when Minton came in with some sailors and bade him join them .
56 Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers .
57 There were none of this in the beginning , in the first two years , but at the time of ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ , a lot of drugs began to come in , a lot of alcohol came in with different individuals , which helped fuel things .
58 The diet , of bread and butter and tea for breakfast , bread and butter and tea for tea , milk for supper , and a very limited variety of items for dinner , came in for adverse comment .
59 When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details .
60 Maggie 's brooch , her dress , her cloche , came in for similar praise .
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