Example sentences of "in [prep] the [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The draught coming in through the ventilation ducts made it tremble continuously . |
2 | He did n't mind losing his board and slogging in through the breaking waves . |
3 | They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors . |
4 | When two police cars raced in through the school gates she hid behind a wall . |
5 | He went in through the school gates when he were five |
6 | Tig was standing by the gate to the enclosure , staring in through the earth walls , his dream-filled mind on other things than the old shaman . |
7 | Around eight o'clock the sound of distant brass bands can again be heard wafting in through the bedroom windows . |
8 | A soft light was flooding in through the tower windows . |
9 | Solicitors ( subject to very limited exceptions ) alone have the right to brief counsel , who will be called in as the occasion demands to give specialist advice , to draft documents or to act as advocate in the higher courts . |
10 | Air pumped in as the warning sirens died away . |
11 | There is no substitute for actually practising a bargaining activity and role playing is a useful method used in off the job courses . |
12 | This and other theatres elsewhere were at their peak when the gentry came in for the Quarter Sessions ; for wives and marriageable daughters , there were the balls and concerts of the Assembly Rooms specially built at the back of the George Hotel . |
13 | A hunting shark closing in for the kill homes in on the body electricity given off by its victim . |
14 | ‘ It 's my dream to get a goal at the Bridge , to knock one in for the home fans , ’ he said . |
15 | That 's why Chris came in for the baby clothes . ’ |
16 | And by the way , I have an appointment in the city around eleven , so I may not be back to stand in for the dinner breaks . |
17 | And , imagine all that loose change brought in for the gambling machines bouncing high like metal sparks . |
18 | It was ten o'clock when he turned in between the lodge gates and guided the Porsche down the winding drive to Tavey Grange . |
19 | Somewhere there was a great concourse of the high-minded who , in between the Sunday Times each week , spent their days pondering weighty ideas , discussing plays and foreign films . |
20 | Paneth and Peters knew about palladium 's ability to absorb lots of hydrogen and they wondered whether packing so much of it in between the palladium atoms might increase the chance of the hydrogen atoms bumping into one another , thereby fusing and producing helium . |
21 | It reached a peak as miners surged in against the riot shields . |
22 | That was four hours too long for Billie wedged in behind the ferry tanks . |
23 | One company recommends laying its own make of cork lining paper or roll cork below the planks for better heat installation , and most manufacturers recommend a sheet of underlay below their wood floors ( to be tucked in behind the skirting boards ) if there is any possibility of dampness occurring . |
24 | Telford drove piles in behind the lock walls and bolted together the iron plates to make the lock both stable and watertight . |
25 | But today there was the picnic , and who could tell what would happen once the four of them got in amongst the pine coverts of Ham Park . |
26 | The questions themselves can then be fitted in under the topic headings decided upon . |
27 | Giovanna said she often sat in with the Kettering children if their parents were out and would be glad to do the same for the Signora Pargeter . |
28 | Tied in with the management charges , the company launched a four-for-five deep discount rights issue to raise £1.2m and recapitalise Ross . |
29 | Early bird Ruth arrives on her bike and pitches in with the adult workers at her grandfather 's stables every morning before she sets off for school Pictures : STUART FOSTER |
30 | It concerned me deeply that the men going back to Burma should have a smattering of the language , especially those who would go in with the Wingate levies into occupied Burma . |