Example sentences of "in [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got in through a half-closed larder window . |
| 2 | Then , to me : ‘ We went to Orkney last summer , and she made me crawl in through a ghastly tunnel into some underground charnel-house . |
| 3 | ‘ I had help getting in here , ’ Hari said quickly , ‘ I did n't get in through a bolted door on my own now , did I ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I tried the bell at the front , ’ Pete said as they went in through a whitewashed scullery . |
| 5 | The sunshine was pouring in through a high window on the right , warming a square of the dark red polished floor and making the rest of the room look gloomy by comparison . |
| 6 | Gooch played the shot of a weary man , completely foxed by a slower ball from Manoj Prabhakar that drifted in through a large gap between bat and pad . |
| 7 | But on the night of January 1st , thieves crept in through a back door and took £30,000 worth of family heirlooms , including two trophies won by the stud farm nearly a century ago : |
| 8 | He was disturbed when his 2 attackers crashed in through a back door . |
| 9 | The thieves , who broke in through a back door , also stole a 24in gold link chain , a gold bracelet and a JVC video recorder . |
| 10 | Jay Disley was spotted by the police looking in through a broken window and his accomplice Simon Brooklyn was found in the kitchen of the house in Berrybank Crescent . |
| 11 | ‘ Mind this patch , it 's slippery , ’ Weasel warned as he traversed a landing where snow had drifted in through a broken skylight . |
| 12 | She was n't one of these poor deprived kids who slipped in through an open window or an inadequately locked door and then did not know better than to steal a television or a video . |
| 13 | The Anti-Rex crawled down the wall of the Butcher Building and in through an open window . |
| 14 | Instead officers climbed in through an open window and arrested Mr Bellamy . |
| 15 | Jewellery worth £450 was taken after a thief got in through an open window . |
| 16 | Now , in a mood of heady exhilaration , a delicious scenario flashed in his mind ; the school drop-out , on his way to take delivery of his own Jumbo Jet , literally dropping back in during a First XI cricket match with two of the most celebrated test cricketers in the world in tow . |
| 17 | The vacancy was filled first by the Rev. H. Cottam , Rector of St. Mary 's , Crumpsall , who knew the school well , having been one of the Annual Examiners and having stood in during a previous illness , of Hamilton 's in 1875 . |
| 18 | People see advertisements out of the corner of their eye as they drive along a road or look through a newspaper or magazine ; they catch a glimpse of half a TV commercial round their wives ' or husbands ' broad backsides as the biscuits are brought in during a commercial break . |
| 19 | It is the first time troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since 1978 . |
| 20 | Today will be the first time troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since 1978 . |
| 21 | It is the first time that troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since the firemen 's strike in 1978 . |
| 22 | This may have been a late flowering of the ‘ badinage ’ that he used to partake in as a Young Conservative with Brixton locals , but so sensitive is Major about his background , that the public is permitted to hear only the Authorised Version . |
| 23 | I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ? |
| 24 | I had a word with Harry , an' I 'm buyin' in as a junior partner … always providin' you 've no objections , that is . |
| 25 | No , Chief has n't set any questions , erm , the other change to this has been to remove the fire 's special interest and we 've put in as a separate paper , so that we can bring them up to date . |
| 26 | Significantly , the one recorded local dispute in which he was concerned ( a violent struggle over the manor of Gregories in Theydon Garnon ) shows him drawn in as a political heavyweight to counterbalance strong support on the other side . |
| 27 | Significantly , the one recorded local dispute in which he was concerned ( a violent struggle over the manor of Gregories in Theydon Garnon ) shows him drawn in as a political heavyweight to counterbalance strong support on the other side . |
| 28 | Very often they are pleased to invite ACET in as a church-based agency . |
| 29 | I mean er you know , I I was went in as a mechanical fitter and er stayed as such , getting sort of bigger and more responsibl bilities as I went Grew up . |
| 30 | They come in as a net fare operator |