Example sentences of "in [prep] the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man whom Sergeant Bird ushered in through the door seemed to be buckling at the knees , and his Adam 's apple jerked furiously in his throat as he swallowed time and again . |
| 2 | The boy came in through the back carrying Russell 's blanket roll and carbine and put them down on the passenger bench . |
| 3 | A Halfling can squeeze in through the space made by breaking one bar , but an Elf or Human needs two bars removed and a Dwarf three . |
| 4 | The seventy seven year old collapsed after five police officers clambered in through the window to arrest her grandson . |
| 5 | Try energy breathing as you walk : breathe in through the nostrils counting 1 to 8 then out through the mouth counting 1 to 8 . |
| 6 | As one would expect , the majority of the sentenced prisoners coming in through the gates had received short terms , but 121 ( 13 per cent ) had been admitted to serve sentences over five years and 84 of these had received life imprisonment for murder . |
| 7 | Moisture loss can be prevented with a covering of compost on the soil surface ( mulch ) , and by mixing compost in during the initial digging each spring . |
| 8 | The chief executive of Gwynedd County Council , Huw V Thomas , who is acting as co-ordinator following the flood damage in the Aberconwy area , last night praised the 50 Army personnel for the work they put in during the day to help clear up the mess in the Morfa Conwy and Llandudno Junction areas . |
| 9 | It appeared that the slit trench he was in during the bombardment had received a direct hit . |
| 10 | She flung the fork down , looking daggers at him , and continued : ‘ The house she lived in during the war received a direct hit , and for two days she was buried alive nursing a glass vase belonging to her mother . |
| 11 | But a day had come in the Sixties when he was in one of the elephant houses and was staring up at an elephant as it walked neurotically round and round its tiny area when a sudden memory of some of the places he had been kept in during the war had come to him ; no space , no freedom , no life . |
| 12 | ( In the US , HarperCollins paid a figure reported to be between £14m and £18m for rights outside the UK in As the Crow Flies , the next novel and a volume of short stories . ) |
| 13 | A SHOP 'S vintage hangover cure is proving so popular that regular users are walking in off the streets to take it at £1 a shot . |
| 14 | A predator dashing in for the kill has no time to assess the minute details of the eyes to detect whether they are real or false . |
| 15 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 16 | According to CUP , the trade in the UK and Ireland has been ‘ magnificently supportive ’ , with almost 200 window displays of the Oxford Cambridge Book Race design , and entries have flooded in for the competition to win a holiday in Pompeii . |
| 17 | Nero sends his luv and wants to put you in for the chariot racing next time . |
| 18 | The court room at the Old Bailey was hushed dock went in for the jury to return for their verdict . |
| 19 | If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door . |
| 20 | Oh Kelly 's coming is n't she to see about I think Tracy 's got ta put in for the exam has n't she ? |
| 21 | The driver of the van had been wanted for questioning , and the way CI5 had gone in for the arrest had clearly been the direct cause of the van 's destruction on the hot end of the booby-trap bomb it had been carrying . |
| 22 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 23 | In between the range includes the Tobago and the standard Trinidad . |
| 24 | And when I say rock , this is the dynamic blues-Clash-U2-alternative type , not the stuff stadium/metal bands make in between the pubs opening . |
| 25 | Nor is economic failure an adequate explanation ; Mr Mubarak has manoeuvred cannily in between the reforms demanded by foreign donors and Egypt 's ability to absorb change . |
| 26 | In between the Lions took control with two match-winning tries from Jeremy Guscott and Scott Hastings . |
| 27 | In between the Lions took control with two match-winning tries from Jeremy Guscott and Scott Hastings . |
| 28 | In between the posts went Ian Hepburn who retired from football several years ago and whose previous game in that position was ‘ umpteen ’ years before at the age of 12 . |
| 29 | There are many other points besides the ones on this ladder of powers , both in between the values shown and above and beneath them , but we shall rarely have any need to go beyond those shown . |
| 30 | In between the Players played — to give us a chance to get out breaths back . |