Example sentences of "came in [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table . |
| 2 | All of them failed , from the disastrous Purko Sheep Ranch , where the sheep died because the ranch was at too high an altitude , to the four big grazing schemes which went under in the drought of the early 1960s , when people from outside the schemes , under pressure of need , came in to graze on the permanent waters and massive erosion occurred . |
| 3 | This morning Betty — my cleaner — came in bursting with the news that there was a brass plate outside . |
| 4 | A few days after that Norman Prince , the founder of the Lafayette , flying long and late in an attempt to avenge Rockwell , hit a high-tension cable as he came in to land in the dark . |
| 5 | When Helen came in to help with the spaying operation she looked rather nervous . |
| 6 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
| 7 | Er many members of the public took advantage of the offer of the more detailed appraisal er and indeed came in to look at the detailed consultants reports . |