Example sentences of "were [adv] [v-ing] in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports were soon coming in of a man of that description heading towards the Chilterns . |
| 2 | One writer described couples entering and leaving church in the 1870s as ‘ cool and businesslike , as though having paid the deposit on the purchase of a donkey or a handsome barrow , they were just going in with their witnesses to settle the bargain ’ . |
| 3 | Several of the photographers and columnists were already drifting in in the hope of an early drink ( they 'd be unlucky — we could n't serve drinks before twelve ) . |
| 4 | There was a bridge , and the village children were already jumping in from it . |
| 5 | The sun was low on the horizon now and the birds were still flying in from ‘ pre-roost assembly points ’ . |
| 6 | And at the heart of that operation was a crackdown on outsiders the Minogue machine felt were unfairly cashing in on her success . |