Example sentences of "been [verb] in on [art] " in BNC.

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1 These horses are part-Arab , part-Basque and part-English , the English blood having been mixed in on the orders of Napoleon 1 , while the Arab strain has been traced , perhaps fancifully , to the horses left behind by the Saracens , who were badly defeated near here in the eighth century .
2 I put the phone down , wondering how many people had been listening in on the extensions , and went back into my room .
3 The Soviet Army , has also been getting in on the act .
4 Even British farmers have been getting in on the act , attracted by the lure of cheap agricultural land at prices half those on our side of the Channel .
5 Dublin 's notorious ticket touts have also been getting in on the act through Northern front men knowing there will be a market for the tickets at ten times the outlay .
6 It was wonderful to see how the great court filled , as though the word of her return in triumph had been blown in on the wind .
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