Example sentences of "an [noun] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ido n't think it 's right , my husband 's remarried and there is an income coming in I always thought the child came first |
| 2 | You say look I 'm student , right , I lost the th address of the er whom to send to and I 've got an assessment to send in but I do n't know how the hell I 'm gon na send it on . |
| 3 | As long as he 's got an installation going in and if it |
| 4 | He had more than an hour to fill in before the meal : he had a maid bring him beer . |
| 5 | They wo n't take more than an hour to fill in , and might be quite fun to . |
| 6 | To a degree this made him vulnerable : Vichy propagandists had an opportunity to fill in the blanks , by vilifying him as a deserter in the pay of the British or of Jewish interests . |
| 7 | But dinosaur mania currently sweeping Britain is viewed by some as a an opportunity to cash in on illicitly produced video recordings of the film . |
| 8 | As a course this demands a very full timetable , but it offers strongly-motivated students an opportunity to develop in parallel the intellectual and practical sides of their study of art . |
| 9 | Example : One day an interviewer is holding forth about Jack 's latest film when the door opens and an aide calls in , ‘ Jack , there 's a girl on the phone . |
| 10 | It had been an attempt to let in a bit of fresh air on the subject . |
| 11 | In an attempt to cash in on the UK corporate market 's growing appetite for high speed personal computer graphics , NEC Corp has introduced its Image Series of desktops , launched in the US in February ( CI No 2,116 ) . |
| 12 | A large number of delegates called for the replacement of the entire central committee ( at the time consisting of 120-160 full members and 30-40 alternate members ) in a secret ballot , a move believed to have been prompted by President Chadli and his reformists in an attempt to bring in younger and more reform-minded deputies . |
| 13 | But yesterday he found the would-be thieves had smashed the door lock in an attempt to break in . |
| 14 | Typically , the National Front would announce an intention to meet in or march through a racially sensitive area , and the Socialist Workers Party would then declare their determination to demonstrate against fascism at the same time . |
| 15 | But it remains an industry to work in , rather than invest in |
| 16 | Most fieldwork is simply episodic , made by an outsider moving in for a period to assess observed social behaviour . |
| 17 | ‘ Arthur got an electrician to come in and do it during the week . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You were an angel to step in when Stella became ill . |
| 19 | After the age of around three months , an inability to look at an object without an eye turning in or , rarer , an eye rolling slightly outwards or upwards . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I could do it as an outsider , as an Englishman coming in , ’ Schlesinger claimed . |
| 21 | The week from Saturday 9th March to Friday 15th March will be ‘ Be A Sport For Comic Relief ’ week , and it would be rather nice if every town/area in the country where we have classes could put on an event tied in with good local media coverage ( advanced warning to newspapers & radio — they will have received national press releases and be anxious to get local news ) — a sponsored ball bounce is probably the easiest thing to organise , but please let us know your ideas . |
| 22 | If an earthquake happens in , let us say , Timbuctoo , and it is a very strong earthquake which shakes erm towns in surrounding areas perhaps sort of fifty miles away erm that is clearly a disaster of one sort or another . |
| 23 | In reality an object moves in both space and time . |
| 24 | Sarella leaned over the balustrade and waited while Peter seemed to take an age to come in . |
| 25 | I had a phone call from somebody who was obviously be doing exactly the same thing , and he actually just was booking an appointment to come in and see me . |
| 26 | She was going to offer him an armchair to sit in but he had already decided to settle at the pinewood table . |
| 27 | One of the Army bands came to play in the ward and an orderly rushed in , waving a newspaper . |
| 28 | He shouted and an orderly came in . |
| 29 | The scope for an entrepreneur to get in on the ground floor and turn petrol stations into shops supplying parts and oils was obvious — to those with an eye for business . |
| 30 | A seamen 's canteen licence only permits the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption in the canteen , and it is an offence to supply in or take from a seamen 's canteen liquor for consumption off the premises ( see s.96 ) . |