Example sentences of "were [verb] in to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two boys were remanded in to the care of the local authority by Leeds youth court last night . |
| 2 | While the lucky 30 guinea pigs in Bruno 's experiment were sampling his alternative dishes , the other pupils were tucking in to a typical school dinner of beefburger in a bap , sautee potatoes and jacket potato in cheese , or open sandwiches . |
| 3 | However if you were let in to the secret that x stands for the number 10 then you can work out this problem in the following way unc |
| 4 | Rakovsky 's hands were clenched in to fists . |
| 5 | Then they were gliding in to a crown of diamond lights and it was time . |
| 6 | Seven hundred reports of sightings were phoned in to the Starling Squad , to be pinpointed on a map of Leicestershire . |
| 7 | Experienced social workers from Strathclyde were drafted in to Orkney to help remove the nine children alleged to have been sexually abused from South Ronaldsay . |
| 8 | The artist was one of the so called Bevin boys , who were drafted in to work as miners during the last war . |
| 9 | Sunk fathoms deep in thought once more , Luce took no heed of her surroundings , and only when they were pulling in to a private landing-stage overhung by green willows did she surface and realise the significance of the overnight bag . |
| 10 | RECRUITS were bused in to the strike-hit Timex factory in Dundee yesterday , replacements for some of the 300 workers sacked during the dispute . |
| 11 | I think the army thought they were going in to a situation where they could they could help , they saw themselves if you like as the referees er as a neutral party in between two sides . |
| 12 | During 1992 , 150 items of found property were handed in to the Police at Dounreay . |
| 13 | On these journeys , however , he had n't been fortunate , as some of the fellows in the camp had been , in finding a cottage or a house where they were invited in to tea , which often meant , so he understood , eggs and chips or even bacon , particularly if it was a farmhouse . |
| 14 | Childhood was followed by hard physical labour in local factories where workers were locked in to work or , if they arrived late , locked out . |
| 15 | In Milan the victims and suspected victims — and it is hard to believe that non-sufferers ever survived being suspected sufferers — were herded in to a custom-built enclosure . |
| 16 | Bob Bennett , Grenadier Guards , was one of those frustrated warriors who were called in to a large marquee . |
| 17 | Police were called in to the border guard 's home in the town of Lod as hundreds of Jews gathered demanding vengeance against Arabs . |
| 18 | TWO exorcists were called in to a drive a ghost from a hospital ward after frightened nurses refused to work there . |
| 19 | With a heavy heart , Berry sat in an ante-room watching as a stream of employees were called in to be given their pink dismissal slips . |
| 20 | And I was downstairs with Lottie ; and we were taking coats , do you see ; people were coming in to lunch or dinner — I forget — we were taking the coats , and a man went upstairs — I do n't know who he was — and he had a big head , and it was completely bald ! |
| 21 | Large numbers of soldiers and police were brought in to seal off the entire area . |
| 22 | In an attempt to make the RUC more acceptable to the minority , its leadership structure was radically altered , outsiders were brought in to train and lead it , and the B Special Constabulary was disbanded to be replaced by the Ulster Defence Regiment under army command . |
| 23 | English civil servants and other English appointees were brought in to fill policy-making and sensitive positions . |
| 24 | We crossed the fields below Underwood and made our way back home as cows were brought in to milk and children were brought in from play for their tea . |
| 25 | These groups were brought in to witness decisions . |
| 26 | Extra staff were brought in to dust and polish , while Paige helped Betty prepare the rooms for those who would be staying over . |
| 27 | The Free Miners of the Forest of Dean were brought in to the general election campaign today , with a warning that their livelihoods could be ruined by imports of cheap foreign coal . |
| 28 | Consultants were brought in to coach team leaders , themselves working members of the unit , who then passed on their new-found knowledge — the cascade concept . |
| 29 | Nor that you were giving in to Narouz . ’ |
| 30 | In an effort to improve breeding stock , large numbers of British cows were imported in to the region in the 10 years preceding the UK outbreak of BSE . |