Example sentences of "in [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia woke up slowly , opening her eyes and closing them immediately against the light that poured in through long narrow windows . |
| 2 | ‘ Ultimately , the customer is always going to call in through one particular vendor , but the hope of the alliance is that the vendors will work on a quid pro quo basis , ’ he added . |
| 3 | In welcome contrast to the dimness and the heavy , ornate splendour that had gone before , the white ceiling and walls were unadorned and light poured in through several long windows . |
| 4 | Sgt Steve Atkinson said thieves walk in through unlocked back doors and snatch whatever they can . |
| 5 | The more hard work you are prepared to put in during these 12 months , whether this applies directly to your job , a personal ambition , a family matter or a relationship , the better set up you will be for 1994 . |
| 6 | The situation was concealed in 1968 and 1969 as short-term capital was attracted to US banks by high interest rates : $12 billion flowed in during those two years , more than covering the long-term capital outflow . |
| 7 | Involvement in the visual arts is one way in for many young people today . |
| 8 | It 's a bit of oh my God , I did n't realize we let ourselves in for that much and I , I do n't think that 's quite fair of us , although I think we , we had a but some operating companies were , have certainly realized that they had erm material potential liabilities down the track led to redesign . |
| 9 | Hateley baffled and upset by the affair says : ‘ I came in for that one game , and I thought I did reasonably well . |
| 10 | Other countries use bells to summon people to church but only the English go in for that cascading sound from a ring of six or more bells — ‘ change ringing ’ . |
| 11 | By chance , one of the world 's top fashion talent-spotters happened to be booking in for that same flight . |
| 12 | ‘ And she did n't go in for violent amateur dramatics with a bunch of friends ? ’ |
| 13 | At first the mobbers showed the typical agitated response but then , when the stuffed bird failed to retaliate , they dashed in for violent physical assaults on its body . |
| 14 | There is a planning application in for thirty four flats , that will include converting into flats as well . |
| 15 | However , the Stuarts eventually got traded in for solid Hanoverian stock , and the latest evidence suggests that the South learned fast . |
| 16 | Standing in for late cry-off Neil McNab , Mungy , now 34 , played out of his skin and earned high praise from his boss . |
| 17 | So someone bought the bailiffs in for sixty two quid ! |
| 18 | Methody winger Richard McCluskey showed great pace and balance running in for two late tries as the youth team tired . |
| 19 | It 's awful to let her in for all this . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah I only put in for three thousand , he got me a nine . |
| 21 | Was there ever a time when you had to go in for more drastic measures ? |
| 22 | On this occasion he strode in and slapped his son on the back and shouted , ‘ Well my boy , your father feels he 's in for another great money-making day today at the garage ! |
| 23 | He flourished it as one of the dragons curved in for another low pass . |
| 24 | I 'm , there we are I 'm in for I 'm in for another two . |
| 25 | I mean I do n't know when he 's , he might not be in for another two or three hours , I do n't , I really do n't know . |
| 26 | Well he 's in for another two weeks |
| 27 | If he succeeds in stirring up tabloid backing again with ‘ the people 's champion against the gin-and-tonic brigade ’ , the theme of 1984 , then Yorkshire are in for another incendiary winter . |
| 28 | On the trains everything 's okay , there 's a late flight at the airport , flight L O G nine seven three from Guernsey , now coming in at five past two , so if you 're rushing to meet that , there 's no need cos it 's not in for another twenty minutes , flight L O G nine seven three from Guernsey now due in at five past two . |
| 29 | An' she drops in for another little drop , |
| 30 | When eventually she left the sitting-room to go to bed , she pattered into the hall , knowing in advance that she was in for another wretched night of it . |