Example sentences of "in [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chimps ' individuality has always delighted and fascinated her , and Jomeo and Gigi , two full-blown eccentrics , are given a chapter each in Through a Window . |
| 2 | A deadlock can only be opened with a key so a thief can not smash a pane of glass and open the door ; or if he gets in through a window , he ca n't carry your property out through the door . |
| 3 | Summoning up all her courage , she keeked in through a window and was startled to see a pair of large horns . |
| 4 | If a burglar breaks in through a window , he will want to open the door so that he can carry the television out to his vehicle . |
| 5 | The pair had been trapped in an upstairs ' room until firefighters smashed their way in through a window and led them to safety down a ladder . |
| 6 | Two robbers both with guns had got in through a kitchen window and were threatening to kill him . |
| 7 | Two robbers , both with guns , had got in through a kitchen window and were threatening to kill him . |
| 8 | He ran across the empty alley between the tumbledown buildings and squeezed his way in through a crack in the sagging door . |
| 9 | Ten thousand couples joined in through a TVlink-up with five other countries . |
| 10 | In the end , I got in through a hole in the side , but it was n't easy . |
| 11 | He is still taking medication for injuries to his hand caused by the extreme cold blowing in through a hole in the fuselage during a ten-hour flight . |
| 12 | Intruders at the Bull and Dog pub in Greatham , near Hartlepool , stole £920 from the vending and gaming machines after getting in through a groundfloor window . |
| 13 | A lay brother let us in through a postern gate where others took care of our horses and baggage . |
| 14 | Yesterday Mike Dodd , of the authority 's finance department , said the thieves broke in through a store room window . |
| 15 | They had got in through a cellar window at the back and made their way up to a small office on the third landing where , according to Cyril , the sole employee had been there man and boy until he became fossilized and had to be removed feet first from his station . |
| 16 | I drive in through a side entrance of the Royal Academy and queue , surrounded by other artists . |
| 17 | And if you were caught letting somebody in through a ground floor window about eleven o'clock a night , that , that was it . |
| 18 | Perhaps he was in cahoots with the one who got in through a skylark ? |
| 19 | He ran across the key , bandoleer slapping his chest , gun held at the port , and reached the beach in time to see Baccy ease the patrol boat in through a gap in the reef . |
| 20 | ‘ I would n't wear muddy hunting boots if I was going to climb in through a bedroom window and murder a lady , ’ said Ethel . |
| 21 | It is the first time troops have been brought in during a dispute since 1978 . |
| 22 | Anne reportedly dug her heels in during a family conference at Balmoral . |
| 23 | A yard or so up the line from the bomb a swivel or ring is tied in as a back stop . |
| 24 | He would he would go in as a boy , but a rivet boy a heater as we called them . |
| 25 | I I certainly did n't go in in in in with a rank on my shoulder , I went in as a recruit . |
| 26 | David Duke , 38 , a former imperial wizard in the Ku Klux Klan , was on Feb. 22 , 1989 , sworn in as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives . |
| 27 | I do have to pay into circuses unfortunately erm because I go in as a member of the public to watch the act , and when I can , I pay the money to go |
| 28 | Farm secretary Anne Rose , of Ellerton-on-Swale , near Richmond , was sworn in as a magistrate at Richmond court yesterday . |
| 29 | , member of Holt morning class , was congratulated on being sworn in as a Magistrate at Norwich on January 19th . |
| 30 | After three years as a cadet carrying out basic police tasks around the station , I was sworn in as a constable . |