Example sentences of "in [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who was the burglar breaking in through an entryphone ? |
| 2 | Er I think that in many ways erm I understand what two men are saying , er to of the in as an extremist is things to a very large extent still you never know . |
| 3 | It was decided that he would take me in as an apprentice to old Bill ( Mr Carswell ) . |
| 4 | Wh when you went in as an apprentice , did you have any i i idea of what the job was . |
| 5 | And will he just go in as an apprentice the same as yourself ? |
| 6 | ‘ It is true , ’ Dubois continued ‘ He asked me in as an advisor , and I realized at once that they were not the work of the Bizango . ’ |
| 7 | She would be allowed in as an adjunct , and kept from doing further harm . |
| 8 | Fred Dunston ( Fritz Deutsch ) , a Youth Allyah worker and former Scout leader from Vienna , was drafted in as an organiser of the transit camp , which was to be built on a large meadow across the road from the training centre at Great Engeham Farm : |
| 9 | ‘ Coming in as an outsider probably helped as a bit of a catalyst but really it was the fact that we were at the bottom of the underwriting cycle and everyone was looking to improve results and build up market share . ’ |
| 10 | In September 1939 , when war broke out in the West , almost everyone in our part of the world believed that Mussolini would join in as an ally of Hitler ; in 1936 the German alliance with Italy , the Berlin-Rome Axis , had been established . |
| 11 | George Sanders was out of the running now , having been hauled in as an enemy spy , but I 'd be interested in knowing who precisely had tipped the Feds off to his brokerage for state secrets in the suburbs . |
| 12 | Please can you attach the cheque to the enclosed application form and despatch these documents to the address given at the bottom of the form BEFORE 10 JULY ( to give them time to register Rob in as an attendee of the Seminar ) . |
| 13 | From anywhere else it 's a choice of hitting and hoping or laying-up near the opening Braid built in as an option . |
| 14 | Point-to-point enthusiasts are in for an Easter treat this weekend with two meetings in the area — at Tweseldown on Saturday ( first race 1.30 ) and Hackwood Park , near Basingstoke , on Monday ( first race 2.00 ) . |
| 15 | Arrive at Hotel to breakfast , followed by shopping , a leisurely lunch , a boat brief , settling in for an afternoon siesta . |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't mind ? ’ she asked , thinking it more than good of him to use his morning squiring her around , without him letting himself in for an afternoon of more of the same ! |
| 17 | Valerie Welham recently came in for an inheritance , she 's offered the county council a hundred and ten thousand pounds for the building . |
| 18 | I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’ |
| 19 | A few minutes ' walk away the Boulevard Gallieni has been renamed the Boulevard Soummam but it is still spectacular : wide enough for the sun to congregate here for most of the day , not simply dropping in for an hour as it always has to in the canyon streets of Manhattan . |
| 20 | It was a room no-one ever came into , except the dead woman 's husband , who visited it religiously every Sunday morning before Mass , locking himself in for an hour , while , Ellie guessed , he dusted and tidied the shrine he had created , and prayed for the soul of the one departed . |
| 21 | In 1980 we changed to a system of community and private nurses who came in for an hour or two in the morning and evening . |
| 22 | inflexible everybody comes in for an hour . |
| 23 | dad , dad did n't say nothing about all evening just pop in for an hour , but I could n't see Stuey and me sitting there disturb him , scared |
| 24 | Says yeah alright I says we 'll call in for an hour . |
| 25 | A feeling that we were in for an epic grew as we waited on the gendarme to begin a traverse across a snow ledge to the top of the fixed ropes , where the Germans , their clothes white with snow and ice , had set up another abseil . |
| 26 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
| 27 | It is also worth remembering that when they put in for an application for ten flats , the advice from the Authority was that was only development and no parking , |
| 28 | If you are in this situation and have a friend who will come in for an evening so that you can go out , accept their offer for both your sakes . |
| 29 | AT FIRST , it seemed that we were in for an evening at the Theatre of Cruelty . |
| 30 | She looked alert and approachable , just the type of person we were looking for , so we asked her in for an interview . ’ |