Example sentences of "came in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We probably came in about 130th but who cares ? |
| 2 | I never ran marathons , but gradually increased my distance , starting with a 30-mile race , then the Isle of Man 40 on the TT course , where I did well , and the following week I ran from Edinburgh to Glasgow , which is about 50 miles and came in about second or third . ’ |
| 3 | So there were two lower exchequers of receipt , in Westminster and in Oxford , during the years 1643–6 , although a large proportion of Parliament 's revenues came in through various ad hoc treasuries in the City of London , bypassing the Exchequer altogether . |
| 4 | Now I would say to you , without fear or favour , that the only people recruited in that period of my appointment that I would not of had in the Pathfinder Force were people that came in through some rather dubious trap-door . |
| 5 | When , at last , the deep adit came in below these workings , and connection was made with the deepening shafts , ore from that source was brought out in ever increasing amounts until the Paddy End Mill was closed down . |
| 6 | Indeed , many of the homes said that the fees from supplementary benefit were so adequate that the people who came in on that ticket were given some of the best accommodation in the establishment . |
| 7 | However , some of the classes survived — Molly travelled to Dagenham twice a week , air raids or no , and class members came in between part-time war work . |
| 8 | ‘ Where is Jack ? ’ asked Mr Rogers , as he came in at six o'clock . |
| 9 | And when he came in at eleven o'clock breathing beer and curry fumes , try to fight off his hot little hands . |
| 10 | She 'd had bad times before she got the flat , but with the flat and the job she felt herself well off She worked from six in the morning to a quarter to nine , getting the offices clean and tidy for the staff who came in at nine o'clock , and for two hours in the evening , from six-thirty to eight-thirty . |
| 11 | So that when Greg Hocking , after an evening marking essays , came in at nine-fifteen for a good night pint , his friend the landlord said : ‘ Your old girls have been at it today . ’ |
| 12 | Often George came in at five o'clock in the morning to hammer away at the pirate ship in the carpenter 's shop . |
| 13 | Annie came in at seven-thirty every weekday morning , bathed and fed the child and , weather permitting , took her for an outing in the large black perambulator . |
| 14 | Nan came in at that moment . |
| 15 | He turned away impatiently and Jules came in at that moment , bringing coffee on a silver tray , and the conversation had to end , to Jenna 's great relief . |
| 16 | Ilse came in at that moment . |
| 17 | Like Marshall in the previous Test , Paul Terry came in at Old Trafford in plaster to help a team-mate reach his century . |
| 18 | Other performance results are more difficult to quantify , but a basic uncached 25MHz 486SX PC turned in Power Test results of around 7,000 to 7,500 , while the uncached Greenfield 33MHz machine I looked at this month came in at 8,619 . |
| 19 | Mrs Stych came in at half past one , her wings bedraggled from the weight of her coat . |
| 20 | Tessa came in at half past eight and looked overjoyed . |
| 21 | Whining farting howling erm he came in at half past five and er overnight again she 's got two carloads there so it was just the same till gone eleven anyway when Mick came in I said to him what did that bloke say and he said he 's looking out some different equipment to what he |
| 22 | Where Sorenstam finished at 11 under par , Helen Alfredsson , her sister Swede , came in at seven under . |
| 23 | The price-earnings ratio for the larger software companies was 24.7 against just 15.1 for smaller companies , while total market capitalisation to turnover came in at 1.24 for large and 1.11 for small companies . |
| 24 | In Faye 's first painting , she had turned out so wraithlike and ethereal that she had secretly weighed herself on Faye 's bathroom scales to make sure she still came in at fifty-three kilograms . |
| 25 | ‘ I finished in 55 minutes and 40 seconds and Tim came in at 59 minutes . |
| 26 | The top-placed battery car came in at eighth place . |
| 27 | Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time , then polo necks . |
| 28 | As the protest grew , the troops came in with automatic weapons , armoured vehicles and teargas . |
| 29 | As he was preparing , all the company came in with good wishes and pledges of support . |
| 30 | He pressed a button on his desk , and an exceedingly attractive girl came in with two cups of coffee . |