Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [to-vb] in [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having done so , slammed the door shut , walked round the front of the car , opened the driver 's door and began to climb in behind the wheel . |
| 2 | It went on so long that finally I did undress and started to give in to the sleep I could feel coming on me . |
| 3 | ‘ The policeman saw the car coming straight towards him , and thought he was going to be hit , and had to pull in to the side of the road . |
| 4 | He was still suffering from jet-lag but opted to plunge in at the deep end against Monaghan . |
| 5 | I have been intreated during these weeks , cajoled , wheedled , almost caressed , tortured , threatened , brow-beaten and all but blackmailed to step in as the saviour of society . ’ |