Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [verb] in [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't my intention originally to go to the flat , it was my intention to reconnoitre the area in order that I could supply the officers who were going to do the actual operation with up to date information as to erm the methods of getting in to the block of flats because they had a coded key door erm and to acquaint myself of the actual physical erm presence of lifts , stairways and that sort of thing . |
| 2 | Although Joe Nichols in the New York Times wrote that ‘ Lester Piggott rode with the competence that has stamped him as one of the world 's great riders , and brought his mount home in time ’ , the Washington Post thought that ‘ there could be fault-finding with Piggott 's tactics in tucking in on the rail and not asking his mount for more of the effort he had in reserve ’ . |
| 3 | He had visions of booking in to the same hotel several weeks running and a knowing clerk saying , ‘ Ah , I see sir has a new Mrs Smith this weekend … ’ as his latest girl flashed her ring on the desk . |
| 4 | WHEN a teenager talks about popping in to the travel agents , parents should realise they may be intending to buy something more mind-bending than a cheap break . |
| 5 | With just two months of the year to go , the chances of coming in below the Government 's current target of £37 billion must now be good , though City experts pointed out last night that changes in VAT regulation may have brought payments forward from February and March to December and January . |
| 6 | The two feet would shrink with a cheating stick , and perhaps we could avoid some of the easier but time-consuming lower pitches by sneaking in along the first terrace from an easier route . |
| 7 | Their acquiescence was to be encouraged by a campaign of information and by mobilising convinced peasants to persuade recalcitrant ones , but nothing could stop the tractors from moving in on the appointed day . |
| 8 | The feet should be kept in the straps until sheeting in on the new tack , thereby keeping the board on its banked course throughout the crucial rig change . |