Example sentences of "[v-ing] in over [art] " in BNC.

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1 Black rain clouds were scudding in over the Thames .
2 The plaudits have been pouring in over the past weeks , as the following reports show .
3 ‘ Are you going in over the weekend ? ’ she asked , already missing the contact .
4 Dusk was drifting in over the park , covering the snow in gritty grey shadows , bringing the houses around the park alight almost simultaneously .
5 Certainly not the army of supporters who 've been painting , odd-jobbing and generally mucking in over the past week .
6 He did this willingly and without complaint , often coming in over a complete weekend in order to have all the new cards out by the end of August which was largely achieved . ’
7 And erm but with a man coming in over the harvest , they were working hard and long hours every day and they demanded and they deserved a higher wage .
8 ‘ A menace ! ’ quacked another duck , skidding in over the water .
9 Sea-water was washing in over the slippery grey stones .
10 Fog was creeping in over the island and in the distance the deep boom of a foghorn sounded , echoing her own sudden melancholy .
11 Leaning in over the sleeping child I must have wanted to see myself as the angel , hovering in protection of an infant who was so obviously in peril .
12 The room was full of moonlight , skimming in over the river , throwing odd shadows , silvering the monochrome furnishings to a ghostly pallor .
13 We presumed this to be a regular ford and drove across with the water slopping in over the floor of the Land rover , but we eventually made it up on to the high inland plateau .
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