Example sentences of "[pron] in when " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was about to pop them in when we heard the strains of the rag and boneman 's cry . |
| 2 | The best compromise is to disguise surface-run cables with paint , and chase them in when you next redecorate . |
| 3 | They live in perpetual hope of persuading some head of chambers to take them in when a vacancy occurs ; meanwhile , to confer with a client they can only occupy someone else 's desk , by his good grace , when he is not using it . |
| 4 | Some households take them in when not in use , I know that , but we never did , ours stayed there all the time like a yellow and blue tree . |
| 5 | Er I met them in when they were on holiday and that 's how I got in . |
| 6 | We have to be able to talk them in when necessary . ’ |
| 7 | I bet you feel like a now , give them in when they ca n't truss them du n no . |
| 8 | We give them in when they came trussed with the though we had before . |
| 9 | Local reporters were keen to know how he managed to carry out his civic duties , to which Mr Snyder replied blithely that fellow committee members sat beside him during screenings and gave a running commentary ‘ to fill me in when the screen goes silent ’ . |
| 10 | He accepts he 's now more a mess-clearer than Messiah , saying : ‘ Clubs only call me in when they 're in a desperate situation . ’ |
| 11 | At night the Temple gates were always closed , but the night-porter let me in when I told him my name . |
| 12 | At around 4.45am , Mark rang the hospital and was told to bring me in when I was in pain . |
| 13 | ‘ Not necessarily , ’ she demurred , ‘ but she was kind , and I thought I would like to buy her a wedding present — and because you kindly took me in when you did n't want to , ’ she tacked on softly . |
| 14 | The hedgehog can not dig itself in when threatened but it can protect its soft parts by rolling up into a tight ball . |
| 15 | I 'll hold the fort and fill you in when you get back . ’ |
| 16 | Mark Twain , the American writer , found European trains primitive after his native ones : ‘ The conductor locks you in when the train starts ; there is no water to drink in the car , there is no heating apparatus … they have not that culmination of all charity and human kindness , a sleeping car … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Just wait there , Miss Holbrook , and I 'll fit you in when I have a moment . ’ |
| 18 | So Smart Drive remmed let it put one in when it does n't find one . |
| 19 | Cecilia was about to let herself in when the young woman called Alice , who had been there when she heard the bomb go off , opened the door to her . |
| 20 | I usually keep him in when I wash his clothes and I got them special for the cold weather so he should be all right . |
| 21 | She … she took him in when he was a little boy . ’ |
| 22 | And complained that she had refused to let him in when he had returned from the wine bar having forgotten his key . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , good , send him in when he arrives . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I mean , we took her in when she came back from London with her tail between her legs , and we fed her and gave her a roof over her head , but she was forever dolling herself up and going out . |
| 25 | Julia was about to let her in when she saw what she had in her mouth . |
| 26 | Yeah , anyway only her in when mine got pinched and , and erm Kath 's got pinched and the police |
| 27 | No I do n't have to cos I always fill mine in when I 'm in there . |
| 28 | Do fill it in when you return your subs for 1991 if you want to get more involved . |
| 29 | Dad said to me , ‘ Just imagine if you had packed it in when I told you to ! |
| 30 | ‘ You plug it in when you go away and it switches on the light for you at the same time every evening , and switches it off too . |