Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [v-ing] in [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this bright evening , they were looped back by twisted and tasselled cords ; light came streaming in through the sashed plate-glass windows . |
| 2 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 3 | Before the little vole could answer , four mallard ducks came sliding in across the water . |
| 4 | In contrast , at times Durie looked ready to scream , especially when the errors started creeping in during the second set of her 6-2 , 7-6 win over the promising Yayuk Basuki . |
| 5 | In the second half , Joey Beauchamp came flying in like the daring young man on the trapeze . |
| 6 | Phil came running in to the street saying : ‘ He shot my granddad ’ . |
| 7 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 8 | Alerted by a grapevine of unparalleled efficiency to the presence of honkies with money , hitherto undiscovered talents began swarming in from the ghettos and down from the hills , bearing tape-recordings , even guitars , for impromptu auditions . |
| 9 | As they staggered out of their tepees and another faultless day came smooching in from the Pacific , they would sniff the honeyed air and ask one another what they 'd got up to the previous night . |
| 10 | Connon 's voice came drifting in from the hall . |
| 11 | A bee came buzzing in under the roof . |
| 12 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 13 | Well , your mother came rushing in from the car with a rare display of energy and snatched it from the fellow 's hands . |
| 14 | In quick succession , Sandy Lyle , Faldo twice and then , last year , Ian Woosnam came riding in on the crest of a British tidal wave . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're in luck , ’ said Jonna , as Ned came panting in at the doorway with an armful of heavily-foliaged twigs . |