Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] in [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This distraction allowed the Wolverines to close in on the flanged skirts of the arena . |
| 2 | Police refused to intervene as protesters attempted to drive their cars to the point on the Atlantic coast where conservationists yearly attempt to count the birds before the hunters move in for the kill . |
| 3 | The size of the holes , and the thickness of the surrounding bubbles of enriched galaxy formation , depend on the details of the perturbations fed in to the idealised model calculations , and this offers hope that better observations of these holes in the Universe may reveal information about the kinds of disturbances that made the big bang of creation develop irregularly . |
| 4 | At Christmas we announced the Sainsbury's/BBC Good Food Wine Taster of the Year competition , and the entries poured in by the thousand . |
| 5 | old said I do n't want any of the lads going in with the girls |
| 6 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |
| 7 | Superimposed on this map of things as they were , one sometimes finds the lines drawn in by the commissioners showing where they propose to create the new fields and hedges , and the new roads , public and private . |
| 8 | A single-glazed window has a ‘ cold zone ’ around it where you 'll get convection draughts ( as well as the draughts coming in through the gaps ) . |
| 9 | The party of the workers fell in behind the policy of foreign bankers , which meant that it fell in behind high unemployment caused by high interest rates . |
| 10 | The spring of 1915 thus found the Allies dug in opposite the German Army , which had been halted on the Marne . |
| 11 | Perhaps they would go down to the harbour in the evening and watch the yachts coming in to the anchorage , and sit with other groups at the chairs and tables outside the Bell Inn . |
| 12 | The doves flew in at the mouths and made their nests inside . |
| 13 | We encouraged the viewers to phone in during the programme , or write in afterwards . |
| 14 | A strong south-westerly wind ruins the swells coming in off the Atlantic . |
| 15 | The study aims to present a descriptive account of election campaigning in Britain , considering in particular the use of new technology , and to assess the extent to which the outcome of the election was affected by the efforts put in by the parties and their volunteer workers in the constituencies . |
| 16 | ‘ For the first time since the start of the recession , ’ said Mr Hayward we may be seeing some glimmer of light , particularly as the figures tie in with the slight decrease in receiverships this quarter and with recent reports of an increase in business optimism . |
| 17 | The organisers were looking for a nurse who could show how her work — both before and after the changes brought in with the New Contract — had helped her patients . |
| 18 | A one-way system meant that out of season hold-ups were rare , but in the peak summer months when the holidaymakers poured in by the dozens in their hire cars the village often became jammed . |
| 19 | The consultants called in by the Home Office identify computers and information technology generally as the best way of saving time . |
| 20 | Later on the warbirds wing in for the big show . |
| 21 | The fifteenth hole is short but dangerous ; its plateau green is ringed by bunkers at the front and sides and the trees press in at the back in a claustrophobic way — a nightmarish hole if you are playing badly . |
| 22 | Garlands of flowers and greenery have always been traditionally associated with May festivities , being used to decorate the trees brought in from the woods . |
| 23 | A provision for the partners to bring in to the firm 's account their fees and other remuneration derived from offices and appointments held by them ( see below ) ( Clause 10.06 ) . |
| 24 | In winter , when the storms bluster in from the Mediterranean and the valleys glow green , the cloud comes down and Beaufort simply disappears . |
| 25 | NME lensman Kevin Cummins is among the photographers featured in Down The Club , an exhibition of dance and nightclub culture taking place at Manchester Polytechnic 's Institute For Popular Culture until September 23 . |
| 26 | The differences set in with the different ways in which boys and girls may typically ( not ‘ must always ’ ) resolve the Oedipus complex . |
| 27 | On election nights members of the locality would collect in a state of great excitement to hear the results coming in on the station telegraph . |
| 28 | I can not see the flats becoming empty on a Friday , and the bulldozers moving in on the Sunday or the Monday . |
| 29 | Immediately the men homed in on the dead animal with the single-mindedness of monsoon flies . |
| 30 | The police moved in during the first half and then at half-time as a mob of Englishmen taunted and threatened Spanish fans in Santander . |