Example sentences of "in and [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People do write in and offer their services ’ , says Christopher Nell , ‘ but I 'm not aware that we 've actually used any of they so far . |
| 2 | ‘ Someone might come in and offer me more money . |
| 3 | One minute I 'm skyscraper-high : which of the exciting variety of Robinas will I offer the station buffet as their dazzling new waitress ? — name your part , Bina 'll shine at it , I only have to waltz in and offer my services and they 'll fling open their arms in welcome . |
| 4 | My brothers 'd be watching his every move , just hoping he 'd put a foot wrong so they could jump in and scrag him . |
| 5 | One wanted to go in and break it up , a second to stay back and let them go home . |
| 6 | Well by this time it was ten to eight and I 'd got all these members were going to be outside , I was going to have to let them in and serve them and I was getting a bit frantic you see . |
| 7 | Within the unit , further measures can enhance security including reviewing the number of visitors each patient is allowed , and requiring visitors to sign in and identify themselves . |
| 8 | What fools they , you say they were not to go in and possess it ! |
| 9 | erm In principle it should be possible to be able to speak into a microphone , or to write on a pad , with a pencil , and the computer would be connected to the microphone or the pad and would take in and interpret what you 've done , without having to learn this rather clumsy method of putting things in one letter at a time . |
| 10 | As Rain passed Tavett 's desk he cupped his face in his hands and moaned for her benefit , saying : ‘ Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in an ordinary office instead of a newspaper where every kind of freak feels entitled to barge in and collar you ? ’ |
| 11 | Maybe I could come in and check it out while you wait in another room . ’ |
| 12 | LT : The other speaker is likely to chip in and finish it off |
| 13 | Trying to awaken my slumbering festive spirit , I invited John to come in and open his present . |
| 14 | I knew I was going on too long , but I kept thinking that Mr Taylor would butt in and stop me if he wanted to . |
| 15 | ‘ But nobody plays badly on purpose and with a very hard spell coming up , we just have to dig in and hope we can turn things round . ’ |
| 16 | I know , he might still come in and collect it on Wednesday , but you can just say that you left it home because we do n't have English that day now . |
| 17 | If the secretary had come back early , and if she answered , Lucy had decided to go in and bluff it out . |
| 18 | Once he confessed that he used to sneak in and watch his mother dressing . |
| 19 | Okay now er Garth Brookes my favourite country singer at the moment and er your chance to win this Elvis video okay you have to ring in we 're giving this away first you have to ring in and tell me and tell me the next word no I ca n't do that I ca n't no I ca n't do it 's too easy okay . |
| 20 | If you live round the corner from Mary Whitehouse could you pop in and tell her that her phone is off the hook she has n't replaced the receiver and she she 's quite an elderly lady and I would would be terribly upset if if she had n't got her phone back cos she might need it for emergencies or something like that and I am a caring concerned person so could you could you pop round the corner to Mary 's house and tell her that she has n't put her phone on the hook off the hook properly could you do that ? |
| 21 | She was infuriated by his arrogant assumption that he could simply demand answers , infuriated still more by her own desire to simply cave in and tell him the truth . |
| 22 | can go and , alright you can go in and tell him right |
| 23 | and like the thing is obviously like the first realise there on a and they try to stop it , why are you stopping for , remember you are in the British army , if you disobey orders you 'll get a court marshall really started laying onto them , and like they 've started again and like the first bloke obviously got to the fucking water , cos he 's stopped again , one man one sides shouting out and round the other side shouting out and they have they 've all gone in , they must of thought fuck it and they 've all just fucking marched into the sea , and we marched them in , tent was only about that much above water , and we 've lasted thought , this is the thing that got me , he , he shouted at him , cos we , we , we managed to get them and that , he said right , right , go in , go in and tell them to come out , what , I said what , can you just pop in and tell them to come out , I said over here sarge , he said you disobey an order |
| 24 | Why not write in and tell us more of your tips — Ed . |
| 25 | ‘ Actually , I should n't be telling you yet , but as your wife came to the station saying how worried you were I thought I 'd call in and tell you . |
| 26 | Even with the doors locked , determined attackers can still break in and drag you out if you can not drive away . |
| 27 | I think when I was n't there they used to come in and feed them and the girls all used to come round and bill and coo over them . |
| 28 | If I had my choice , I 'd rather be left to work something out myself ; instead of it all being set up and you just walk in and take measurements , go away and analyse them , you 'd have to go in and set it all up , then you 'd really learn something . |
| 29 | It would be preposterous — and cruel besides — not to go in and comfort her a little . |
| 30 | But I 'd rather if you did n't mind that you did go in and sort it out cos she said well put a cheque in the envelope with the standing order form but I mean |