Example sentences of "flown in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We pulled out all the stops to produce extra stock needed to meet the charter flights , so the paint could be flown in over the weekends . ’ |
| 2 | Daffodil Quentin 's runner , Pampering , had been flown in with five others owned by people on the train , all of whom were strolling around with rosettes and almost permanently smiling faces . |
| 3 | Turkey is flown in with the weekly food supplies , while in Tripoli some enterprising expats even breed turkeys specifically for the festive table . |
| 4 | As thousands of refugees prepare for winter , our reporter Kim Barnes has flown in with a plane-load of desperately-needed warm clothing , to see at first hand the work being done to help . |
| 5 | Minpins from all over the forest had flown in on their birds to cheer the young hero , and all the branches and twigs of the great tree were crowded with tiny people . |
| 6 | ( These included 13,000 based in Panama and an extra 2,000 troops flown in on Dec. 23 to restore order in Panama City . ) |
| 7 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 8 | The star of the festival is Hans Rey … a stunt rider who can do anything and everything with a mountain bike … he 's been flown in for the classic … |
| 9 | The star of the festival is Hans Rey … a stunt rider who can do anything and everything with a mountain bike … he 's been flown in for the classic … |
| 10 | David Wilshire , MP for Spelthorne , told the House Mr Naqvi 's body had been flown in to Heathrow yesterday morning . |
| 11 | Lee remembered when a sparrow had flown in through the window of her bedroom when she was a child . |
| 12 | The last group of 850 Belgian paratroopers flown in during September to help evacuate foreigners from the country was withdrawn on Nov. 4 . |
| 13 | He had flown in via Honolulu , but reportedly had not deigned to glance over at the still-visible wreckage of Pearl Harbor , just off the runway . |
| 14 | Flown in by AVM John Allison , this aircraft — in John 's hands — led the 16-ship Phantom formation flypast over London on June 13 to celebrate HM The Queen 's Official Birthday . |
| 15 | At a ceremony attended by the appeal 's President , film and theatre star Anthony Hopkins , who was flown in by helicopter courtesy of British Gas ( Wales ) , an inscribed half-ton riven slate gatepost was put in place in the beautiful Nant Ffrancon pass , creating both a symbolic and practical ‘ gateway ’ to National Trust lands in Snowdonia . |
| 16 | Prime Minister Petre Roman insisted on April 13 during an official visit to France that the King 's intention to attend a demonstration in the Transylvanian city of Timisoara , which he claimed " would have been covered by about 80 journalists flown in by chartered plane " , invalidated the claim that his visit would have been only a " private " one . |
| 17 | UNITA was now reinforcing its northern front , centred on the town of Beu in Uige province some 50 km from the border with Zaïre , its supplies augmented by the US military equipment which was flown in by Hercules transport aircraft via Zaïre . |
| 18 | The huts provide water and toilets , and cooking is done by bottled gas which is flown in by helicopter ; there 's no electricity , of course . |
| 19 | Relief supplies flown in by planes from RAF Lyneham played a vital part in keeping people alive . |
| 20 | In SAS style officers from the Royal Ulster Constabulary bomb disposal squad are flown in by helicopter . |
| 21 | Because of the remote location , Stornoway Fire Brigade members were flown in by helicopter . |
| 22 | Ms Toynbee said Schmit had flown in from Zurich earlier that morning and was waiting to travel on another Wardair flight to Vancouver . |
| 23 | The one on the right had flown in from Finland . |
| 24 | David Smith was flown in from England as cover for Gooch , only to have his thumb badly bruised in the one-day international in Barbados and so miss the Bridgetown Test . |
| 25 | Instead , he drove away in the , ran over a kerb , got a flat tyre and kept going — to pick up Vicky Vanderford , whom he had flown in from California . |
| 26 | Jayhawk and Defiant were the first , both entered in the January trials and then retired as the newer America and Kanza were flown in from their builders in Rhode Island . |
| 27 | I have only just flown in from Paris and I am very tired . ’ |
| 28 | The sofas and chairs were deep and soft enough to fall asleep in , a fireplace was topped by an Adam mantel which Hugo had had flown out from England and everywhere there were fresh flowers — long stemmed hothouse roses , orchids flown in from Singapore , daffodils and narcissi and heavy perfumed hyacinths . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Chapman had flown in from his palatial home on Ibiza and was in his usual itchy , touchy , irritable pre-race state . |
| 30 | His 38th-minute effort came straight from the dream factory , which was appropriate considering he had flown in from EuroDisney only three hours before kick-off . |