Example sentences of "in when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am well aware of the fact that for some years now you have cut yourself off from your past and not deigned to reply to the letters of your friends , or even to return their calls , taking refuge in your answering machine and pretending not to be in when they rang at the bell . |
| 2 | They should always be turned in when they are lush and green , before they flower or become woody . |
| 3 | Dig in when you can feel flower heads starting to form at the base . |
| 4 | Green manures , sown in autumn , are turned in when spring comes |
| 5 | There 'll be plenty of activities to participate in when you get there . |
| 6 | He remarks to his son that unhappiness is just as necessary to mankind as happiness — one of those cherished convictions of Dostoevsky that get slipped in when our attention is elsewhere . |
| 7 | If there were games to be played or work to be done or stories to be read it was always to Rachel that she would turn ; Rachel who went out and came in when she said she would and said ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ , not from whim or temper , but with authority . |
| 8 | I do n't want to cry , and I sort of hold myself in when we walk back , but I do n't half feel sad . |
| 9 | Your savings must total less than £6,000 though £1 of ‘ notional income ’ is added in when working out your income level for every £250 ( or part thereof ) of savings over £3,000 . |
| 10 | Your savings must total less than £6,000 though £1 of ‘ notional income ’ is added in when working out your income level for every £250 ( or part thereof ) of savings over £3,000 . |
| 11 | And a Hurd-Major axis could prove crucial if the Prime Minister is to be dragged in when inflation , and the exchange rate , have drifted down far enough . |
| 12 | Your savings must total less than £6,000 though £1 of ‘ notional income ’ is added in when working out your income level for every £250 ( or part thereof ) of savings over £3,000 . |
| 13 | And a Hurd-Major axis could prove crucial if the Prime Minister is to be dragged in when inflation , and the exchange rate , have drifted down far enough . |
| 14 | Typically , Japanese and German firms have main banks that step in when their client is in financial difficulties , and reorganise its management and its debts . |
| 15 | He felt that , with a wife and child to support , he should be paid what he was worth , and he made it clear that he was not prepared to give in when he thought he had a good case . |
| 16 | I 'll hold the fort and fill you in when you get back . ’ |
| 17 | Dot peeked in when he was out at work . |
| 18 | Charles sat among Charity 's glossy acquaintances , the only uniform in the whole peculiar set of imbibers , perhaps not so peculiar as the last time he 'd dropped in when the Aleister Crowley entourage gave sinister overtones to the entire pub , the ‘ Black Magician ’ himself in his wide black hat sat surrounded by his followers in equally curious clothes . |
| 19 | I do n't know where he is , I 'll smash his head in when we get home , taking care to use the rolling-pin , then I can tell the judge I was just rolling out the sausage plait when he took me unawares . |
| 20 | However , I had to give in when , a few days later , Christopher returned from school and informed me that his teacher said a dog added to the character of a child and also taught compassion . |
| 21 | In our half-hour chat , I meet Little Brother ( ‘ He always comes in when you want to shag your girlfriend ’ ) ; the Gits ( ‘ They like looking through the obituaries and camping out next to accident black spots ’ ) ; Lee and Lance ( ‘ a couple of garage owners , they spend all their time putting Garfield stickers on cars ’ ) ; and Euro-Man ( ‘ as far as he 's concerned , the Euro-Parliament is just one big Amsterdam squat ’ ) . |
| 22 | This is the kind of dreamy Hollywood fantasy I like to float in when I 'm lying flat on my back under some dirty platform desperately trying to tack a loose wire or stubborn piece of baize into position — or standing in a wet field trying to work out exactly how the VIPs will swim through the mud from the helicopter to the marquee . |
| 23 | Mrs Browning said much the same to her , observing how she did not join in when Garibaldi 's victories were being discussed nor did she rejoice . |
| 24 | ‘ But father did n't approve of the game , and if ever he came in when we were playing it , we 'd stop at once and pretend to be talking about something else . |
| 25 | Near panic had set in when Tass news agency quoted a woman who had just arrived in Novgorod , near St Petersburg , as saying that she had fled Kyrgyzstan a few days before the ‘ evictions ’ were to begin . |
| 26 | After his ordeal , Mr Daszczuk criticised a neighbour who had ignored his pleas to be let in when the dogs were chasing him . |
| 27 | Those without places hovered behind the chairs and kept moving round the room so that they could nip in when people left their places to collect their awards or for any other reason . |
| 28 | The President 's successors in Kabul are ready to work with the UN peace process , but it is hard to imagine the rebels agreeing to join in when victory is so close . |
| 29 | I put in when I planted the garden because I thought that would be useful to know the next year . |
| 30 | It was the man who had first joined in when Clive started on Nina . |