Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top swivels open to reveal the photoconductor cartridge for insertion and replacement , while the toner cartridge slides in and out through a flap on the front of the machine below the paper tray . |
| 2 | ‘ In and out without a by-your-leave , and they do n't even say goodbye . ’ |
| 3 | The drawers slide smoothly in and out without a sound ; one of the perks of picking on the well-off rather than the chipboard classes . |
| 4 | Too short a line will make hooking in and out of a waist harness very difficult |
| 5 | Even the methods of getting information in and out of a computer have changed beyond recognition . |
| 6 | ‘ Now the thaw 's come , anyone could slip in and out of a postern gate . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been in and out of a lot of jails in my time . ’ |
| 8 | Mary Alston , one of the mainstays of the women 's union in the 1920s , had to care during this time for a sick sister , who was in and out of a nursing home ; much later , in the 1940s , she had to give up work for a while to care for her mother . |
| 9 | The proportions reported to have had difficulty with various aspects of caring for themselves ( getting in and out of a bath or shower , dressing and undressing , going to the toilet , washing and shaving , feeding themselves , making a hot drink , or needing help at night ) for a year or more before death was 87 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more , 60 per cent of those in for a shorter time and 25 per cent of those who had not been in such a home at all . |
| 10 | The only memorable moment comes when Martin commiserates with me over an ambitious red that squirms in and out of a pocket . |
| 11 | Now sometimes when archaeologists carry out the work they have to get in and out of a site really quickly . |
| 12 | They will see it as getting in and out of a chair the right way . |
| 13 | Mr Yenici told the committee in London he had believed he would be in the private hospital at least a month , but was ‘ in and out within a week ’ . |
| 14 | They want him in and out within a month at the very outside . |
| 15 | He 's in and out like a devil . |
| 16 | His every day includes periods like this , he 's in and out like a faraway signal . |
| 17 | In Peru , for example , people from the Andes are moving down and across as a front into the Amazon plain . |
| 18 | She stripped off her clothes and dropped them where they fell , then ran a bath and climbed into it , scouring her skin over and over with a loofah as if she could wash away the memory of his body on hers . |
| 19 | A half sheet of hard-board from your DIY store can be used over and over as a base , but it does blunt the blade . |
| 20 | She was saying it over and over like a chant . |
| 21 | And when the frantic , plunging ride was over , ecstasy a fading quiver of memory and her swollen lips no longer muttering his name over and over in a delirium of rapture , he broke her heart all over again by moving right away from her , the distance between them , now that passion was spent once more , saying everything about their relationship . |
| 22 | on and on and on and on and on as a border , now she thinks that 's about the washing machine ad you know the Ariston washing ad , on and on . |
| 23 | ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year . |
| 24 | Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way . |
| 25 | Bare coloured bulbs flashed on and off around a come-on sign . |
| 26 | I suspect all doctors must learn how to turn charm on and off like a tap . |
| 27 | He gives a performance by combining his mannerisms , including a smile turned tentatively on and off like a light bulb and the stooped strut of an over-age Holden Caulfield . |
| 28 | ‘ He 'll entertain a whole load of people watching while we 're out on location but he can turn it on and off like a light — the cameras roll and he 's totally into Grant Mitchell . |
| 29 | I 've been smoking on and off like a chimney |
| 30 | The best way to see the City is from the canals and we have included a ‘ Canal Bus ’ Pass , valid for the whole day around the famous canals ; this pass allows you to get off and on at a selection of stops for you to explore the city . |