Example sentences of "in and [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " 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 | Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting . |
| 3 | ‘ In and out without a by-your-leave , and they do n't even say goodbye . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Too short a line will make hooking in and out of a waist harness very difficult |
| 6 | Even the methods of getting information in and out of a computer have changed beyond recognition . |
| 7 | ‘ Now the thaw 's come , anyone could slip in and out of a postern gate . ’ |
| 8 | His slippery feet could take him in and out of a West End emporium in two shakes of a fox 's tail , but what he collected on his way through was as much as six pairs of hands could manage . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been in and out of a lot of jails in my time . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The only memorable moment comes when Martin commiserates with me over an ambitious red that squirms in and out of a pocket . |
| 13 | Now sometimes when archaeologists carry out the work they have to get in and out of a site really quickly . |
| 14 | They will see it as getting in and out of a chair the right way . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | They want him in and out within a month at the very outside . |
| 17 | In and out in an hour , a bit healthy exercise , and the folk of Coll avenged ! ’ |
| 18 | He 's in and out like a devil . |
| 19 | His every day includes periods like this , he 's in and out like a faraway signal . |