Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [adv prt] of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're moving in or out of a multi-storey block , try to arrange priority at lifts and make sure there 's a suitable place to load or unload the van . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Too short a line will make hooking in and out of a waist harness very difficult |
| 4 | They will see it as getting in and out of a chair the right way . |
| 5 | Of course if you want real STOL performance — to get in and out of a small lake or tightly winding river , perhaps — this is the machine for it . |
| 6 | We sat together , watching the Youngest Son drift in and out of a drug-induced sleep . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The only memorable moment comes when Martin commiserates with me over an ambitious red that squirms in and out of a pocket . |
| 9 | Urban development does not , unfortunately , keep itself within strict chronological order , so that a geographically direct descent of the Royal Mile skips disconcertingly in and out of a far from direct historical sequence . |
| 10 | ( iii ) Mechanically remove any follicular cells that remain attached to the eggs by pipetting them in and out of a narrow bore micropipette . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Now sometimes when archaeologists carry out the work they have to get in and out of a site really quickly . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been in and out of a lot of jails in my time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Now the thaw 's come , anyone could slip in and out of a postern gate . ’ |
| 15 | Even the methods of getting information in and out of a computer have changed beyond recognition . |