Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one end is an opening called the anus , though the term is not completely appropriate for the animal uses it not only for excretion but for breathing as well , sucking water gently in and out over tubules just inside the body . |
| 2 | Robert 's been in and out since December . |
| 3 | I was shown the furniture that Tom had made for his marital home — all of the drawers with dovetails , sliding in and out without effort . |
| 4 | Try offering a titbit , or a small quantity of nuts in your hand as the mare goes in and out at shoulder height . |
| 5 | Make-up girls fluttered in and out with powder puffs . |
| 6 | The caterers had been in and out with boxes and covered trays . |
| 7 | At breakfast Lili for some reason spoke of fidelity , and I noted my mother as she went in and out with bread and boiling water , looking at her , not with the disapproval she reserved for me but with half-amused incredulity . |
| 8 | Warren Beatty was flitting in and out for visits , because his sister , Shirley MacLaine , was also there . |
| 9 | He said they are a nuisance sometimes keep coming in and out for stuff but he said that 's childlike . |
| 10 | Slink in and out of bidding |
| 11 | For 13 hours I lay shivering in my inadequate bag , drifting in and out of sleep . |
| 12 | Grandma lay for a few days drifting in and out of sleep , unaware of everything about her , until one afternoon when Julia and Carrie were sitting with her . |
| 13 | Julia 's pain seemed to have left her , and she lay seeming to drift in and out of sleep or unconsciousness , Anne could never be sure which , as she sat beside her , wiping her face , or tried to feed her with beef tea from a feeding cup . |
| 14 | Her mind swam in and out of sleep and the fire burned lower . |
| 15 | Folly drifted in and out of sleep , waking to find Luke 's hand upon her breast and his eyes open , watching her . |
| 16 | As often as he could , Edward dozed in and out of sleep and thought of sex . |
| 17 | The four of us drifted in and out of sleep for a further few hours , then , miraculously , at about 4 pm , the fog lifted and the rain ceased . |
| 18 | He had already advised Donleavy in his bi-weekly reports that Hurley 's security arrangements were derisory , that all sorts of people with no clear allegiance were wandering in and out of NARCOG , ostensibly selling information but just as likely collecting it ; that agents and bona fide informants were being put at risk because of this , and that future DEA or inter-agency operations might well be fatally compromised from the start . |
| 19 | Above which , an embroidery of light flickered in and out of existence , stitching hints of a sampler spelling out death . |
| 20 | Gobbets seemed to wink in and out of existence . |
| 21 | Like forms that briefly flicker in and out of existence in the heart of a flame , the worshippers danced to a staccato rhythm , their bodies jerking sharply yet smoothly in the infernal light of the crackling fires . |
| 22 | Like the novel we read , Gael 's novel of the same name is a ‘ philosophic fantasy ’ ( 9 ) , but it appears to be even less realistic than its real-life double ; it is described as a disquisition on the nature of reality with characters that flit in and out of existence . |
| 23 | Patrick Meurdesoif , 42 , was stopped after weaving in and out of rush hour traffic in his 38-ton tanker on the M6 near West Bromwich , West Midlands , town magistrates heard . |
| 24 | The car bumped in and out of potholes . |
| 25 | For 50 years every day the trains have brought supplies in and out of Bicester Garrison and apart from the occasional hiccup , like when they discovered 2,000 left boots , they kept the British Army going whereever they are in the world . |
| 26 | These can be particularly important on the sea where the tide is not just limited to movements up and down but also currents which flow in and out of bays and estuaries . |
| 27 | Available on Saturdays , Sundays and bank holidays , the concession is available on most InterCity trains in and out of London . |
| 28 | A more common reason for brittle nails is repeated injury caused by heavy work or , for example , if your hands are in and out of water a lot . |
| 29 | up and down and in and out of state |
| 30 | Governing bodies will be all too aware of the danger that the image presented by their pupils may be negative rather than positive and do their best to see that high standards of behaviour are maintained in and out of school . |