Example sentences of "in [coord] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of these foundations were sited in or hard by cathedral buildings because after the cathedral reforms old cathedrals had buildings or land available . |
2 | It is , in fact , an amphibian , which can live in or out of water . |
3 | I 've always been the type of guy who 'll dig into every note regardless of whether that note might be right or wrong or in or out of tune . |
4 | It has taken present-day governments some time to understand that a universal benefit is a bulwark against the disincentive effects of a largely means-tested system , and that , given that the benefit is paid irrespective of whether the household head is in or out of work but is nevertheless deducted from supplementary benefit , it helps maintain a difference between income in paid work and income on the dole . |
5 | Any time Thresher staff have a problem in or out of work , they can call an outside consultancy , focus . |
6 | He claims that those decent basic provisions for individual employees , whether they are in or out of trade unions , would inhibit competitiveness . |
7 | Let him be in or out of prison , he will get nothing of mine . |
8 | Sideboards were prized ( if you could grow them ) & real mutton chops appeared & looked very mean — although they were never in or out of fashion as such — just optional all the way through . |
9 | Discuss in or out of role — with the results of the discussion later fed back into the whole group . |
10 | Instead of performing the whole of their improvisation for the others , one child can report back on what has happened — either in or out of role . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Try offering a titbit , or a small quantity of nuts in your hand as the mare goes in and out at shoulder height . |
13 | Make-up girls fluttered in and out with powder puffs . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | He said they are a nuisance sometimes keep coming in and out for stuff but he said that 's childlike . |
16 | Slink in and out of bidding |
17 | For 13 hours I lay shivering in my inadequate bag , drifting in and out of sleep . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Her mind swam in and out of sleep and the fire burned lower . |
21 | Folly drifted in and out of sleep , waking to find Luke 's hand upon her breast and his eyes open , watching her . |
22 | As often as he could , Edward dozed in and out of sleep and thought of sex . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | Above which , an embroidery of light flickered in and out of existence , stitching hints of a sampler spelling out death . |
25 | Gobbets seemed to wink in and out of existence . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | up and down and in and out of state |