Example sentences of "in and [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shepherd switched the hologram off , then reached in and lifted the flexible plate up . |
| 2 | Almost too late to be of real use , a rehabilitation unit took her in and began the slow , hard work of helping her and her family reconstruct and make sense of their situation . |
| 3 | I looked in and had the biggest shock of my life . |
| 4 | He reached in and wrenched the little bundle of plastic bands out of my hands , and I sat there , silent , watching as he fumbled the bands into position with the little cup to hold the weapon under his right armpit . |
| 5 | When I did return , I locked myself in and heaved the great oak table against the door and fastened the windows . |
| 6 | I was just going out when a man came in and asked the same question . |
| 7 | She still had n't found an answer when the housekeeper came in and served the first course . |
| 8 | I tucked her in and took the empty cup to the kitchen . |
| 9 | Oh then she come straight in and cornered the bloody paper . |
| 10 | It ended in a fight — I hit him , he hit me — then the teacher came in and broke the whole thing up . |
| 11 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 12 | As soon as Luce had been helped in and settled the gondolier plied his oar , and in less than a minute they were on the Grand Canal . |
| 13 | She got in and held the door-open button . |
| 14 | After French Museums proved unable to agree over the price at which the paintings should go to the Museum of Melun , however , France 's Monuments Historiques moved in and declared the two still lifes the first paintings , after van Gogh 's ‘ Jardin a Auvers ’ , to be historic monuments and thus unable to leave France . |
| 15 | Even as we spoke , a young lady came in and bought the little creature for fifteen pounds , hammer and all . |