Example sentences of "in [conj] [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , in fact , an amphibian , which can live in or out of water . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Any time Thresher staff have a problem in or out of work , they can call an outside consultancy , focus . |
| 5 | He claims that those decent basic provisions for individual employees , whether they are in or out of trade unions , would inhibit competitiveness . |
| 6 | Let him be in or out of prison , he will get nothing of mine . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Discuss in or out of role — with the results of the discussion later fed back into the whole group . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Try offering a titbit , or a small quantity of nuts in your hand as the mare goes in and out at shoulder height . |
| 12 | Make-up girls fluttered in and out with powder puffs . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He said they are a nuisance sometimes keep coming in and out for stuff but he said that 's childlike . |
| 15 | Slink in and out of bidding |
| 16 | For 13 hours I lay shivering in my inadequate bag , drifting in and out of sleep . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Her mind swam in and out of sleep and the fire burned lower . |
| 20 | Folly drifted in and out of sleep , waking to find Luke 's hand upon her breast and his eyes open , watching her . |
| 21 | As often as he could , Edward dozed in and out of sleep and thought of sex . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Above which , an embroidery of light flickered in and out of existence , stitching hints of a sampler spelling out death . |
| 24 | Gobbets seemed to wink in and out of existence . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 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 . |