Example sentences of "in and out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Holmes 's aide Dick Lovell said : ‘ We whisked him in and out under the cover of darkness . ’
2 'Settle back as comfortably as you can … and as you relax in the chair concentrate upon your breathing , breathing in and out through your nose and from your stomach … lift your chest to allow your lungs to fill … in and out … slowly and smoothly .
3 Plenty of motor cars went in and out through the Pembroke and Gillingham Gates but it has not been suggested that there was any real night-time disturbance from traffic using the dockyard .
4 The top swivels open to reveal the photoconductor cartridge for insertion and replacement , while the toner cartridge slides in and out through a flap on the front of the machine below the paper tray .
5 Finally in this section , it is worth pointing out that in the first Unit of this course we learnt that organisations which were based on an open system ( where information flowed in and out through a ‘ permeable boundary ’ to its environment and publics and where adjustment was made in the light of feedback ) , were more able to adapt to change and continue to prosper .
6 The refurbishers have been in and out over the generations .
7 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 .
8 On each side were stalls heaped with fruit , vegetables , fish and other staples , behind which strapping black-shawled women bawled produce and price , oblivious of the packs of snarling dogs and ragged children lunging in and out between them for whatever scraps they could scavenge .
9 Robert 's been in and out since December .
10 Yeah er you know , we had an understanding that if erm because there were times when we wanted to just have some time together , or to pray together , and erm you know people who did come in and out to the flats , we erm told them that if th we were in and we did n't answer the door , it was actually because we were either doing something that we could n't come .
11 He gave it to me so that I could come in and out to you as I like .
12 Moreover , the Dutch visit to Cagliari on June 16 will be fleeting ; a lot of their fans will travel in and out on the day .
13 It was not really practical to operate it from his airstrip at Sutton Bridge , where the ‘ Me 108 ’ and Stearman were based , although the Corsair could easily be flown in and out on an occasional basis .
14 Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting .
15 Where I think we have tried to do something interesting is in this idea of giving the student a , a whole year 's experience in the school to help them become professionalised , rather than the normal practice , the traditional practice of school practice , which meant going twelve , sixteen weeks into perhaps two bytes , into a school , and this does mean the student can get integrated with the school community and take part in the extramural life of the school , get involved in games and school plays and school outings in a way that 's not possible if they 're in and out on that short basis .
16 The landlord was glad to leave preparing the room to Auntie Hetty and Philippa , and it meant they could pop in and out during the week bringing now the cake stand , now extra vases for flowers .
17 The shop ai n't got no proper doors — it 's just like part of the station so you can walk in and out without using a door .
18 We own the building and all the partners have keys , so unless someone else was here she could have been in and out without anyone noticing . ’
19 Individuals slip in and out without most people being aware of the fact .
20 The company claims the use of the CORBA as the backbone of the system allows resources to be plugged in and out without affecting existing applications , so that the newest technology components can be used .
21 The drawers slide smoothly in and out without a sound ; one of the perks of picking on the well-off rather than the chipboard classes .
22 In and out without a by-your-leave , and they do n't even say goodbye . ’
23 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 .
24 several streets all very like one another , and many more streets still more like one another , inhabited by people equally like one another , who all went in and out at the same hours , with the same sound upon the same pavements , to do the same work , and to whom every day was the same as yesterday and tomorrow , and every year the counterpart of the last and the next .
25 Try offering a titbit , or a small quantity of nuts in your hand as the mare goes in and out at shoulder height .
26 Where there are to be music fades in and out at the transfer , leave plenty of overlap at the beginnings and endings of the pre-recorded sections to give yourself ample working margins at the mixing stage .
27 It 's part of an enormous cave system , the deepest in Europe at 1,000ft so it 's important that people do n't wander in and out at random , even if they 're experienced cavers .
28 ‘ A man of his age ca n't have strange females dotting in and out at any time of the day or night .
29 A. Anyone carrying out work in the Village has to sign in and out at the Wardens Lodge .
30 Dickens likened the piston of the steam engine to " the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness " , but even by 1815 it was only a minority of the working population who had as yet been cast in the mould of his 1845 Coketowners who , " all went in and out at the same hours , with the same sound upon the same pavements , to do the same work , and to whom every day was the same as yesterday and to-morrow " .
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