Example sentences of "[vb past] in [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The needle snicked in and out of the fabric , and then he leaned back on his heels , scowling . |
| 2 | South Africa has at the moment six Rottweiler specialist breed clubs , who are affiliated to the Kennel Union of South Africa : one in the Western Cape Province , one in the Eastern Cape Province , one in Durban , Natal and three in the Transvaal Province centred in and around Johannesburg . |
| 3 | Or Fergie did when she hopped in and out of cars wearing Honest-Jill-Ordinary leggings and sweatshirts which said , ‘ Hey , forget Bali , I 'm just a working mum like you ! ’ |
| 4 | He hopped in and unzipped the rucksack , taking out only the scope which he pointed back towards the lakeside . |
| 5 | At that moment Mauleverer tottered in and made for the armchair beside the fire . |
| 6 | The room service kind of crept in and since we did n't have any cash , we charged meals . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Somewhere in the period between the time that early man first made for himself a ‘ god ’ , and the time when evidence of ‘ god ’ worship was left for later generations to find , the use of ‘ gods ’ for purposes which were largely intended to create unfair privileges , and were therefore a source of evil , gradually crept in and became a widespread part of the social scene . |
| 9 | Owner Louie Lalonde will tell you how Bill broke his own rule by sitting with his back to the door the night Jack ‘ Broken Nose ‘ McCall crept in and shot him . |
| 10 | But a couple of errors crept in and we allowed Coventry to take the lead . ’ |
| 11 | She had only been there a few minutes , revelling in the multiplicity of objects and fabrics , when a little maid crept in and indicated shyly that she would unpack . |
| 12 | Shakespearean editors are showing considerable innovation in moving away from the view that Shakespeare had a fixed conception for his plays , where variants between texts are ‘ error of transmission ’ , corruptions which crept in because Shakespeare was not involved in preparing his plays for print . |
| 13 | Never having read a word of Norse ( Old Icelandic ) before , Lewis plunged in and attempted a few lines of Laxdaela Saga . |
| 14 | ‘ Katherine , I have to tell you something I would rather not have to say , ’ Mathilde plunged in and then hesitated . |
| 15 | Again the camera plane turned , and they swung to follow it ; and between them and the Line three trim shapes plunged in and out of cloud in a dive pointed at the F2B . |
| 16 | Mr Crawford , plumber , had retreated embarrassed to his garage on discovering the identity of their guest , but children tumbled in and out to raid the fridge or show their mother some lurid trophy from the garden . |
| 17 | Make-up girls fluttered in and out with powder puffs . |
| 18 | We surfed in as Terrie fought to keep control of the tiller and stop us from broaching . |
| 19 | There was no sign of the three people I was looking for , although there were a few strange faces : three or four wives with young children sent out to grass from Athens , and one or two old couples , dehydrated rentiers , who doddered in and out of the mournful lounges of the Hotel Philadelphia . |
| 20 | Imagine a $20 million dollar movie made in and around Edinburgh — this could provide a £4 million injection into the local economy . |
| 21 | The Minoans probably sent wine or olive oil to Mycenae ; numbers of stirrup-jars made in or near Kydonia have been found at Mycenae and Tiryns , as well as Thebes , implying a regular export trade from Crete ( Catling 1980 ) . |
| 22 | This only applies to statements etc made in or from the UK , if the recipient' is in the UK or if the agreement or rights would be exercised in the UK . |
| 23 | He went straight out , went to four families , whose names immediately suggested themselves to him , checked his facts and figures , got in while discussion was still on and flatly contradicted the great John and gave him the facts and figures to prove it , to tell him that he was wrong . |
| 24 | that could pay for itself if Colin got in so you 'll do that one get Colin to pay for it . |
| 25 | Or perhaps he was the compromise candidate who got in because neither of the two senior cardinal bishops was acceptable to the other party 's supporters . |
| 26 | He admits that he took the vehicle , but says that it was already damaged when he got in or that it was not damaged when he left the scene and that it must have been damaged by someone who took it later . |
| 27 | The bank would not say how the thieves got in or how much cash has gone missing . |
| 28 | as if in a trance , Vincent got in and sat down beside him . |
| 29 | Gower won the toss and inserted West Indies , only for Haynes to hold the innings together as his partners got in and then out . |
| 30 | Charles got in and slammed the door . |