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

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1 You should telephone before venturing to a place for the first time , but it is probably wise also to go by yourself and have a look , to check whether you can manoeuvre the patient in and out of the building easily , and whether the toilet facilities are suitable .
2 We walked solemnly around Gloucester in and out of the Cathedral precincts while he told me about his childhood .
3 These include security , staging , promotion , marketing , radio adverts , catering on the night for the artist , carrying the equipment in and out of the hall , the PRS percentage , the hall hire , as well as the printing and distribution of posters .
4 The advance man knows the way to get VIPs in and out of the hall and how to manage their entrances and exits to the best effect .
5 Up and down the lift shafts , in and out of the telephone switchboard … . ’
6 ‘ All join up for a conga , ’ I called over the racket , and soon we had a long snake winding its way in and out of the tables and finally through the door .
7 He could not have endured the clamouring siren bells that marked an alarm and that caused A area to be sealed down , passage in and out of the Citadel suspended until the malfunction was located .
8 A Lungfish is my constant companion in and out of the fishhouse
9 She was dancing the slotted spoon in and out of the fish-kettle , a clatter of aluminium .
10 In and out of the station .
11 The Pakistani authorities banned the proposed protest on Feb. 6 , and on Feb. 7 deployed 40,000 security personnel along the border and blockaded roads in and out of the Azad Kashmir capital of Muzaffarabad ; nevertheless , 7,000 JKLF supporters set off from the city on Feb. 11 .
12 Within this group are the ‘ problem families ’ , always on the edge of pauperism and crime , riddled with mental and physical defects , in and out of the Courts for child neglect , a menace to the community of which the gravity is out of all proportion to their numbers .
13 This allowed free passage of fluid in and out of the segment , confirmed by flushing the segment via a cannula in the proximal end .
14 Then he was off again , in and out of the torches , the slingshot whirling , the missiles impossible to see as they sped into the compound .
15 In and out of the camp Billy made sure that his camp and his model of the people 's pleasures were always in the public eye .
16 Though punctuated by frequent flash-backs to the period before , during and just after the war , temporal progression in the present is clearly marked by the development of two narrative lines which weave their ways in and out of the novel .
17 Boxer was forced to reduce pace at this point by the congestion of traffic in and out of the Barracks .
18 One young boy streaks through the darkness , like a small fish , in and out of the groups , stinging ankles with a handful of cut nettles , then melting into the shadows before the inevitable angry rebukes .
19 Sally Dade trundled backwards and forwards in and out of the kitchen carrying table linen , candlesticks , silver and cut-glassware in a bath of sweat and giggles , while Mrs Stocks , who usually only came once in five weeks for an orgy of washing , wept silently into the pan of onions she was skinning .
20 Schumacher has a sure-footedness to his moves in and out of the cockpit , but it has to be said that Schumacher 's Rug is not just a Nightmare , it 's a German Nightmare — efficient , expansionist , first to the sunbed .
21 The abolition of exchange controls has made it harder to track flows of cash in and out of the country .
22 Trading standards officers monitor the movement of animals in and out of the country .
23 When the champions of either side met to fight spectacular duels in and out of the clouds , the rest of the war seemed forgotten ; even the men in the trenches paused to watch as the hosts of Greece and Troy stood by when Hector and Achilles fought .
24 It is alleged by the plaintiff that the use of these roads by numerous heavy goods vehicles at night amounts to a public nuisance for which the defendants are responsible : the dock company because it controls the Gillingham Gate and by its operation of the gate and the port in general causes or permits the heavy goods vehicles to go in and out of it at all hours , and the fourth and fifth defendants , Crescent Wharves Ltd. and Ship Link Terminals Ltd. respectively , because as sublessees of the dock company they or their customers send heavy goods vehicles in and out of the port and cause or materially contribute to the alleged nuisance .
25 It was attended by several right-on Thatcherites , in and out of the government , expecting to be impressed by this darling of the American right ( although Bloom hotly denied being the Oliver North of the academy ) .
26 We could not do the trip in and out of the town in time to catch the last plane that evening , so we were condemned to this place and an early flight .
27 It is unique in that juniors come first , are welcomed at all times in and out of the club house , on and off of the courts and will never be turned off the courts by seniors .
28 A further cause could result from the exchange of gas in and out of the bladder .
29 Grooms , farriers and ostlers were taking horses in and out of the stables , checking legs , hooves and coats for any injuries or blemishes .
30 Grooms , ostlers and farriers were taking horses in and out of the stables ; scullions and kitchen boys carried huge slabs of freshly cut meat into the kitchen .
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