Example sentences of "was [adv] [conj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was all but out of the door on her way to Oxford Street when , incredibly , she found herself shaking , so much so that she went back into the tiny bedroom and lay down . |
| 2 | When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned . |
| 3 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 4 | Jess was in and out with the speed and turn of a ferret . |
| 5 | And none of this would matter Chairman I do n't think er whether E two whether E two was in or out of the structure plan only matters in so far as it bears a part of the making of local plans and the making of planning applications in the county . |
| 6 | Her eyes were wild and did not seem to see him , her wings were smashing at the bars and branch in her cage , and she was over and up to the top . |
| 7 | The moment the alarm clock went off Maggie was up and out of the cavity bed she slept in . |
| 8 | They were n't badly off because I do believe they ran a car and she would wear a lovely fox fur when she was out and about in the dale . |