Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] in [vb -s] " in BNC.
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1 | Selina donned an apron and put her hair up under a baseball cap and prickled with female make-do and knowhow , while Mandy and Debby took it in turns to amuse me downstairs . |
2 | The initial storyline came from Terry Nation , but as an amusement for themselves the two writers took it in turns to write the detailed story breakdowns , each leaving an impossible cliff-hanger which the other writer had to get out of . |
3 | But Punition fretted all the way across , and her groom and a French veterinary surgeon took it in turns to comfort her . |
4 | The Corporals took it in turns to watch those digging from the shelter of the farmhouse , wrapped up and drinking hot coffee . |
5 | Hilary , of course , batted , and the boys took it in turns to bowl . |
6 | Alexandra , Lyddy and Janet took it in turns to sit up at night with her . |