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 .
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