Example sentences of "[adv prt] of [pron] [noun] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cooked the turkey and booted the uncles ' wives out of her way when they came cluttering into the kitchen trying to help , i.e. interfere , which they did unfailingly each year . |
| 2 | My mother undoubtedly had been counting , but she would have put the numbers out of her mind since they were evidence , at the very least , of instability on the part of her future son-in-law . |
| 3 | They demanded that everybody get out of their way so they could launch their boat , while people who 'd been there for the best of the tide were already bringing their craft out . |
| 4 | The only mercy is that most of them are put out of their misery before they 've lived a tenth of their natural lifespan . |
| 5 | He thought of all those white-faced passengers , panic-stricken as they peered out of their windows when they heard the engines spooling up again , wheels rumbling as they were noisily retracted , finally followed by the sharp upward tilt as the plane climbed out from the airport at full power . |
| 6 | According to producer John Mair 's extremely detailed investigation , British Rail got hopelessly out of their depth when they escalated Red Star from a simple station-to-station service to home delivery , and then to an international operation . |
| 7 | They may never make it to Wembley , but just remember girls , all the frustrated football commentators among them just might get it out of their system when they 're actually on the pitch ! |
| 8 | If that were not enough , there has been a 72 per cent increase in the number of people thrown out of their homes because they could not afford their mortgage repayments . |
| 9 | The besieger had become the besieged , and Matilda had only escaped because of the gallant rearguard action of her half-brother , Robert , Earl of Gloucester , as they fought their way out of their castle before they were starved out . |
| 10 | and deal with your objection and then puts it out of their mind if they find that the evidence is inadmissible , does n't work . |
| 11 | For the moment the sepoys , perplexed by his behaviour , were keeping well out of his way until they could think of some way of dealing with him . |
| 12 | The Russian twisted it out of his grasp as they rolled over and over , locked in a kicking , butting embrace . |