Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We tried desperately to get out of the format of landing somewhere , splitting up , getting lost and getting captured , getting into trouble and getting out of it . |
| 2 | and when it gets to the chasing teddy bears you 've got to run as fast as you can , so you 'd better move out of the way |
| 3 | You 'd better stay out of my sight . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I just thought I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 5 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 6 | I 'd better get out of these togs — I also suggest you sit in the rear of the car before we arrive at Tavey Grange . ’ |
| 7 | If those trainers did n't want to end up in a splash they 'd better get out of the way before I … |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better get out of the City , ’ suggested Carradine . |
| 9 | ‘ You 'd better get out of those wet things , ’ he said curtly . |
| 10 | You 'd better get out of it . ’ |
| 11 | Alec said we 'd better get out of there , so we did . |
| 12 | Well I 'd better get out of your hair . |
| 13 | ‘ I think you 'd better get out of the water . |
| 14 | You 'd better sell out of your holdings now while you still can without too much of a loss . |
| 15 | With world manufacturing prices growing at less than 1 per cent a year , international competition prevented much passing on of higher unit labour costs . |
| 16 | But we nearly fainted when we asked which cottage — it was the one we 'd just moved out of ! — |
| 17 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |
| 18 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 19 | The following morning , I 'd just got out of bed when he started barking to get out . |
| 20 | Singer 's face was flushed as if he 'd just got out of a hot bath . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd just got out of bed — I was half asleep , ’ she tried , without much conviction . |
| 22 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 23 | A high powered Sierra was careering down a steep hill in Wotton under Edge.When the driver reached the bottom he lost control and ploughed into the women who 'd just got out of their parked cars . |
| 24 | Perhaps he 'd just slipped out of her , and located her anus by mistake . |
| 25 | He and Kenneth started conversing using no fewer than five-syllable words before he 'd even got out of the car , and have been rabbiting happily like two philatelists over a rare collection . |
| 26 | All the nerves in her chest and stomach tightened into one solid knot that seemed about to burst out of her throat . |
| 27 | She threw an agonised , reproachful look at Ruth and seemed about to run out of the room , but with three words Ernest stopped her . |
| 28 | There was a desert island room , a medieval castle , a railway Pullman carriage , a dungeon , a school classroom , and a hospital ward for those who 'd never grown out of playing doctors and nurses . |
| 29 | Perhaps they 'd never looked out of the windows . |
| 30 | Charlie was about to correct him when Trentham turned away to stare out of the window , obviously not anticipating a reply . |