Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the young men at the rear of the little procession tugged at his rein and made to wheel and ride out of the wood . |
| 2 | Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's . |
| 3 | She sat in the dishevelled shabby glamour of her bedroom and stared out of the window for hours at a time . |
| 4 | He nodded at Corbett and walked out of the hall . |
| 5 | Then he lost his nerve and rushed out of the flat and came back to the house to find me . ’ |
| 6 | At midday we reached Garrigues and piled out of the trucks to set up all our equipment in the farm building ; it was better appointed than the one at Canjuers , and there was running water , lavatories , sinks and beds . |
| 7 | ‘ OK , here we are , ’ Sadat says unnecessarily , and pulls his bag off the back seat and gets out of the car . |
| 8 | Charles rose from his seat and walked out of the dressing room . |
| 9 | The very sight of the sign at the head of the platform , shabby and tourist and third class though it was compared with that of the Golden Arrow at the other end of the station , was enough to raise her to a state she had never reached before , and as the train moved south , she sat in her seat and stared out of the window as though in a trance . |
| 10 | She slammed the coffee-mug on to the table , put her hand to her mouth and rushed out of the room , taking the stairs two at a time . |
| 11 | She bent and kissed Dionne and slammed out of the flat . |
| 12 | Maastricht was a package and Major kept the bits in he wanted for his supporters and opted out of the things that he did n't want , first and foremost being the Social Chapter . |
| 13 | When the explosions eased off a bit , I bade farewell to Pat and got out of the big house as quickly as possible . |
| 14 | Coffin took his toothpaste and walked out of the shop |
| 15 | She put it in to gear and eased out of the space , willing herself not to rush , not to panic . |
| 16 | I waited till I heard him go into the bathroom , grabbed all my gear and tiptoed out of the house . |
| 17 | I must collect my gear and check out of the hotel … |
| 18 | A short time later Betty stopped her scrubbing and looked out of the kitchen window . |
| 19 | He shrugged his shoulders and clambered out of the hole with his retinue following on behind . |
| 20 | Charlie grabbed a seat in the corner of an unlit carriage and stared out of the grimy window at a passing English countryside he had never seen before . |
| 21 | When the transistor came along , we thought that with valves and relays out of the way , electronics would never ( well , hardly ever ) break down . |
| 22 | With Rex and Woodchip out of the picture and the forces of darkness set loose upon the land , how can we fail ? |
| 23 | Luckily he was sitting in a grandfather chair with sturdy arms which would prevent his falling , so I removed the soup bowl , turned his head on one side and rushed out of the front door , picking up our ‘ frog horn ’ on the way . |
| 24 | Bob drew the curtain to one side and looked out of the window . |
| 25 | The next morning Carolyn stayed in her room and read , dipping in and out of Clare 's books and staring out of the window , feeling surprisingly content . |
| 26 | Let us now leave the Great Russians of the Kursk guberniia and move out of the hills to the south of Nikol'skaia volost' . |
| 27 | He pulled up in front of the stone steps and got out of the car . |
| 28 | Mandeville suddenly put his finger to his lips and stepped out of the window embrasure . |
| 29 | Finally , the pilot centralises the rudder and eases out of the dive . |
| 30 | The maid gave a knowing little nod and backed out of the door with a smile on her face . |