Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 He shrugged his shoulders and clambered out of the hole with his retinue following on behind .
4 When the transistor came along , we thought that with valves and relays out of the way , electronics would never ( well , hardly ever ) break down .
5 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 .
6 He pulled up in front of the stone steps and got out of the car .
7 Mandeville suddenly put his finger to his lips and stepped out of the window embrasure .
8 Keep lighters and matches out of the reach of children .
9 Burun leapt to his feet and charged out of the door .
10 Zeinab rose to her feet and swept out of the box .
11 Furthermore , Piper , I wo n't be in this trench tonight , ’ continued Taff , rising to his feet and climbing out of the trench .
12 One of them ignored everyone including Mrs Black and just filed her nails and stared out of the window .
13 Edward took off his shoes and looked out of the window .
14 Ellen was polishing the furniture with beeswax , but collected her cloths and went out of the room wordlessly when Paul entered , shutting the door after her .
15 " The Youth Militant supporters must be seen in their true light of splitters and disrupters and cleared out of the youth movement , " urged John Gollan , secretary of the Young Communist League , after the conference .
16 Unfortunately , Jazeel was blissfully unaware of his responsibilities and fell out of the stalls before finding every pocket of trouble in what proved a remarkably rough race .
17 They were required to leave their beds and get out of the hostel by nine o'clock in the morning , and they were not expected to hang about any more until about five or more in the evening .
18 We rose , bowed to Queen Margaret , mumbled our apologies and crept out of the hall .
19 ‘ They smuggled drugs and used criminal ways to buy their dreams and get out of the system .
20 The drivers had the hardest job , concentrating on holding their positions and keeping out of the way of the front and rear gunners .
21 I felt they might have a better chance of getting to the capital if they were folded into paper aeroplanes and launched out of the door .
22 She , Carrie , and George grabbed their coats and fled out of the room and down the stairs .
23 The clinical details and follow up of the seven patients in whom the diagnosis was based on cytology alone are given in Table V. This group of patients all followed a clinical course suggestive of malignancy with progressive deterioration and death in two to six months from the time of discharge .
24 On 1 February 1954 he put on his coat , hat and gloves and walked out of the window of his 13th-floor apartment overlooking New York 's East River .
25 No one murmured as the captain unlaced his gloves and climbed out of the ring .
26 She had seen the young man leaving Mary Kelly 's rooms and slipping out of the building by the back way on more than one occasion .
27 She pushed the baby into Alice 's arms and hurried out of the room .
28 They had meant it to be special , but at the time , it had been dreadful , and when they began to sing Happy Birthday , Jay had burst into tears and run out of the room .
29 Matthew burst into tears and ran out of the restaurant .
30 If I failed to do so , he would become exasperated and start shouting at me , telling me how stupid I was ; whereupon I would dissolve into tears and rush out of the room .
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