Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , most users saw the centres as somewhere to go to get out of the house rather than somewhere to learn . |
| 2 | Slowly Georg got out of the van , looked around to make sure there was no-one who knew him , then he walked quickly across to the station restaurant , entered , and hid himself quickly in a booth that had a view of the rails . |
| 3 | Kelly had another good match , Strachan was superb , Wallace was my Man of the Match , Deane caused them problems all night , McAllister Speed and batty were good the first half , but Speed especially seemed to drop out of the game in the second half . |
| 4 | A quail or a mouse also has a relatively large amount of light coloured , ‘ fast ’ , muscle ( white meat ) and hence are forced to use energy in short bursts only to avoid build up of the toxic byproduct of anaerobic respiration , lactic acid . |
| 5 | But it might as well save its money if it is merely going to flow out of the country into the pockets and profits of foreign firms . |
| 6 | ‘ Why should he suddenly have materialized out of the blue ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Maurice only had to walk out of the Ibrox ground and the abuse he took was amazing . |
| 8 | More than anything Mungo suddenly wanted to get out of the forest ; to be in his room , or talking to one of the family , or anywhere . |
| 9 | We all know the prehistoric method of treating the dead , which obtains even to-day in the less enlightened parts of the country — the body hurriedly placed in the coffin , the packing with sawdust , and the necessarily precipitate screwing down of the lid . |
| 10 | Those who fail the Cl test flee in terror out onto the battlements — they just want to get out of the tower . |
| 11 | ‘ I just want to get out of the rain . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I just want to get out of the area and reach a phone . ’ |
| 13 | Now , the day had grown dark but I was a burly rogue , carrying sword and dagger , yet my assailants just seemed to step out of the shadows . |
| 14 | that one you 've already seen laid out of the colour |
| 15 | The difference of approach illustrated here between the apparently hard-working development from carefully formulated theory towards new ideas to be tested where there are gaps in the subject on the one hand and this last-mentioned almost accidental following-up of ideas that just seem to occur out of the blue , would , on the face of things , seem to make it difficult to use two such disparate methods of enquiry in one discipline . |
| 16 | For the irony is , in a society like ours apparently dedicated to ‘ law and order ’ and having a penal policy based largely on deterrent principles , it appears that corporate crime somehow gets left out of the arena of legal and social control . |
| 17 | I did n't exactly try to sneak out of the Court ; funnily enough , most Courts are n't designed with that in mind . |
| 18 | His puzzlement gave way to a momentary unease , at the possibility that the Prophet may have somehow managed to slip out of the apartment undetected , as the detective lieutenant had suggested . |
| 19 | She just wanted to dash out of the house and let the rain cool some of the thoughts flying around in her mind . |
| 20 | But I 'd had a bellyful of your family and I just wanted to stay out of the whole rotten business . |
| 21 | ‘ What would happen if anyone just wanted to get out of the partnership — I mean , without a death being involved ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's easy now to say he was hasty , yet at the time he just wanted to get out of the place because he was so ill . |
| 23 | Well , all the types listed above have come out of the Soviet Union recently . |
| 24 | Women very quickly got left out of the picture and it was a very conservative state that took over . |
| 25 | Jonesy was still struggling to get out of the grave , and this he managed only with his father 's help , after falling back in once . |
| 26 | This is handy , for we can thus spot potential danger and react rapidly to input gleaned out of the corners of our eyes . |
| 27 | Instead of trying to walk , doggy paddle , Heathcliffe always tried to climb out of the water ; hence , he generally ended up on his back , legs lashing away hopelessly , until disappearing under the surface . |
| 28 | The normally outgoing Garel-Jones has been looking tired lately , say his friends , who believe he genuinely wants to bow out of the spotlight and spend more time with his family . |
| 29 | When I cleaned it up , I found it to be in really good condition and one of the nicest I have ever seen come out of the river . |
| 30 | Sticks can be stabbed at you but chains can not ; they must be swung , and the heavier they are , the slower the swing — giving you more time to get out of the way . |