Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes a head-on collision with a lorry seems inevitable , but somehow at the last moment we or they swerve out of the way . |
| 2 | ‘ Fuck you , ’ the Maggot screamed at whoever fired at him and I looked out of the Beechcraft 's side window to see palm trees going past at over 150 miles an hour and above us . |
| 3 | When the shelling and mortaring ceased , Taff and I got out of the trenches . |
| 4 | As soon as I dropped about 70 feet down towards the restaurant , via the tourist runway with its ridiculous little suburban garden fences bordering the steps , the wind ceased and I stepped out of the snow . |
| 5 | And I stepped out of the bath and wrapped myself in one of the big white towels in which these places specialize , and , with an innocence born no doubt of the habit of the past , opened the door . |
| 6 | A few minutes later , when Nelly was preoccupied , I 'm sorry to say my cowardice got the better of me and I crept out of the room , down the stairs and ran off home . |
| 7 | I , I , I was lucky in the three ground I went too the worst that ever happened to me was I was put head first into a dustbin , but luckily it had been emptied it was still well mucky , but I just fucking went and had a shower , and I come out of the shower and I 'd got pounced upon again and I was there , it must of been a funny site , there 's me right in just a pair of fucking deck chairs that we used to wear for the , the shower block right , fucking shaving , er like the wash kit bag in my right hand and I was holding me fucking towel round , round me waist with me left , I was streaking across the play ground , going as fast as I could |
| 8 | She stumbled backwards and I darted out of the way as she fell over . |
| 9 | The flats face Carntyne dog track , and I gaze out of the window at the greyhounds as they sprint after the electric hare , then , late in the afternoon , transfer my attention to the road , in the hope of seeing my father appear again with sweeties , and notebooks for me to draw in . |
| 10 | Deep inside she knew that if he had tried she would have repulsed him , and she looked out of the window at the moonlit sky . |
| 11 | They fell apart , wood splintering , nails wrenching , and she burst out of the side of a building . |
| 12 | And she went out of the room , leaving Clare and Bryony facing one another over two thousand five hundred sheets of paper that had to be folded by Friday . |
| 13 | ‘ What rubbish you talk , ’ his mother said and she walked out of the room with her ironing . |
| 14 | And she walked out of the room with something of the same wary insistence on normality . |
| 15 | Something in that reminded her of Clare and she stared out of the window , frowning , as she tried to think what it was . |
| 16 | And she got out of the passenger side , which meant somebody else was driving . |
| 17 | he sez he normally takes the bird out of the aviary to weigh her and she hopped out of the aviary and onto roofs nearby and has beenhopping ever since . |
| 18 | Charlotte did get the position of nanny and often travelled on the same train home on her days off , always in the first compartment behind the tender and always hoping that she would see Albert , which she often did and she leaned out of the window to talk to him when the train stopped in the stations . |
| 19 | And she marched out of the kitchen , her tall wig swaying slightly with the brisk jerky movement . |
| 20 | I took her hand in mine , and we went out of the ruined place ; and , as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge , so , the evening mists were rising now , and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed me , I saw no shadow of another parting from her . |
| 21 | He took my hand , and we walked out of the room and closed the door . |
| 22 | I kicked the rudder and dropped the nose , and we broke out of the fog and saw the water coming up in front of us . |
| 23 | Then he crossed the room to collar a departing guest for some last words and they went out of the front door together . |
| 24 | His hobby was breeding bees and one day he brought them in in a glass cabinet and he was saying , ‘ These are the workers and this is the queen bee , and they fly out of the window and come back with pollen and they make honey . ’ |
| 25 | Then some sea creatures developed lungs and the ability to breathe air and they moved out of the ocean on to dry terrain . |
| 26 | . With this little foreman threatening fists and everybody running out of the way of the brickwork . |
| 27 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 28 | He was among , around and in close proximity to about 100 canines of all shapes , sizes and breeds , and he came out of the event totally unscathed . |
| 29 | And he went out of the room , his arms angled like a plane . |
| 30 | She came and kissed him like an anteater , and he went out of the door . |