Example sentences of "[vb pp] out of [pos pn] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 I have watched my most treasured possessions being sold to strangers , I have moved out of my home to accommodate you , my precious cousin . ’
2 I was n't going to be cheated out of my Day to Remember , oh no , and neither was she .
3 As I entered the committee room from the standard uncarpeted passage , I was given a friendly and businesslike handshake by the chairman , Lord Franks , who had courteously got out of his chair to greet his witness — an unfailing politeness that I gather he extended to every other witness .
4 At the entrance to the factory , he engaged the man controlling the barrier in some kind of argument , then got out of his car to speak to Robyn .
5 This man , eager to draw first blood , swerved as he neared Sharpe , then leaned out of his saddle to give a gut-slicing sweep with the glittering blade .
6 Penda 's invasion of the territory of the eastern Angles in 635/6 or 636/7 , when he slew in battle both King Ecgric and the ex-king , Sigeberht , who had been brought out of his monastery to lead the army with Ecgric ( HE 111 , 18 ) , terminated , as far as can be seen , the exercise of royal power among the eastern Angles by the direct descendants of Raedwald ( see Appendix , Fig. 5 ) , and made the repression of Penda 's ambition imperative if Oswald were to reconstruct the paramount position which had been Eadwine 's .
7 The Party has gone out of its way to foster the image of the Armed Forces as guardian of the motherland , school of patriotism and the expression of those qualities that the Party seeks to promote in homo Sovieticus .
8 It must also be said of Poland that its society has been most resistant to Communist influence and , that of all East European countries , the gap between the state and its society has been greatest The LWP has not gone out of its way to act as the arbiter of events ; rather , it has had this role thrust upon it by Party factionalism and weakness .
9 This time the army has gone out of its way to make it clear , publicly , that it has no views on what has been going on .
10 They have gone out of their way to take the pressure off me . ’
11 Stars have always gone out of their way to watch them
12 Creatures often seem to have gone out of their way to find him and display themselves to him .
13 The main reason for this was that neither management nor the union had gone out of their way to provide workers with information on the hazards of asbestos .
14 ‘ She has n't exactly gone out of her way to make anybody else happy , has she ? ’
15 It was as though he had read into her mind and gone out of his way to reassure her .
16 Just as he 'd gone out of his way to bait Lotta by kissing her , Gina , so passionately !
17 Bill Clinton has gone out of his way to stress the so-called special relationship will not be imperilled while he is in the Oval Office .
18 It is no doubt for this reason that the Syrian foreign minister , Farouk at-Shara , has gone out of his way to emphasise that continued Syrian support depends on the way in which the West responds to what Syria perceives to be the fundamental problem of Middle Eastern security — the Arab-Israeli dispute and the Palestinian issue .
19 Earlier , in Council , he had gone out of his way to assure Li Shai Tung of his support , even pre-empting Wei Feng 's offer of help by giving Li Shai Tung a substantial amount of grain from his own reserves .
20 Zacchaeus became reconciled to God because Jesus , instead of ignoring him or treating him like an outcast , had deliberately gone out of his way to meet and befriend him .
21 His equanimity was legendary amongst his colleagues and he had gone out of his way to make her feel a part of the team when she first arrived at UNACO .
22 Puddephat had given evidence , saying Melanie Gandell had been one of his brightest students , and he had gone out of his way to encourage her academically as a result .
23 John has always gone out of his way to try and persuade similar sufferers that there may be help for them in alternative therapies .
24 More importantly still , the influential Finance Minister , Pierre Bérégovoy , has repeatedly gone out of his way to express interest in the British proposals , emphasising that the French view is closer to the British than to the German .
25 The Llangurig line is a classic in this respect ; much of the damage is due to nature and man has not gone out of his way to remove a monument of the past .
26 Yes , she 'd been worried about Nicolo 's intentions , but he 'd gone out of his way to tell her — to show her — that he was n't the least bit interested in her as a woman .
27 Indeed , Branson had often gone out of his way to avoid newspaper or television interviews .
28 ‘ Not unpleasant , perhaps , ’ he said thoughtfully , ‘ but you have n't exactly gone out of your way to make me feel welcome — either here or back at the television studio . ’
29 In the previous two seasons , while I was serving my ban , both Mike Gatting and I had sometimes gone out of our way to push Tuffers in county matches at my expense .
30 Talking audio visual that 's an event that is taking place with S S K in Glasgow on the second of February I 'm disappointed by the number of people who have said that they want to go largely because we 've gone out of our way to do something in Glasgow
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