Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote : ‘ If someone has just stepped out of your life you 'll be better reaching for this single than a bottle , razor blade or handkerchief . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Railway Days in Strabane ’ by local enthusiasts Willie Carlin , George Hare and Jim Tinniney , has already sold out of its first print run of 2,000 copies issued last November . |
| 3 | John has always gone out of his way to try and persuade similar sufferers that there may be help for them in alternative therapies . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ By nature Paul is a quiet , unassuming lad , but this season he has really come out of his shell and his game has improved no end . |
| 6 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 7 | A high powered Sierra was careering down a steep hill in Wotton under Edge.When the driver reached the bottom he lost control and ploughed into the women who 'd just got out of their parked cars . |
| 8 | Kylie had cathartically climbed out of her demure old skin into a naughtier new one — with the world watching . |
| 9 | But the situation had already run out of their — or anyone else 's — control . |
| 10 | You must think I 've just crawled out of my crib ! ’ |
| 11 | Lucy Lane arrived : in a green frock figured in black , dark hair expertly set , a shoulder bag matching her frock ; she looked as though she had just stepped out of her BMW runabout for a spot of window shopping . |
| 12 | Joseph had just stepped out of his room and was pulling the door closed when Patrick came panting up the stairs . |
| 13 | Quickly she read the article , then handed the paper to Fred , wondering why she felt as though the bottom had just fallen out of her world . |
| 14 | He looked at Ronni as though she were a particularly disappointing novelty that had just fallen out of his Christmas cracker . |
| 15 | She had deliberately kept out of his way until now , leaving the task of showing him upstairs to his godmother 's room to Mrs Diggory . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She had not made Dan go , he had practically run out of her life . |
| 18 | I ran out of printed business cards over a year ago , and I 've now run out of my stock of the blank cards ( which in view of my handwriting have a rather negative impact in any case ) . |
| 19 | Indeed , Branson had often gone out of his way to avoid newspaper or television interviews . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It ranged over many other matters , none of which were pleasant and some of which until he came to Broadstairs he had almost put out of his mind . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | As though Bigwig 's angry impatience , Pipkin 's terror and the approaching dog were not enough to contend with , the cleverest rabbit among them had evidently gone out of his mind . |
| 24 | FOR Captain Marvel read Captain Miracle : Bryan Robson , whom England had sadly written out of their plans for the World Cup qualifying match against Poland a week tomorrow , may be fit to play in Chorzow after all . |
| 25 | The senator had a son and daughter of his own and , though he had never talked specifically of their problems , I sensed that in my life he was seeking an answer to his own family 's complexities . |
| 26 | You see I I think er er probably one of the best erm Ministers of er of er Education that er has been for quite some considerable time and I bet you throw your hands up in horror when I say this you will totally disagree and I 'm talking here cos his name 's just slipped out of my mind . |
| 27 | The tale of L'Esquiriel goes on to tell of how the girl is approached by a young man playing with his erect penis ; she asks him what he has there — a squirrel , is the answer ; does she want it ? — yes please , let me hold it ; not yet , put your hand on it carefully ; it 's hot ! — ah , it 's just got out of its nest — and so on , until , after further euphemisms and foreplay , we return to the blunt world of crude speech as the squirrel enters the girl 's con to seek from her stomach the nuts she ate the day before . |
| 28 | Stars have always gone out of their way to watch them |