Example sentences of "[vb base] they [verb] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics wrote of the leitmotif for Malvolio that it ‘ captured the colour mus-tard ’ , and that Guérigny was ‘ positively acrobatic in his ability to turn little themes on their heads and send them spinning out of hearing ’ . |
| 2 | They say they go out of their way to avoid trouble , having left a bar in Haymarket earlier in the evening because there was a group that seemed intent on a fight , swearing and pushing their way through to the bar . |
| 3 | Ensure they speak well of us rather than denigrate us to their friends . |
| 4 | But then I suppose they do out of us . |
| 5 | We usually ask them to arrive ahead of the rest so that we can see them safely settled before the rush starts . ’ |
| 6 | It is tempting to buy a small unit of Wolf Riders and use them to race ahead of your army , move around the enemy 's flanks , and maybe to attack his war machines before he has a chance to use them on your main force . |
| 7 | But , you think they had most of them do do n't they ? |
| 8 | This size of miniature looks quite lovely when ranged together in small groups of two or three , and I think they look best of all when hanging in a straight vertical line ( see p. 101 ) . |
| 9 | Do they operate independently of the economic and material circumstances in which individuals are placed ? |