Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] the way " in BNC.

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1 I do n't want them out of the way , I 'm just saying how many you 've got !
2 ‘ It got me out of the way while you put your nasty little heads together ! ’
3 Pick me up on the way .
4 And dad could knock me off on the way to get the papers .
5 Skipper Kim Barnett tells me : ‘ There was a time when the opposition used to like me out of the way quickly because I had a reputation for getting after the bowling .
6 ‘ You want me out of the way before Adam arrives .
7 They moved them out of the way but not out of the district , just to somewhere handy where they could easily pick them up .
8 " They want you out of the way . "
9 You spell trouble , and I want you out of the way . ’
10 But Mitchell wo n't condone the taking of life and soon it seems both good guys and bad guys want him out of the way .
11 We really want her out of the way for that . ’
12 Unless you want her out of the way , ’ I explained .
13 You want her out of the way ? ’
14 Grasping her elbow , Donal moved her out of the way of the small bridesmaid who seemed to have got over-excited and was racing around with someone 's little boy .
15 Pushing them out of the way , she hastened to the bed .
16 ‘ At the house — he dropped me off on the way .
17 ‘ Never mind what kind , ’ said Gurder , pushing him out of the way .
18 Duvall was suddenly standing on the step above him , pushing him out of the way and stepping down past him .
19 A whole exciting new scene was being born all about her and pushing her out of the way .
20 ‘ Now look what you 've made me do ! ’ she exclaimed agitatedly , then gasped in surprise when Leo got lazily to his feet , grasped both her elbows and lifted her out of the way .
21 That is the pathway we have gone down , and in consequence we have reduced the amount of food that is given to our cows that could be eaten by man from 50 per cent to 14 per cent by getting the input from grass and porridge oats : food that would otherwise be wasted in a system that is not using these animals to pick it up on the way .
22 Instead of tripping over their shoes while doing quick changes , each chair had pockets where they could thrust them out of the way .
23 However , they had got me out of the way and I felt at least with a following wind a big lad would hit the ball in my direction and I might be able to do something .
24 work on the basis of er , we fill up just before we drop you off on the way back
25 I knew it would keep you out of the way at a time when you might be spreading your theory about the Durances . ’
26 Turned it round on the way back driving merrily towards the arch very happily past the pub on the left and the playing fields where they were about to play rugby I suspect .
27 Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away .
28 There is still , I am sure , of specific areas and you have to highlight those areas and get them out of the way .
29 Without speaking , she elbowed him out of the way and continued with her baking , thumping and banging the dough into shape , all the time her tears falling silently .
30 ‘ I know , ’ Cleg 's big hand covered hers , ‘ but , for your own sake , send your cousin packing or marry him out of the way , then no-one will have room to talk . ’
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