Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half listening , half occupied with looking out of the open window at a flock of rooks riding in circles on the breeze , Melissa was vaguely aware of a succession of faint bumping noises in the distance , followed by returning footsteps . |
| 2 | if it is favourable you obviously benefit by sailing in it , otherwise you should concentrate on keeping out of the flow . |
| 3 | I did n't understand Ward 's behaviour , so I just concentrated on getting out of the city as fast as I could . |
| 4 | Bowen staged an escape while being brought to court in December last year , Mark Williams is in hospital after becoming ill during the trial and Bush is still being sought after breaking out of the court last week with four of the other accused . |
| 5 | ‘ Jane Eyre , you need not think you can succeed in getting out of the room like this . |
| 6 | He 's looking to getting out of the hospit looking forward to a , a change |
| 7 | Another three of them , never identified , escaped by crawling out of the back of the house . |
| 8 | She escaped by getting out of the vehicle while it was moving . |
| 9 | The clouds must be sufficiently isolated to ensure that clear air can be found by flying out of the lift . |
| 10 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 11 | For one mad moment he thought of climbing out of the seat and sliding down a girder to safety : ‘ No , you berk , they only do that in films ! ’ |
| 12 | The reserved ground around them , together with some addition subsequently gained by filling up of the Ditch , thus provided for a back entrance to the College from King 's Road . |
| 13 | At the time , the teenaged Bowie and Roxy Music fan dreamt of getting out of the rain and opening his own record shop . |
| 14 | So it looked as though there was little reason for her to think of backing out of the deal they were planning . |
| 15 | In the case of water , higher pressures result in breaking down of the hydrogen bonds which bind the water molecules in ice together in an open structure . |
| 16 | If Councillor had actually stayed , he would know why this is so important to the people of whom I may say he has cruelly deserted by walking out of the debating chamber and what he 's saying to the people of is that Liberal Councillors A wo n't prepare speeches like his colleague earlier on or they wo n't stay in the debate they are not going to be properly represented when we take important decisions , both nationally and locally . |
| 17 | Gregory was seriously thinking of getting out of the music business at the time . |
| 18 | The worse a woman 's education , the less she has to lose by dropping out of the jobs market to have a child . |