Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whittingham joined Pompey four years ago after buying himself out of the Army for £450 . |
| 2 | The manager will play Ryan Giggs from the start after leaving him out of the first leg due to a mix-up over UEFA rules governing foreign and assimilated players . |
| 3 | Unless , ’ he added with unpleasant irony , ‘ anyone has any other ideas for picking it out of the shit … ’ , |
| 4 | The Englishman sensed that the big personal build-up was a blind to hide Muldoon 's real reason for wanting him out of the country . |
| 5 | and they come to MPs like me to try and find some way of helping themselves out of the dilemma . |
| 6 | I say that because all the engines of recovery seem incapable of driving us out of the recession . |
| 7 | Someone uncoupled that car at Cartier and rigged some way of pulling it out of the station into the darkness before releasing it . |
| 8 | Although it may have been a convenient way of getting her out of the country , this also indicates that Ælfgifu had previously enjoyed a recognised position . |
| 9 | This letter induced me to pay him an urgent visit , as I was doubtful of getting anything out of the Ministry so soon as that , if at all . |
| 10 | But I felt I should of worn it out of the material . |
| 11 | Meanwhile he had to tread very carefully , because if David suspected that his talk of cutting him out of the business was more than just talk , there was no telling how he would react . |
| 12 | Some we chased but it was only a matter of chasing them out of the way . |
| 13 | But the same kind of people , very often , who are in trouble , are the ones who want somewhere quiet and peaceful where they can be alone with God and they can pray , and so in a sense it 's not a matter of turn them out of the church , it 's a matter of of encouraging them to use the church building in particular ways . |
| 14 | Śa kar and Kānchho were down below steering them out of the sheep-pen , round and up the wide stone staircase . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , this big chap sort of pushed me out of the way a bit . |
| 16 | At least financial agencies have some pressure to provide funds at competitive rates , and builders to guard against pricing themselves out of the market , but landowners just have to sit on the land until they get the price they demand . |
| 17 | Remembering just in time that this heartless cynic was responsible for getting her out of the clutches of the Gibraltar Police and Customs Service , Polly managed to bite back the caustic retort trembling on the tip of her tongue and stared blankly at the vast selection of starters and main courses . |
| 18 | So whether the fact that they thought that she was a witch was maybe kind of half an excuse just for getting her out of the house I do n't know . |
| 19 | And how very understated and very British , with every man of its crew trying not to show how pleased he was or how embarrassed , and quietly thanking the good Lord for getting them out of the mess in the Bay , and if He would n't mind , could some other perishing submarine have the next thirty-eight ? |
| 20 | This writer would certainly have preferred the option for moving everything out of the main glen , but the fact that the centre is now seen as being a mistake is encouraging and the partial solution is vastly better than the centre being a rapidly-growing monster . |
| 21 | I 've yet to work out why you were quite so angry with me just for hauling you out of the water , Caroline . ’ |
| 22 | Ace tried to thrust a ghostly neural net crystal underneath the Doctor 's nose and only succeeded in pushing it out of the image field . |
| 23 | You could n't keep bulls for long or the strain in your herd would have been weakened by in-breeding , so there was a regular turnover , and quite often farms would loan out their bulls around the Dales before selling them out of the area . |
| 24 | The car allowance , a key item in reporters ' lives and in getting them out of the office — was fixed at Option B — 15p a mile . |
| 25 | I also pay tribute to the professionalism of the emergency services , who naturally faced difficulties in getting to the injured and in getting them out of the tunnel for treatment . |
| 26 | In the Berchtesgaden district , most recorded comment — as elsewhere — was loyal in tone , but there were difficulties in getting anything out of the rural population . |
| 27 | But feminism , far from letting her out of the trap , turned out to be a hoax . |
| 28 | He arrived at his drive , discussed the second shot , decided on a club and then , before taking it out of the bag , held out his hands in front of his caddie and said : ‘ Look , not a tremor . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ In very strong winds I ca n't prevent the sail from lifting me out of the water . ’ |
| 30 | He felt grateful to her for dragging him out of the pit and back into the daylight . |