Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | For him the laws of settlement hardly prevented the " idle poor " from wandering and a stricter enforcement of vagrancy laws would " compel the poor to starve or beg at home ; for there it will be impossible for them to steal or rob without being presently hanged or transported out of the way " . |
| 2 | But how can difficulties be assisted or cleared out of the way if , when attending the lecture , you know nothing of the topic discussed ? |
| 3 | Noctuid moths and tiger moths respond by closing their wings and plummeting from the sky , or somersaulting out of the way . |
| 4 | I 'd rather die than go back out the way I was . |
| 5 | When the transistor came along , we thought that with valves and relays out of the way , electronics would never ( well , hardly ever ) break down . |
| 6 | Then the handful of riders wheeled their mounts in wild haste , and rode back by the way they had come , and after them in headlong pursuit streamed Reginald de Grey and his knights and men-at-arms . |
| 7 | The drivers had the hardest job , concentrating on holding their positions and keeping out of the way of the front and rear gunners . |
| 8 | A lot of erm them , cos erm we 're up , we 're in the upper sort of thing , we 're in the upstairs in a form room , so when we walk downstairs to erm down to a lesson they come barging up there and pushing out of the way ! |
| 9 | Regrettably , even today , there are a number of health service insiders who feel that they are an exception to these general rules and look down on the ways of industry with the patronizing assurance of those who know that ‘ we are different ’ . |
| 10 | Still I got all the washing and ironing out of the way thank goodness , it 's not bad now is it ? |
| 11 | If kids were playing football in the street , they had to accept your authority and get out of the way . |
| 12 | ‘ Just tell them to open the doors and get out of the way . ’ |
| 13 | The 36-year-old American is unlikely ever again to have such a good chance to lift a 10th title , with Monica Seles absent and Graf out of the way until at least the final . |
| 14 | Thirty seconds later , he had the whole U-rod assembly unbolted from the car and stepped back out the way he 'd come in . |
| 15 | Dissenting Labour councillor Eddie Dryden refused to support the spending cuts and hit out at the way the proposals were presented to the Labour group prior to the meeting . |
| 16 | The latter can be replaced or ‘ sealed in ’ with gloss paint — get someone else to do this for you if you can , and stay out of the way until the smell of paint has dispersed . |
| 17 | Suggestions , in preparation for the next meeting , for those procedures that we still have to review , the procedure owners are going to put the information to us in one of two ways , if it is a minor modification procedure small changes of wording things need to be uncontroversial , we will resite the procedure with red line and strike out in the way that Jenny procedures have been prepared and circulate before the meeting . |
| 18 | There again , that 's the best of both worlds ; I have a chance to go out and play stadiums and arenas and then I get to go home and go back to the way I was , although with a lot more experience under my belt . |
| 19 | Everyone 's trying to brake and get out of the way . |
| 20 | Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter . |
| 21 | But get out of the way and let me turn him in if you 're not goin' to lead him . ’ |
| 22 | The tow truck eventually arrived three hours later , but broke down on the way to her fiance 's home near Norwich . |