Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just thought I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 2 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 3 | and when it gets to the chasing teddy bears you 've got to run as fast as you can , so you 'd better move out of the way |
| 4 | Better get out of the way . |
| 5 | If those trainers did n't want to end up in a splash they 'd better get out of the way before I … |
| 6 | You can not expect to be asked the questions exactly as they appear here and you will be badly thrown if you have programmed yourself with exact responses to very particular questions which do not crop up in the way you had anticipated . |
| 7 | But a more novel objection came from Dr Leonard Wilson , when Bishop of Birmingham , and who opened a school without wearing gaiters as a form of protest because he believed : ‘ Bishops should not dress up in the way of the decadent eighteenth century . ’ |
| 8 | Grasshoppers , scorpions , lizards , young birds in their nests , anything that can not get out of the way is attacked . |
| 9 | However it was , the one he had aimed at did not get out of the way in time and a last-minute attempt to slink off in the wind failed . |
| 10 | If the results did not always work out in the way intended , the blame for the failings of the criminal justice system can not be attributed to any lack of zeal to legislate . |
| 11 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 12 | I 'm surprised you did n't fall over on the way here . ’ |
| 13 | That does n't sound out of the way to me . |
| 14 | Perhaps they did not like what you were saying — it did n't fit in with the way they see their magazine . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm running around saying hey , here is my burn notice , this guy is a loser , and Christ , he is working with the government of Israel , he had already arranged a flight — it 's sort of would you please get out of the way , |
| 16 | A fielder with any sense would simply get out of the way . |
| 17 | Er , those who erm , those who did n't get through by the way , obviously er , er , a quick jot at lunch time before you troll down the road . |
| 18 | The Fiesta sets off , only Mel does n't get out of the way in time . |
| 19 | ‘ This time the lights turned green but I did n't get out of the way sharp enough . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I just could n't get out of the way in time and the bike clipped my leg . |