Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jasper knelt up on the seats with the rest of them to observe out of the window their progress to Kensington High Street . |
| 2 | And my magic wrought true — for it was into your time I came , to Starr Hills , where I had walked four hundred years before ; and coming to meet me was a man who asked me simply if I were a mermaid , for he had seen me walking out of the sea . ’ |
| 3 | But when they saw me walking out of the sea , they welcomed me warmly with cries of astonishment and delight . |
| 4 | ‘ Just let me jump out of the canoe for you , ’ she muttered through gritted teeth , returning to paddling with a new fury . |
| 5 | And then they heard me tearing out of the sound-web . |
| 6 | As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight . |
| 7 | I crept out of the sitting-room and into the small room next door , where I chose a book full of pictures from the bookcase . |
| 8 | I felt very much the wallflower as I crept out of the room without speaking to anyone , my books held tightly against my chest in a way which , I was to learn , was feminine and wrong for a man . |
| 9 | As soon as it was light , I crept out of the room and went downstairs for a coffee at a nearby café . |
| 10 | A few minutes later , when Nelly was preoccupied , I 'm sorry to say my cowardice got the better of me and I crept out of the room , down the stairs and ran off home . |
| 11 | Should I stay out of the sun ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm black and blue from head to toe , ’ said Crawford then , ‘ I 've got eight pulled ligaments in my leg and bruises all over and , when I limp out of the theatre at night , these bloody bastards are walking up and down with signs saying ‘ English actors will be working next year — will you ? ’ . |
| 13 | I stalked out of the hall , quite pleased with myself , and went back to my own chamber . |
| 14 | The next day , after the thirty-third night spent on the exitless side of a bed that was shoved up against a wall and that also housed a physiotherapist called Daphne , an air hostess called Olga , and Olga 's dopey Teddy bear , I got out of the bottom of the bed unheard and thought , No . |
| 15 | I got out of the way , on my own . |
| 16 | When I got out of the ditch I felt very shocked , and unable to believe that he had missed me . |
| 17 | When I got out of the spaceship , I was n't afraid of anybody . |
| 18 | When I got out of the shop I felt angry with myself , and a little alarmed . |
| 19 | As soon as I got out of the house , I was told by our neighbours where my father was hiding , but I realized that if I went to speak to him , some SS soldier might follow me and arrest him . |
| 20 | If I went with Jack , I got out of the cart at the steep climb out of the valley and walked up a grassy path to avoid the loop of the ascending road along which jack led the horse and cart . |
| 21 | This time I got out of the car and felt my stomach heave again . |
| 22 | I got out of the car . |
| 23 | I got out of the car and walked over . |
| 24 | I got out of the car and a large brooding man with close-set eyes and far-flung shoulders came up to me . |
| 25 | As I got out of the car he was coming down the steps of Skeldale House and he put a hand on my arm . |
| 26 | I got out of the car and walked to the top of the hill . |
| 27 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 28 | ‘ Look , dottore , they knew I was there before I got out of the car , before they 'd even had a glimpse of me . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Later in the week he said he was falling in love with me and kissed me just before I got out of the car . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ As I got out of the car I could smell the gas . ’ |