Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After six o'clock , when the cheap rate had started , Karen King let herself out of the side door of Aunt Jane 's bungalow and walked the quarter of a mile to the public call box . |
| 2 | Grasping her elbow , Donal moved her out of the way of the small bridesmaid who seemed to have got over-excited and was racing around with someone 's little boy . |
| 3 | I was scarcely conscious but Pat helped me out of the machine and as the dinghy had n't emerged after the ditching we had to swim about 250 yards to the beach . |
| 4 | Corbett followed him out of the house . |
| 5 | Was it a two-way respect — had the two got their heads together and decided it might be beneficial to Travis to send him out of the country for a short while ? |
| 6 | And although Hick hit him out of the attack briefly , producing a second cameo of the series which included an extraordinary one-handed straight six , Patel returned downwind to sneak one through before the Zimbabwean could reach a maiden Test half-century . |
| 7 | ‘ Beacause if you do n't , I 'll ask Josh to throw you out of the cast — and somehow I do n't think you 'd enjoy that , my little prima donna . |
| 8 | Although Mark 's expert navigation round the lesser-known hedegrows of Hampshire got us out of the bumper-to-bumper mess , I almost regretted leaving cos I expect there was a huge party somewhere on the middle of the M3 ( ‘ let's all have a disco ’ , etc . ) |
| 9 | Juliet and Tunney helped her out of the tank . |
| 10 | One punter refers to a typically fateful day : 1 August 1988 - " … the day I returned from a holiday abroad , Harvard telephoned me out of the blue ( 8th April 1986 ) , and a chap who sounded like an enthusiastic young cockney told me how wonderful Towerbell was and that it was going places with top stars in tow ! " |
| 11 | Chopra saw it out of the corner of his eye . |
| 12 | Burnley put them out of the Youth Cup on 14.12.93 . |
| 13 | He looked so frail as I watched Gavin help him out of the car , followed by the cat basket . |
| 14 | And all that she could think about was , why did Josie want her out of the way ? |
| 15 | Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him . |
| 16 | Willi followed him out of the dressing room . |
| 17 | Carrie followed him out of the kitchen , through the hall , and up the polished stairs . |
| 18 | When the Russkies dig him out of the snow tomorrow he 'll say he knows nothing about our operations in Helsinki and I 'm going to make sure he 's not lying . |
| 19 | On this occasion , M. Dupont followed me out of the door . |
| 20 | ‘ Martinez pulled him out of the Hi-Flight contract and signed him up with Supersight . ’ |
| 21 | They were all Altun family retainers of long standing — men whose first and only concern would be to protect the interests of the Kha-Khan — and Burun watched them out of the corner of his eye in case it occurred to Nogai to send Sipotai warning . |
| 22 | Relaxed and without the miserable depression of the previous few evenings , Julia pulled herself out of the water , rubbed herself vigorously with the hard , thin towel Annunziata had left there for her and went to dress . |
| 23 | Christina joked , before Stephen guided them out of the lobby and down a path past a row of mahogany trees separated by bright thickets of hibiscus . |
| 24 | John the Fletcher took them out of the water and out of his power for a while , but do you think a man like Isambard would ever forget or forgive the crossing of his decree ? |
| 25 | Julia ushered her out of the bedroom , afraid the sound of conflict might reach her mother . |
| 26 | And despite Robbie 's protest that his daughter might also scold if he brought home an unexpected extra guest , the Reverend Mr Taylor hustled them out of the church and towards the adjoining house . |
| 27 | There had been unsuccessful attempts even further south ; the unfortunate Raleigh got himself out of the Tower by promising to find James 1 a supply of gold in Guiana , but he found no gold and he irritated the Spanish so much that they pushed James into having him executed in 1618 on the 1604 charge of treason . |
| 28 | Daniel levered himself out of the sofa and stood up . |
| 29 | Then Emmie helped him out of the skip and along the railway ; he clutched her with one hand and held Murgatroyd with the other . |
| 30 | Mrs Wright must have got Lee to help her out of the car with the sack . |