Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diniz also had stayed , and had found his way out into the yard , and the broken pillars of the loggia , where he had found somewhere to sit out of the wind . |
| 2 | War boars are evil minded creatures that will take every opportunity to maim , bite , and kick their Orc masters but this does n't really bother the Orcs who are on the whole sensible enough to keep out of the way . |
| 3 | Some aspects of shared planning are valuable enough to survive regardless of the competition for school admissions . |
| 4 | You need constantly to think actively of the meaning of what you are drilling . |
| 5 | If the pinches of flake were thrown over any other bream 's head then that fish would veer to one side , but only the bream immediately alongside him would react , and then only to get out of the way . |
| 6 | Many of the Minoan sailing ships were probably small enough to drag out of the water on to a beach , but some seem to have been very large . |
| 7 | Charlie was about to correct him when Trentham turned away to stare out of the window , obviously not anticipating a reply . |
| 8 | She ignored him , turning away to look out of the viewport . |
| 9 | He seemed to me to be showing diminishing interest in the enquiry , turning his tidily brushed head away to look out of the window instead . |
| 10 | He gave her a hard-eyed stare , then swung away to look out of the window . |
| 11 | ‘ We tried desperately to get out of the format of landing somewhere , splitting up , getting lost and getting captured , getting into trouble and getting out of it . |
| 12 | Without going into matters which might be the subject of the inquiry , can the Secretary of State confirm , first , that there have been recurrent problems with the signalling at either end of the line , as a result of the damp ; and , secondly , the system in case of an emergency and a red light was for the relevant engine drivers physically to get out of the cab and use a telephone near the tunnel ? |
| 13 | I make these journeys just to get out of the house . |
| 14 | I live in an area of high unemployment and it drives me mad when married mothers go back to work just to get out of the house . |
| 15 | She turned her head quickly to stare out of the window . |
| 16 | Father , how is that to be distinguished , in such conditions , from a Benedictine brother in dark habit and cowl , if he be young and stepping out briskly to get out of the rain ? ’ |
| 17 | While the point of the job is to make money , it is also to get out of the house and talk to other people . |
| 18 | I had almost consciously to go out of the house in the morning with a smile fixed on my face , keep it on and breathe an air of absolute confidence when I was feeling anything but that way inclined . |
| 19 | She would do well to get out of the area before they turned up . |
| 20 | Eventually , then , I decided the best strategy would be simply to stride out of the room very suddenly at a furious pace . |
| 21 | She could n't swim , so that left her with only two options : she could stay where she was and wait for whoever was lurking there to reach out of the darkness — but with her nature that was unthinkable — or she could run the gauntlet . |
| 22 | But the central point is that we need firmly to shift out of the mode of thinking that assumes that at pensionable age most people become useless burdens ; to realize that most of them have at least as much to offer as many people in their twenties , and hence actively seek ways to use their abilities positively . |
| 23 | Safer to look out of the window , concentrate on the view ; that had never let him down . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't say they are there for months but when they ca n't find a friend or relative to put them up they have to resort to anywhere to keep out of the wind and rain . |