Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisabeth 's mouth dropped open and she swooned slightly against Fenella , who cunningly stepped forward out of the way so Lisabeth had to right herself . |
| 2 | Belle 's hair was grey and clipped back out of the way and her skin was sallow . |
| 3 | Robyn scrambled back out of the way and watched helplessly as the choking greyness filled the room . |
| 4 | There were drawings , too , rolled aside out of the way , and ranged along the bench a great array of tools , mallets , chisels and punches , from the coarsest to the needle-fine , all their handles polished and worn with use . |
| 5 | The creature gave a gasp and slipped nimbly out of the way . |
| 6 | The broken fringes of grass were lifted off and stacked well out of the way , the spades began to clear the ground downwards from the arc of russet brickwork , warily because of sinister little trickles of loose earth that drifted down the slope at every movement . |
| 7 | The emergency , hand-operated hydraulic pump has a telescopic handle which can be extended for use and pushed in out of the way when not required . |
| 8 | ‘ Be my guest , ’ Ben said , and stood back out of the way while Andrew examined him gently but thoroughly . |
| 9 | Everybody hurried then out of the way I suppose |
| 10 | Tal flew up to the catwalk for safety , while Marco and the Twins backed hastily out of the way . |