Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | KEYNES ( John Maynard , not Milton ) was a great economist in the 1930s who devised the way to get out of recession . |
| 2 | ‘ You see , Roger , I used the ladder to get out of the church . |
| 3 | From women 's point of view , changes in the occupational structure which gave young women in the twentieth century more opportunity for a career also reduced the need to marry out of pure economic necessity , which in turn increased the importance of companionship within marriage . |
| 4 | A combination of excess speed and harsh steering caused the car to go out of control . |
| 5 | Police are trying to find out what caused the car to go out of control , cross the road and overturn down the steep embankment at just after 1pm . |
| 6 | The United Kingdom on Dec. 17 ratified the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child [ see pp. 37054 ; 37732 ] but reserved the right to opt out of some of its provisions . |
| 7 | He made no effort to move out of their way and they made none to speak . |
| 8 | He pulled into the station car park , slammed on the brakes , and made no effort to get out of the van . |
| 9 | I made an attempt to move out of the way then it struck me . ’ |
| 10 | The main changes included the ability to contract out of SERPS , voluntary membership of occupational schemes , and the availability of personal pensions through a wide range of intermediaries — insurance companies , friendly societies , banks , building societies and unit trust groups . |
| 11 | But after the cauliflower curry , a couple of pounds of onion rings and six bottles of Kingfisher , I told him that I needed a place to stay out of sight for a few days . |
| 12 | She constantly felt the need to get out of the house and go somewhere , anywhere … but always she would return to be punished , because there was nowhere . |
| 13 | finally , when both my parents were away somewhere , I took the opportunity to draw out of the Post Office bank all the very modest amount of money that people had given me on special occasions like my christening . |
| 14 | and it took the war to come out of that , what are we gon na get out of , get out |
| 15 | He felt a need to get out of London , Eric Verrico was keen to see Paris and the £40 Minton brought with him fuelled the ‘ larks ’ all four now had . |
| 16 | A country vet , especially in the Yorkshire Dales , never had the chance to get out of condition ; he was always on the move , wrestling with the big animals , walking for miles between the fell-side barns ; he was hard and tough . |
| 17 | If Mr Hussein had the wit to get out of Kuwait before the Americans and their allies can push him out , the war would have lost its overriding purpose — and the coalition might at last have lost its cohesiveness . |
| 18 | Struggling into yet another of the brief garments bought for her by Ross — her trembling fingers fumbling awkwardly with the small scraps of material — Laura dearly wished that she had the courage to chicken out of the whole affair . |
| 19 | The only cloud to appear on the horizon was Leopold 's unexpected illness , which obliged the family to move out of town to the peaceful , then almost rural atmosphere of Ebury Street in Pimlico . |
| 20 | An HSBC director , John Bond , said the bank had no plans to diversify out of Hong Kong . |
| 21 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 22 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 23 | NOTTINGHAM Forest yesterday missed a chance to move out of the Premier League relegation zone when they drew 1-1 at home to Leeds . |