Example sentences of "to keep out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision to look for a significant equity partner appears to be Virgin 's attempt to keep out of the clutches of the five majors while remaining a credible force in the worldwide music business . |
| 2 | He therefore resolved to keep out of the way and let Clasper hang himself . |
| 3 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
| 4 | This they avoided as they followed their Head Girl 's strict instructions to keep out of the rough areas . |
| 5 | Our bodies use these fat cells and the connective tissue as a kind of storehouse for waste products and because these particular fat cells are metabolically less active than other cells in the body they make an ideal location for whatever toxic waste products the body would like to keep out of the way so that they do n't pollute the bloodstream . |
| 6 | Comments like ‘ if I was one of those parents , I 'd be so ashamed I 'd want to keep out of the limelight ’ were heard from some of those connected with the local authority . |
| 7 | The crowds assembled in Trafalgar Square cheered demands for Britain to keep out of the spreading European crisis . |
| 8 | That strain energy is more than a triviality was demonstrated by the bowmen at Agincourt and , incidentally , one is well advised to keep out of the way of a stretched hawser such as is used for checking a ship . |
| 9 | At the same time use your supporting troops to tie up the enemy units you want to keep out of the way . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Duncan lay silent ; he was being ordered to keep out of the action . |
| 12 | On holiday , when people look at my freckles and fair hair and warn me to keep out of the sun , I give a deep confident laugh and assure them that I turn mahogany brown . |
| 13 | All ten of us crammed onto the porch to keep out of the wet grass and we slept in a tangle of sleeping bags , packs and machine guns . |
| 14 | It was essential for him to keep the support of Congress in dealing with the Depression , and Congress in the 1930s was determined to keep out of the overseas conflicts . |
| 15 | You come here to offer me your undying devotion while you have an entanglement with the lady whom we do n't seem to be able to keep out of the conversation . ’ |
| 16 | Here , he could see only the occasional flutter of movement , as the fearful denizens of the area tried to keep out of the way and out of trouble . |
| 17 | Indeed , a minister may even ‘ expressly desire to keep out of the affairs of quangos within the ambit of his department , arguing that to behave otherwise is merely to frustrate the whole purpose of this way of organising public services ’ ( Johnson , 1979 , p. 389 ) . |
| 18 | The moth 's surest means of staying alive , therefore , is not to be detected ; and it has the advantage of advance warning to keep out of the way . |
| 19 | There was a hush-hush meeting with Eliot and I was to keep out of the way . |
| 20 | It is the Norah Batty syndrome , if I may be sexist , where far from losing a million people off the register as happened during the last census because of the poll tax , in the next census men will be sent to the shed at the bottom of the garden to keep out of the way . |
| 21 | SUMMER bathers have been warned to keep out of the lake in Middlesbrough 's Central Gardens . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | Well , I er , I do n't find it difficult to keep out of The Duke at all . |
| 24 | and I try to keep out of the way . |