Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Rex and Woodchip out of the picture and the forces of darkness set loose upon the land , how can we fail ? |
| 2 | She had packed and checked out of the hotel without seeing either of the two brothers or her cousin . |
| 3 | She grew bored , and gazed out of the window , at the fading winter light and the fluttering descent of the snow . |
| 4 | Iris yawned , put her hands behind her head and gazed out of the window . |
| 5 | With a hesitant smile she turned away from him , and sipped what was left of her champagne and gazed out of the window . |
| 6 | Disgust shivered through her , and stepping out of the reach of his hands she hissed , ‘ Get out of my house , you mucky little sod ! |
| 7 | They wheel about the sky , fading and crystallizing out of the air to the horror of their victims , striking fear into their hearts with their piercing cries . |
| 8 | In any case most of the time required will be taken up at the beginning , in the planning and drawing out of the plan on paper , in choosing the plants , and in soil preparation and planting . |
| 9 | Grigoriev bowed and hastened out of the room . |
| 10 | When the transistor came along , we thought that with valves and relays out of the way , electronics would never ( well , hardly ever ) break down . |
| 11 | I stay at home and my partner — for I 'm not a wife — puts on a suit and goes out of the door to work . |
| 12 | One boy is chosen and goes out of the room . |
| 13 | She turned on her heel and stalked out of the room . |
| 14 | Sabine tried to brake , stalled instead , and tumbled out of the car . |
| 15 | They hurried off , Rathbone with an excited spring in his step , Bruce huffing and puffing to keep up with him , and passed out of the rain into a street wedged thick with fog . |
| 16 | Carbon dioxide is removed and passed out of the cell . |
| 17 | We rose , bowed to Queen Margaret , mumbled our apologies and crept out of the hall . |
| 18 | So they risked all , and late one night when she heard a low whistle she rose from her straw pallet in the lower scullery and crept out of the house ; and when Tristram had climbed over the wall , she gave herself to him there on the midnight grass with the summer moon blazing down through the trees and the scent of honey wafting up from the silent hives . |
| 19 | I started to run up , straight up the hill , erm lucky the monster was running straight at me and sticking out of the crowd and he tripped over and after the end |
| 20 | I did not expect to survive but miraculously I escaped and got out of the country . |
| 21 | Kiah opened the door and got out of the taxi . |
| 22 | She grinned and got out of the car . |
| 23 | He pulled up in front of the stone steps and got out of the car . |
| 24 | ‘ Deal , ’ Graham replied and got out of the car . |
| 25 | Whitlock removed the keys from the ignition and got out of the car . |
| 26 | She kissed her father and got out of the car . |
| 27 | Fran wished that it had been further away , wished that she 'd had more time to compose herself and remove all traces of that kiss , but as she opened the door and got out of the car when they stopped in front of the neat little semi she was aware of the throbbing redness of her bruised lips , the faintly dishevelled state of her silvery hair . |
| 28 | I 'll see you home , ’ he said shortly and got out of the car , striding round to lift her down . |
| 29 | Reason had grown wings and flown out of the window , but she knew that she had to recapture it or else give in to him , and live to regret her weakness . |
| 30 | But she must have heard me say so , because at seven she came down and said she 'd overlooked this marvellous Stockhausen concert on Two — well , I just put on my coat and flung out of the house … |