Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The social worker said I should get out of the house , so I got enticed down to Age Concern and passed the afternoon there . |
| 2 | I should steer clear of the throw-it-all-in-a-pot philosophy , though . |
| 3 | I 'll give you a room to work in , I 'll turn round and walk the other way whenever I see you , and I 'll stay out of the kitchen whenever you want to use it . |
| 4 | Then I 'll clear out of the area . |
| 5 | I 'll get out of the window . |
| 6 | ‘ Why , I 'll get out of the water , Yuan ! |
| 7 | If just one of them had sent one of their grandmothers , and I could come out of the sun , and if I could have a silenced chain-saw , then maybe it would be fair . |
| 8 | ‘ I stopped just behind you but before I could get out of the car you were well away . |
| 9 | By the time I could get out of the Press-box into the open air , the rain which had been the cause of the stoppage was barely perceptible . |
| 10 | Several times in the next few months I went up to the top floor again , where I could look out of the high windows in the roof to see the surrounding countryside and be alone with my thoughts . |
| 11 | I would have loved to touch them to see what they felt like but I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being watched . |
| 12 | With my head turned sideways I could see out of the window and through the house to Willesden Sports Centre where a Sunday league football team was working out . |
| 13 | If I could see the one-eyed god down there now I 'd lean out of the window and tell it everything . |
| 14 | If I had any guts I 'd walk out of the front door now , this minute , and I 'd hitch my way to Italy and rent a shack in Tuscany , and I 'd paint trash to sell to the tourists in the Piazza della Signoria , and I 'd paint … |
| 15 | Oh , and I 'd stay out of the swimming pool for a few days if I were you , unless you can keep your head above water . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd steer clear of the fruit soup , ’ he advised Veronica . |
| 17 | She 's probably been worrying what family secrets I 'd let out of the bag . |
| 18 | I would go out of the Chamber with my tail between my legs . |
| 19 | I would look out of the window at the blue sky and the cypresses and the sea , and pray for the day 's end , when I could retire to the masters ' wing , lie back on my bed and sip an ouzo . |
| 20 | I will steal out of the door unperceived . |
| 21 | my duty is remitted , and I can look out of the windows . |
| 22 | But that 's all she sa she said that 's all I can get out of the solicitor he just said that they 're waiting , as soon as they hear from the bank |
| 23 | And why I sit here , husbandless , dependent upon social security supplemented by such pitiful amounts of money as I can wring out of the national press , and Bernard genuflects once more , fled back to his baptismal church , terrified by the very notion of living outside it . |