Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | … as soon as the Empress saw a place which was totally wild with virtually unclimbable rocks everyone got out of the carriage and she set out , armed with a stout walking stick , to beat a path over huge rocks , clumps of juniper bushes , enormous ferns as high as shrubs . |
| 2 | They helped specify the system and we had regular meetings so nothing got out of hand . |
| 3 | The munitions workers are not forgotten , including Joan Williams who wrote of her new job : ‘ It was nothing to leap out of bed at 5.15 on a frosty morning and I almost danced down Queen 's Road under the stars , at the prospect of the day 's work before me . ’ |
| 4 | When everyone moved out of the kitchen into the living-room after lunch , leaving Jannie to put the coffee on , Bob lingered behind with her , savouring the sudden calm . |
| 5 | As a result of the Headmaster 's moods no-one ventured out of their dormitories or classrooms unless it was absolutely necessary . |
| 6 | " Is everyone bidding out of future pay ? " |
| 7 | As he led the way to the kitchen and put the kettle on , he muttered , ‘ Sounds as though someone got out of bed the wrong … ’ |
| 8 | Like someone struggling out of a drugged sleep , Sarella flickered open her eyelids , blinking in confusion as if unsure as to where she was . |
| 9 | There were newspaper reporters standing in the lane where he had lived , waiting all day for someone to come out of the house . |
| 10 | Someone came out of The Two Pheasants and latched the door back to the wall hospitably . |
| 11 | Whilst I was there , someone came out of the gatehouse and started walking towards me . |
| 12 | He turned on her now , but was almost pushed aside as someone came out of the shop . |
| 13 | Then someone broke out of the crowd and began to run towards the side of the school where Jack and Tina were standing . |
| 14 | Someone dashed out of an alleyway , pumping a shotgun . |
| 15 | And pause like someone coming out of a wood . |
| 16 | ‘ You mean that someone leaned out of the window and shouted to you ? ’ |
| 17 | She had no doubt her entry had been heard , that the soft sound she had only just noticed was of someone ducking out of sight . |
| 18 | PC Sparkes lodged his bike against Carter 's fence , knocked on the door and , getting no reply , he sauntered round the premises peering through each window — nothing seemed out of place or obviously suspicious . |
| 19 | The sounds from the rides and the carnival continued , nothing seemed out of place . |
| 20 | nothing came out of the last committee meeting to a definite , this is definite this . |
| 21 | There again make sure nobody hanging out of a window or somebody doing summat daft , walking a to along top of roofs . |
| 22 | She was staring straight past me , sitting very still , as though waiting for somebody to come out of the house . |
| 23 | Nobody came out of the alley . |
| 24 | Lambert dived , but nobody came out of the basket . |
| 25 | Nowadays there is a sad , derelict air ; a sweetie shop , a pub and a cafe at street level and nobody looking out of upstairs windows . |
| 26 | There 's somebody looking out of a window up there , looking a bit worried . |
| 27 | Somebody came out of the room , and into the dark passage . |
| 28 | Nenna struggled against an impulse to rush into the fish and chip shop at the corner , the only shop in the street , and ask them if they had ever seen somebody coming out of number 42b who looked lonely , or indeed if they had ever seen anyone coming out of it at all . |
| 29 | Springsteen tested it for comfort , then hid under the low coffee table , partly because it 's the only table I have and partly because it 's the ideal place to ambush somebody coming out of the bedroom with no shoes on . |
| 30 | ‘ It is very difficult for somebody coming out of prison to get accommodation . |