Example sentences of "[noun] to keep [adv prt] of 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 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 .
3 This they avoided as they followed their Head Girl 's strict instructions to keep out of the rough areas .
4 The crowds assembled in Trafalgar Square cheered demands for Britain to keep out of the spreading European crisis .
5 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 .
6 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 .
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