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 . |