Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] of the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The safety factor was also important as older people were not so able to jump out of the way of stock or swinging gates . |
| 2 | The physical reactions that stress triggers help us to jump out of the way of a passing bus , or win the egg and spoon race at the village sports day . |
| 3 | To jump out of the way a model must roll equal to or less than its initiative value on a D6 . |
| 4 | Ken , upset , tried to drive his van through the line of Mr Rowse 's patients : he broke the ankle of an elderly man too feeble to jump out of the way . |
| 5 | He said Mills reversed slowly , then more quickly , forcing Miss Deeley to jump out of the way . |
| 6 | The second flashed the first , and they both jerked out of the way . |
| 7 | The drivers had the hardest job , concentrating on holding their positions and keeping out of the way of the front and rear gunners . |
| 8 | After that , since she now spent as much time as possible on deck keeping out of the way of her cousins , with whom she felt a constraint , Ruth saw the woman for several days in a row . |
| 9 | Probably Dizzy 's gang , keeping out of the way in case the sight of others working made them feel weak . |
| 10 | Gilbert somewhere behind , keeping out of the way , trembling with fear . |
| 11 | The demand may be advertised in one or more newspapers if the demand is for payment of a sum due under a judgment or order and the creditor knows or believes that the debtor has absconded or is keeping out of the way with a view to avoiding service and there is no real prospect of the debt being recovered by any enforcement action . |
| 12 | If the court is satisfied ( by affidavit or other evidence ) that prompt personal service can not be effected because the debtor is keeping out of the way so as to avoid service , it may order substituted service in such manner as it thinks fit . |
| 13 | So by keeping out of the way and staying at sea he hoped to put himself right . |
| 14 | As the cockpit is likely to be used a lot while sailing in the trades and while in harbour , it seems a pity that the tiller should take up such a large amount of space , although when at rest it can be lifted out of the way . |
| 15 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 16 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 17 | Remember the cardinal rule in this situation is to push both sticks forward , but do be ready to leap out of the way if necessary ! |
| 18 | In his haste to leap out of the way Vincent dropped and broke his paintbox . |
| 19 | Enid Nightshade , the new girl who arrived last term and was now their friend , came zooming over the treetops and screeched to a halt so forcefully that her cat and suitcase shot off the back , and Maud and Mildred had to leap out of the way to avoid being run over . |
| 20 | Stumbling slightly , she moved out of the way , propping herself up against one of the big windows . |
| 21 | Kāli and Jit moved out of the way of the back staircase and the sheep flooded down past them . |
| 22 | Reynolds moved out of the way into an alcove . |
| 23 | Felipe stood in front of her like a lion-tamer , a whip in his hand with the thong coiled out of the way , and for a second Maggie felt a wave of fear . |
| 24 | When it moves any models in its path are run over , sustaining a strength 7 hit unless they can jump out of the way . |
| 25 | Fortunately he managed to duck out of the way of a lump of glass as it speared towards his neck . |
| 26 | A lot of erm them , cos erm we 're up , we 're in the upper sort of thing , we 're in the upstairs in a form room , so when we walk downstairs to erm down to a lesson they come barging up there and pushing out of the way ! |
| 27 | She stumbled backwards and I darted out of the way as she fell over . |
| 28 | However , as the table has to be moved out of the way whenever the patient gets up , it should not be too heavy , or have too many items on it at one time . |
| 29 | Lisabeth and Fenella were being moved out of the way and generally harried from pillar to post . |
| 30 | Good-humouredly , bundles are pushed out of the way ; babies and children accommodated . |