Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's . |
| 2 | Patrick threw back the covers and hopped out of bed . |
| 3 | Maastricht was a package and Major kept the bits in he wanted for his supporters and opted out of the things that he did n't want , first and foremost being the Social Chapter . |
| 4 | He shrugged his shoulders and clambered out of the hole with his retinue following on behind . |
| 5 | When the transistor came along , we thought that with valves and relays out of the way , electronics would never ( well , hardly ever ) break down . |
| 6 | The next morning Carolyn stayed in her room and read , dipping in and out of Clare 's books and staring out of the window , feeling surprisingly content . |
| 7 | However , I am very sad that the Government — for the next few months , anyway — are trying to drag their heels and opt out of so many important aspects of what the Community is doing . |
| 8 | He pulled up in front of the stone steps and got out of the car . |
| 9 | Mandeville suddenly put his finger to his lips and stepped out of the window embrasure . |
| 10 | One resident I spoke to , whose house is immediately on the zebra crossing , reports that every day he dreads hearing the squealing of bl brakes and looking out of his window . |
| 11 | Keep lighters and matches out of the reach of children . |
| 12 | Don Giovanni , though technically an opera buffa , is far removed from the light-hearted comedy of Figaro , in which characters change clothes , hide in cupboards and jump out of windows . |
| 13 | Australia soaked the pressure , punished Ireland 's handling blunders and scampered out of their 22 at will to score tries that numbed the huge crowd . |
| 14 | He tripped and fell , scrambled to his feet and sprinted out of reach . |
| 15 | Burun leapt to his feet and charged out of the door . |
| 16 | Zeinab rose to her feet and swept out of the box . |
| 17 | Furthermore , Piper , I wo n't be in this trench tonight , ’ continued Taff , rising to his feet and climbing out of the trench . |
| 18 | One of them ignored everyone including Mrs Black and just filed her nails and stared out of the window . |
| 19 | When the commission unveiled its tough plans for shaking up the beer industry in March , many industry watchers predicted that Whitbread , forced into a choice between keeping its six breweries or freeing two-thirds of its 6,250 pubs from the obligation to sell its beers , would decide to keep full control of its pubs and pull out of production . |
| 20 | Edward took off his shoes and looked out of the window . |
| 21 | Some of the benefit came from a pick-up in the US music industry but chief executive Colin Southgate said he was cautious about sales prospects this year and wanted to continue tightening belts and getting out of fringe businesses . |
| 22 | Ellen was polishing the furniture with beeswax , but collected her cloths and went out of the room wordlessly when Paul entered , shutting the door after her . |
| 23 | And I 've seen Harry Lloyd and er Houdini what they call him you know , where he used to be all strapped in chains and get out of tanks and that . |
| 24 | ARMY officer James Mundell , 22 , was jailed for eight weeks and kicked out of his brigadier father 's regiment yesterday for brawling at Bulford , Wilts . |
| 25 | " The Youth Militant supporters must be seen in their true light of splitters and disrupters and cleared out of the youth movement , " urged John Gollan , secretary of the Young Communist League , after the conference . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , Jazeel was blissfully unaware of his responsibilities and fell out of the stalls before finding every pocket of trouble in what proved a remarkably rough race . |
| 27 | The Policy covers them in respect of their liability at law in connection with the private classes and arising out of : — |
| 28 | They were required to leave their beds and get out of the hostel by nine o'clock in the morning , and they were not expected to hang about any more until about five or more in the evening . |
| 29 | Then you have to select your weapons and use them with caution — go in with a gung-ho spirit and you could find you 've missed most of your targets and run out of ammo . |
| 30 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |