Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stormed off and away and the last thing she saw was Felipe helping Mitch out of the pool , his dark face still lightened by a very wide grin . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's been through a terrible ordeal , ’ she told her brother severely , drawing Ellen out of the solar with her . |
| 3 | It was the water authority of Bradford that was largely instrumental in keeping Washburndale out of the National Parks . |
| 4 | It would be a shame to see Rocky dropped again after apparently playing very well since he came into the side , but at the same time I ca n't really see him keeping Strach out of the team . |
| 5 | There are profound differences , obviously , between blasting birds out of the sky with a shotgun , sitting quietly on a riverbank waiting for the fish to bit , chasing foxes or stags over open country on horseback or sending dogs down a hole to dismember badgers . |
| 6 | Until then Britain , which had taken the initiative in founding WEU out of the wreckage of the EDC , tended to place little credence in it . |
| 7 | But the problems of keeping microphones out of the picture , of different versions for foreign countries , and of editing the pictures independently of sound , mean such processes have become inevitable . |
| 8 | Planting it outside the backdoor was a sure way of keeping witches out of the house , and it was thought never to be struck by lightning ; cutting it brought bad luck , and traditionally it was the wood the Cross of Calvary . |
| 9 | Marshes play an important part in keeping sediment out of the bay 's waters . |
| 10 | He was thirty five yesterday but Oldham ruined the celebrations , knocking Town out of the Coca Cola Cup , one-nil … |
| 11 | Casualties included a John Lewis security guard shepherding customers out of the store . |
| 12 | Once you 've done that , you can then start taking really strong action about keeping traffic out of the City , because you 've got the alternative . |
| 13 | I think this is not just a problem in Kent , I think that there has been a erm an undue er move in this direction nationally , er for what ever reasons public policy was very much about keeping people out of the courts , er I suspect that this is er er a policy which is of doubtful philosophical underpinning . |
| 14 | And that is the high unit cost end , with the people who move into nursing homes , and obviously our highest cost , with the exception of certain very complex cases on physical disability , erm , where we , we do occasionally get higher cost packages keeping people out of the nursing home . |
| 15 | The whole point is that if the intrepid aviator got shot down while blasting Gerry out of the skies above enemy territory , he could simply unzip his boot-legs and have a pair of civilian-looking shoes on his feet , and thus pass for a native and so escape those dreadful SS men in their tight little black uniforms . |
| 16 | As for the comment you attributed to me , that Britain has a budding romance with pressurised water reactor , I have always been an advocate of keeping government out of the bedroom and would , therefore , never have allowed such a comment to pass From my lips . |
| 17 | ‘ Tweed was seen driving east out of the city . |
| 18 | Both knew it would not end with tricking information out of the Versorelli Institute . |
| 19 | On Forbes 's ‘ throne ’ by the VDUs sat the queen bee of admin , weaving order out of the potential chaos of paperwork . |
| 20 | A court ruling on keeping abusers out of the family home has left SSD 's stunned . |
| 21 | ‘ Crew members are tearing dolphins out of the net and dumping them on the deck with little or no attention to whether they are alive or dead . |
| 22 | It was the sort of grin that is normally accompanied by small riverside birds wandering in and out , picking scraps out of the teeth . |
| 23 | Nigel dared to disagree with her — he had hated his own school and he thought he divined Gina 's reason for wanting Anthony out of the way . |
| 24 | I was in the fruit and vegetable section waiting to weigh some potatoes on the scales when I saw a bairn of about three years old , a bonnie wee lad with fair hair and big dark blue eyes , picking apples out of the bin and shoving them into his mother 's shopping bag . |
| 25 | Apart from transporting rubbish out of the area , which is costly , Cullen has discussed the advantages and disadvantages of four methods of on- or near-site disposal . |
| 26 | Children are likely to play ball against your side wall and you may find yourself picking litter out of the garden which has been thrown over your wall or fence . |
| 27 | One evening he clambered down with an armful of tin pipes and funnels , scooped a cupful of fermenting liquid out of the barrel , and disappeared into the lavatory . |
| 28 | The floating of the pound in 1972 symbolized this turnaround in favour of sustaining expansion regardless of the inflationary cost . |
| 29 | Not elbowing others out of the way . |
| 30 | Helped ( a lot ) by the dollar and ( a little ) by unification , Germany again became the world 's biggest exporter , elbowing America out of the top slot after just one year . |