Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did . |
| 2 | The drivers had the hardest job , concentrating on holding their positions and keeping out of the way of the front and rear gunners . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Probably Dizzy 's gang , keeping out of the way in case the sight of others working made them feel weak . |
| 5 | Gilbert somewhere behind , keeping out of the way , trembling with fear . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So by keeping out of the way and staying at sea he hoped to put himself right . |
| 9 | We 're passing through on the way to Manchester and we 've been to your surgery they said you were out this way … described your car . |
| 10 | How is he to measure it against ‘ Look before you leap ’ , ‘ Care for your parents ’ , and such other imperatives as he has been picking up on the way ? |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | Drive to Beaver Creek , looking out on the way for moose and eagles along the roadside . |
| 13 | He reached the top of the bank , lizards scattering out of the way in front of him . |
| 14 | She 's always going on about the way people behave nowadays . |
| 15 | So what was going on in the way of entertainments and things like that when you came to ? |
| 16 | Dodging out of the way , she said meekly , ‘ I 'll go and get the wine . ’ |
| 17 | Nevertheless , going back to the way the system works in practice , you still have housing benefit . |
| 18 | A dark giant of a man , possibly Tonio , leaned out of the lorry 's cabin to thank them for pulling out of the way . |
| 19 | Yes there are photographs going round by the way . |
| 20 | Eight miles , starting easily , speeding up on the way home |
| 21 | Dispel notions of lethargic ponies plodding nose to tail , only speeding up on the way back to the stables : trail riding can be both challenging and exciting . |
| 22 | The idea that Athens actually remitted all tribute that year can be dismissed — there is no other good evidence for an easing up in the way the empire was run . |
| 23 | By moving out of the way , we 'll be giving them a clear run . |
| 24 | I was just moving out of the way . |
| 25 | Therefore if I move my hand down there , poor Ted , he 's shifting out of the way , God knows what he imagines I 'm going to do , there we are , rather stiff , but there she goes , I think . |
| 26 | There is a connotation to leadership that needs perhaps getting out of the way . |
| 27 | Privatization means giving businesses the chance to flourish ; the process of deregulation means the Government getting out of the way . |
| 28 | ‘ Do you mind getting out of the way while I serve the lady , ’ he stormed . |
| 29 | The bay youngster ( centre ) is getting out of the way ; behind him a bay mare with turned-back ears , a tight mouth and flattened tail is also trying to back away , but she 's blocked by the grey mare , who is more interested in the camera . |
| 30 | Still I got all the washing and ironing out of the way thank goodness , it 's not bad now is it ? |