Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you know very well that once you are gone Miss Araminta will throw me out of the house . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't want them out of the way , I 'm just saying how many you 've got ! |
| 3 | Because if you are I 'd better count you out of the reckoning right away . |
| 4 | It is also useful to remove all the adult leaves from waterlilies ( or indeed any lily-like aquatics ) before planting , as these give the plants buoyancy and can lift them out of the basket . |
| 5 | Walking uphill can suddenly bring you out of the mist and into the sunshine , with beautiful panoramas . |
| 6 | " Fiddy , if you do n't hold your tongue , I 'll send you out of the room . " |
| 7 | In the end she saw the giant fish-hooks come down down into her and she thought they would haul her out of the depths , but they did not . |
| 8 | I learned that even if you pay the mortgage on your home and your husband contributes nothing to bills , you can not legally lock him out of the matrimonial home . |
| 9 | It occurred to her that he could tip her out of the window without any effort at all , and she shrank back . |
| 10 | Overlooking the causal nature of meaning with respect to usage leads here to obvious circularity within the formal framework however : to is first defined as necessary to support a clausal complement with no discussion of the data which contradict this postulate ( cf She helped lift him out of the bed ; You 've missed things . |
| 11 | if you can do it out of the bath , so I thought , oh , that 's it , get the razor |
| 12 | The Labour party will clear it out of the NHS . |
| 13 | He said ‘ You are never to wear those clothes or I 'll throw you out of the house myself . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I expect you 'd like me out of the road . |
| 15 | ‘ It 'll keep me out of the pub , dear , ’ said Jay . |
| 16 | At one point I would have to answer a long-distance phone call , which would keep me out of the room for half an hour . |
| 17 | it was a great winner … his sixth of the season … and it just about booked Swindon a place in the promotion-play offs … with only four games to go it 's asking too much to make the top two but only a disaster can keep them out of the play-offs … |
| 18 | Instead of tripping over their shoes while doing quick changes , each chair had pockets where they could thrust them out of the way . |
| 19 | The rash stings and burns , is worse ( < ) washing and water , worse ( < ) heat of the bed ; thirsty ; hot feet , may stick them out of the bed ; hot flushes of the skin which may look dusky and red ; burning stinging catarrhs from the eyes or nose ; dusky purplish skin and the rash does not come out ; slow convalescence and the patient is weak , tired and prostrate . |
| 20 | I knew it would keep you out of the way at a time when you might be spreading your theory about the Durances . ’ |
| 21 | Make the best of a bad job and busy yourself doing something that 'll keep you out of the firing line . |
| 22 | I could see him out of the corner of my eye and I thought , I 'm going to stick with him . |
| 23 | She could see him out of the comer of her eye , removing a crystal from his pocket and placing it in her desk reader . |
| 24 | How can I just ring her out of the blue and tell her that her daughter has married the first Italian she 's met , without telling any of us ? ’ |
| 25 | This time Mr Moran has stepped forward to shoulder even greater responsibility while Mr Souness recovers from a heart operation that will keep him out of the manager 's chair for the rest of the season . |
| 26 | He is currently in Israel although a leg strain will keep him out of the national side , who play Finland in Helsinki in a World Cup tie tomorrow . |
| 27 | You will have heard the phrase ‘ I could see it out of the corner of my eye ’ . |
| 28 | Maybe we can keep it out of the papers . ’ |
| 29 | I still feel as fit as a butcher 's dog ; if I confine the news to my close circle , perhaps I can keep it out of the press . |
| 30 | Johnny was immediately made captain , a position he held for nearly five years , and scored on his debut , but even Johnny 's seven goals from the 12 remaining games could not keep us out of the new basement division . |