Example sentences of "keep out [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The drivers had the hardest job , concentrating on holding their positions and keeping out of the way of the front and rear gunners .
2 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 .
3 Probably Dizzy 's gang , keeping out of the way in case the sight of others working made them feel weak .
4 Gilbert somewhere behind , keeping out of the way , trembling with fear .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 So by keeping out of the way and staying at sea he hoped to put himself right .
8 if it is favourable you obviously benefit by sailing in it , otherwise you should concentrate on keeping out of the flow .
9 Keeping out of the book , in fact , has become increasingly popular , with the national average of twenty five percent , being one of the highest in the world .
10 ‘ I just thought I 'd better keep out of the way .
11 He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way .
12 But having said that of course , Brackley , they have nothing to lose ; looking at the two sides , the majority of the players would you believe it are ex of Banbury United a side , you can never keep out of the news Jane .
13 One layman summed up the feeling with the remark , ‘ If there were stolen goods anywhere on the premises , the Church must keep out of the matter .
14 As long as he keeps out of the washing machine , the vet says Pristine Priskin can expect a long and happy life .
15 On holiday , when people look at my freckles and fair hair and warn me to keep out of the sun , I give a deep confident laugh and assure them that I turn mahogany brown .
16 You come here to offer me your undying devotion while you have an entanglement with the lady whom we do n't seem to be able to keep out of the conversation . ’
17 Comments like ‘ if I was one of those parents , I 'd be so ashamed I 'd want to keep out of the limelight ’ were heard from some of those connected with the local authority .
18 SUMMER bathers have been warned to keep out of the lake in Middlesbrough 's Central Gardens .
19 Well , I er , I do n't find it difficult to keep out of The Duke at all .
20 He therefore resolved to keep out of the way and let Clasper hang himself .
21 Our bodies use these fat cells and the connective tissue as a kind of storehouse for waste products and because these particular fat cells are metabolically less active than other cells in the body they make an ideal location for whatever toxic waste products the body would like to keep out of the way so that they do n't pollute the bloodstream .
22 That strain energy is more than a triviality was demonstrated by the bowmen at Agincourt and , incidentally , one is well advised to keep out of the way of a stretched hawser such as is used for checking a ship .
23 At the same time use your supporting troops to tie up the enemy units you want to keep out of the way .
24 War boars are evil minded creatures that will take every opportunity to maim , bite , and kick their Orc masters but this does n't really bother the Orcs who are on the whole sensible enough to keep out of the way .
25 Here , he could see only the occasional flutter of movement , as the fearful denizens of the area tried to keep out of the way and out of trouble .
26 The moth 's surest means of staying alive , therefore , is not to be detected ; and it has the advantage of advance warning to keep out of the way .
27 There was a hush-hush meeting with Eliot and I was to keep out of the way .
28 It is the Norah Batty syndrome , if I may be sexist , where far from losing a million people off the register as happened during the last census because of the poll tax , in the next census men will be sent to the shed at the bottom of the garden to keep out of the way .
29 and I try to keep out of the way .
30 Duncan lay silent ; he was being ordered to keep out of the action .
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