Example sentences of "get out of the " in BNC.

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1 I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again .
2 ‘ I must have got out of the wrong side of the bed , ’ Beck said .
3 When the explosions eased off a bit , I bade farewell to Pat and got out of the big house as quickly as possible .
4 He flapped his warrant card in automatic greeting and waved a hand at Catherine who had also got out of the car .
5 He fell three short of his century this time , and once again no one else got out of the twenties , but 221 still proved too much for England .
6 I was taking out my fury on a bit of practical work last Saturday — painting the front gate posts — and he stopped , and got out of the car and introduced himself .
7 I 've got out of the way , I 'm trying to do my accounts , I ca n't understand this new money can you ?
8 Sandy thought his 68 was just about the worst he could have got out of the round , driving like that .
9 Mick , who seemed to have disappeared , got out of the driving seat of the leader 's car and a young attractive French woman emerged from the passenger side to stretch her legs .
10 Some find it hard to make a decision because they 've got out of the habit or they no longer see the need .
11 It could be they have got out of the way of doing things that they used to enjoy .
12 The girl who was driving smiled at Roger and pulled up , and she and her brother got out of the car .
13 ‘ You have never got out of the childish habit of trying to do several things at once , ’ Sally had said to her once ; Sally , so cool , so contained , so efficient she sometimes made Harriet feel as if she were still a child , though of course she would never admit it .
14 We had no sooner got out of the supermarket 's doors than the wee imp said he was tired and I must carry him to the car .
15 A small figure was seated beside the trainer and it was only when the two men got out of the car and walked briskly towards them that Kelly saw that it was Cy McCray .
16 He and Kenneth started conversing using no fewer than five-syllable words before he 'd even got out of the car , and have been rabbiting happily like two philatelists over a rare collection .
17 ‘ If there is a particularly nasty piece of business to be got out of the way , a quick dose of this will bring it to a head quickly .
18 ‘ There was no way I could have got out of the car when I saw the lorry coming towards me , ’ Adam , 26 , said yesterday .
19 The first two weekends of the 1977 season were for Mario anyway marred by accidents : in Argentina the nose-mounted fire extinguisher exploded , and in Brazil he found himself sitting in a pool of petrol and got out of the car while it was still moving just as his cockpit went up in flames .
20 Dad was not prepared to stand any more and got out of the chair into which he had just flopped .
21 Wait until the driver or the passenger has got out of the car and , as they approach you , quickly reverse back down the road so that you are out of their reach and have room to manoeuvre .
22 Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could .
23 ‘ I know they need to protect their client 's confidentiality but there are certainly many companies I would not consider working for and that ought to be got out of the way early on . ’
24 The first misconception to be got out of the way is that object-oriented Cobol is a new language with a spurious affinity to the ANSI ‘ 85 version .
25 She should have got out of the system at Bank , she knew that now .
26 They had doubled back and got out of the single-leaf door of the car .
27 She shakes me gently by the hand and announces quietly , ‘ I 've just got out of the bath . ’
28 Could you then have got out of the black hole with the remaining extra stage ? ’
29 I 've got out of the habit . ’
30 The Bar examinations should , of course , be got out of the way before pupillage commences , for you can not do two things at once .
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