Example sentences of "out [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had agreed at the start of this thing that pressing the Harwich local council for housing would probably be more trouble than it was worth : if one of their inspectors had decided to check my circumstances with the port authorities , the customs people would inevitably have found out about the way in which I had been using their cupboard ( and would have had a pink fit , probably ) . |
| 2 | But I 'm starting to get used to it , it 's fascinating to find out about the way an artist works — and it 's a darn sight better than putting up with a patient who 's frustrated because she is n't getting anything done ! ’ |
| 3 | If not the chances are that you need to find out about the way directories and path names work . |
| 4 | It will not elbow anything else out of the way . |
| 5 | Not elbowing others out of the way . |
| 6 | She got the food well out of the way mid-afternoon , devised a tongue-teasing cocktail , and asked all the people she loved . |
| 7 | I saw one player push fans out of the way at the Australian Open this year . |
| 8 | I found it to be quiet , even when under pressure , and the hooked power pack means that it can be hung conveniently out of the way . |
| 9 | The ‘ tendentious ’ story would soon be out of the way , making possible a return to what Dostoevsky thought was much more important , the Life of a Great Sinner project . |
| 10 | Yesterday 's sudden departure followed what appeared to have been an almost total cave-in by East Germany , anxious to have the matter out of the way by the country 's fortieth anniversary on Saturday . |
| 11 | There was relief that the rise was out of the way and substantial enough to keep further advance at bay . |
| 12 | But ministerial aides said it was better to get the increase out of the way this week , rather than have it happen during the conference . |
| 13 | Obstacles which prevent young people from using their talents at home must be swept out of the way , he said . |
| 14 | Their whole game depends on getting the man on the ground out of the way , if necessary with the boot , if he is so unfortunate as to be between them and the ball . |
| 15 | Having declared London ‘ shabby and out of the way ’ , Hamnett has decamped to show in Paris , leaving a trail of controversy in her wake . |
| 16 | Less comforting for the chicks was her habit of scratching violently backwards with one foot after the other , which often sent the babies hurtling out of the way like fluffy ping-pong balls . |
| 17 | The whole hall is convulsed to see children elbowed out of the way while the adults take over skipping ropes and doubledutch , 1920s style , fills the screen . |
| 18 | We tried lots of rehearsal spaces but they were all a rip off and totally out of the way . |
| 19 | There is a connotation to leadership that needs perhaps getting out of the way . |
| 20 | I let off the snow hook , Rayo heads for the tree , Kaisa leaps out of the way , Sunniva follows her round and it 's back to knitting in seconds . |
| 21 | The thought came to Wexford that something very out of the way had happened . |
| 22 | With Jerome out of the way and all that money for themselves , she felt they would have a much happier relationship … |
| 23 | It was not scheduled until later that night , but since the ATO team are there they decide to get it out of the way . |
| 24 | The old crow selected the largest one and dragged it to safety , out of the way of a pair of young birds chasing them down . |
| 25 | ‘ In fact , no disconnection was made at the fuse end , and although at the other relay end the old wire was disconnected , it was not cut back as it should have been , nor was it secured out of the way of its previous contact . ’ |
| 26 | Oils rallied several pence now that the anticipated lower-earnings from BP and Shell are out of the way . |
| 27 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 28 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 29 | ‘ In a side street , not far from the burning Palace of Justice , yet out of the way , stood a man , sharply distinguished from the crowd , flailing his hands in the air and moaning over and over again : ‘ The files are burning ! |
| 30 | But David surprised me by saying , ‘ OK , now we 've got that out of the way , let's go and do the rest of the album ’ . |