Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dairy was Joe 's , Pete 's or even Bonington 's , and with Bonington himself out of contact in the Himalayas the speculation continued . |
| 2 | He proved himself out of touch over the economy and by opposing abortion on demand . |
| 3 | In desperation she threw the umbrella into the foyer , hoping there was somebody out of sight in the box office who 'd be alerted to her jeopardy . |
| 4 | James , one of the best writers who out of love for the old detective story has taken it and made something more of it , once summed it up very neatly . |
| 5 | He divides his party and his flocks and herds into two , and plans to put one out of sight of the other . |
| 6 | The same applies if the dog takes other things such as slippers which it is not supposed to have , although it is equally important to replace them out of reach for the future . |
| 7 | Impatiently she pulled off the blouse and unhooked the brassiere , throwing them out of sight into the pool house . |
| 8 | The hills around the city are held by Serbian forces , and the Hercules have been using a special steep landing technique , to keep them out of range of the rebel guns until the very last minute . |
| 9 | The companies fear the tunnel opening , either later this year or early next year , could force them out of business on the Dover to Calais route unless they are allowed to pool their services . |
| 10 | ‘ But tell me , was there much of value in the handbag ? |
| 11 | She let go of her skirts , but immediately felt a prickle of fear at putting herself out of reach of the inn . |
| 12 | The weeping girl , Vicky , threw herself out of danger into the recesses of the cave , where I stored the fruits of the autumn . |
| 13 | There is nothing here of interest to the binocular observer . |
| 14 | Getting him out of bed in the mornings in time for school became a real problem for his family when he 'd been up most of the night with pencil and note book . |
| 15 | Ember moved with an ease that soon took him out of sight among the frost-clawed rocks and left her panting , furious with him but unable to catch up to say a single one of the angry remarks cartwheeling through her mind . |
| 16 | O'Hara and Freddie Reynalde dragged Geoffrey from the pitch and marched him out of sight behind the club-house . |
| 17 | Between 1912 and 1928 Lutyens was responsible for redesigning eighty square miles of offices , avenues and palaces in New Delhi to house the British Government in India , an undertaking that kept him out of England for the best part of every winter . |
| 18 | roaring her out of bed in the mornings faster than any alarm clock . |
| 19 | And now here she was , sitting meekly in the passenger-seat of his car , while he drove her out of London with the controlled aggression of a racing driver . |
| 20 | But a victory by Elliott in the final event of General Portfolio 's grandly mis-named Mile of Miles series was all that mattered to selectors three days after they chose him ahead of Cram for the Commonwealth Games . |
| 21 | Friend the Member for Aberdeen , North said that when an attempt was made in Committee to create a consumer body with a wider remit , the Chairman ruled it out of order on the ground that it went beyond the scope of the Bill . |
| 22 | goodness knows how I 'm gon na drag myself out of bed in the morning |
| 23 | There is something paradoxical about this aspiration to lift myself out of nature by the use of reason , since I can not without setting arbitrary limits to reason forbid the sciences of physiology , psychology and sociology to reincorporate me into nature , as a phenomenon in principle explainable and predictable like everything else . |
| 24 | ‘ Twelve women were driven to injure themselves out of fear for the lives of their husbands or loved ones . |
| 25 | After paying entrance fees , they often found themselves out of pocket to the tune of £1,000 , just for the privilege of taking part . |
| 26 | Our evening was made by the presence of a very jolly guard , Mr Howard Morgan , who went out of his way to make the trip a pleasant one and moreover told us much of interest about the line . |
| 27 | Our way led us out of sight of the bay , [ Portree ; JTR has picked up a ‘ preacher of the Gospel ’ ] and we were within hearing , and also could trace , the rocky stream that coursed seaward from the mighty mountains that form the Coolin range . |