Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] run [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I might run up to New York for the day . ’ |
| 2 | They had been a way of ‘ coasting ’ slightly , when I 'd run out of steam . |
| 3 | I wanted a light for my fag — I 'd run out of matches — so I opened the door of the box and just asked Charlie for a light . |
| 4 | When I thought I 'd run out of things to say I asked the front two rows to move back and the whole place started buzzing . |
| 5 | I remember sitting in a hotel in Lymm thinking that I could n't really spare the time for the Managing Quality course but I 'd run out of excuses ! |
| 6 | I used to run away from home — could n't tell anyone what was happening and never did . ’ |
| 7 | Yes and he 's very , very difficult to feed himself , to get the food in because , you know , he liked to come in a half past ten and bully me to cook things for him that 's why sometimes I used to run up to bed and pretend I was asleep . |
| 8 | At present usage I would run out of batteries before the half-way point and Mick and Paddy would run out just after . |
| 9 | I shall run away to London . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'll run out of money . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Quite a smooth landing , ’ the instructor said approvingly He hesitated , then warned , ‘ Next time be careful not to land too fast or you 'll run out of runway . ’ |
| 12 | Did she imagine she could run away from Alice , just like that ? |
| 13 | Mrs Stych wrung her hands behind the reporter 's back , and wished passionately she could run home to Mother on the pig farm ; she longed suddenly for the smell of hens and milk , for a place where nobody had to keep up appearances or be other than what they were . |
| 14 | Tears again , she felt like the child she had been when her father gave wild stinging slaps to her legs by way of welcome after she 'd run away from home . |
| 15 | Mary Deare was still there after the curtain had risen on Act Four , and frantic because she 'd run out of matches . |
| 16 | Somehow , asking the Thing for help was like admitting that you 'd run out of ideas . |
| 17 | The price you pay for being able to chew when you are young is that you will run out of teeth when you are old . |
| 18 | Can you wait for me in the foyer of the nurses ’ home at ten past and we 'll run over to Faye and Bill 's in my car ? ’ |
| 19 | Well , ’ I said , ‘ we could run away to sea and be sailors . |
| 20 | We thought we 'd run over to Low Riding and make sure Mike was all right . |
| 21 | Because we 'd run out of cornflour and it was all not thick enough . |
| 22 | And I found we 'd run out of milk for Anthony . |
| 23 | I am afraid of many things ; that we will run out of petrol , that we will get lost amidst the velvety nowhere , that my slug of an engine will give way at last and abandon us to our own feebleness . |
| 24 | Now we will run out of trays so if the people who have n't got a tray would like to go on . |
| 25 | No doubt we will run out of ideas one day . ’ |
| 26 | The pair , who made the return journey last weekend in 27 hours travelling across France by freight train , say their biggest fear was that they might run out of petrol . |
| 27 | Of course , the states with good measurements tend to be the ones that had suddenly realised they might run out of capacity , and taken action to avoid that . |
| 28 | It had been hours since they 'd run away from Grandson Richard , as Gurder kept on putting it . |
| 29 | Well cos they 'd run out of change . |
| 30 | " I hear there 's a rumour going around Manhattan that they had to close down again the day after you shopped there because they 'd run out of Paris fashions ; is that true ? " |