Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Neither of you was out of the house after , say , halfpast eight ? ’ |
| 2 | It is particularly unpleasant to us to be so frequently separated , but of course my going with him is out of the question ; he will sleep under a tent all the time . ’ |
| 3 | The person who deals with it is out of the country . ’ |
| 4 | To add to his dismay , both his clothing and parachute were so clogged with peat and mud after an interesting landing that I would have paid money to have witnessed , that packing his gear up and walking out with it was out of the question . |
| 5 | Rehearsals were nearly complete and a replacement for her was out of the question at such short notice . |
| 6 | The first mouthpiece brought to me was out of the van they used for transporting tramps . |