Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , I 'd been out of the Army a full six weeks by then . |
| 2 | It was the first time I 'd been out of the cell since 15 May . |
| 3 | By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ? |
| 4 | I regret that I had been out of the office on the 15 July and did not receive your FAX until first thing on the 16 July . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been out of the picture so long that I just want people to know what I 'm about . |
| 6 | She felt guilty at how much she enjoyed being out of the house , even out of the village . |
| 7 | You 've been out of the field for six years . |
| 8 | Brutally suppressed by bluecoats led by Rope Thrower , known to whites as Kit Carson , in 1863 , they had been out of the major Indian Wars because the Reservation lands given to them were so arid and dreary that even the white man did n't want to kick them off to somewhere else . |
| 9 | Divided plants will take hold of the soil and grow new roots more quickly if they are replanted so quickly that the plant hardly knows it has been out of the ground . |
| 10 | Checking his watch , he found that he 'd been out of the cabin for a little over three hours . |
| 11 | It had been out of the question to recognise — reluctance . |
| 12 | I found it hard to believe that , even if he had been out of the country , his family could have moved away without his knowing . |
| 13 | He did n't want to think of what would happen if his mother discovered that he had been out of the house . |
| 14 | He was fully dressed as if he had been out of the chateau . ’ |
| 15 | Time was when a priest used to put it in the parish mag if he intended being out of the parish for more than twenty-four hours . |