Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wexford did n't take the vacant seat and something in his expression must have told Cullam he wanted privacy , for he said to his wife , ‘ Ca n't you get them kids out of here ? ’ |
| 2 | I daresay you were right , I should n't have brushed my teeth out of the tap . ’ |
| 3 | My feet were sometimes so painful and swollen that I could only walk with my heels out of my shoes . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll be the first to pull my kids out of the school if this curriculum is introduced , ’ says Anna Saez , parent association head of the Elmhurst public school . |
| 5 | Towards the end of his life he told Osbert Sitwell ; ‘ Any talent I may have was due to a long illness as a boy , which afforded me time to think , and subsequent ill-health , because I was not allowed to play games , and so had to teach myself , for my enjoyment , to use my eyes instead of my feet . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I got my legs out of the way and curled up in a ball on the driver 's seat . |
| 7 | As soon as I get my legs out of bed , that 's first thing I pick up , my glasses . |
| 8 | I drew my feet out of the water . |
| 9 | I thought of nothing other than dragging my feet out of the mud encasing them . |
| 10 | ‘ I just this minute took my cakes out of the oven . |
| 11 | I had to take my thumbs out of my nostrils and uncross my eyes before I answered . |
| 12 | ‘ That I 'm able to offer specially designed , hand-painted tiling lifts my kitchens out of the ordinary and helps me to market them . |
| 13 | ‘ I first started writing songs when I was about 14 , because I knew that the first song I 'd put down would be so crap I thought I 'd get all my ideas out of the way first , and then I 'd start getting all artistic , ’ explains Tony . |
| 14 | I went upstairs and put my suitcase on the bed and took my things out of the drawers . |
| 15 | I turned over , got my dreams out of my bag and started flicking through them . |
| 16 | And I had to pay my rooms out of that . |
| 17 | She might 'ave 'ad carnal relations and 'im too I should n't wonder — but I 'll thank 'im to leave my relations out of it ! |
| 18 | I 'll bring my matches when I like take the dog in I 'll nip upstairs and say I 've got ta get something and I 'll just grab my matches out of there in case he 's lost them or something ! |
| 19 | Slowly , I took my fists out of my pockets and opened them empty . |
| 20 | I was carrying her in my arms out of hospital . |
| 21 | I swore I 'd never take my hands out of my pockets again . |
| 22 | Dad marched over , pulled my hands out of my ears and forced them down to my sides . |
| 23 | I managed to wriggle my hands out of the tape so I could pull down the gag , poke my head out of the sack and breathe more freely . |
| 24 | I take my hands out of my pockets , and step forward the last pace . |
| 25 | I took my hands out of my pants pockets and bowed , expecting her to go by . |
| 26 | The only time I 've ever frozen in an exam was when I 'd gone for three exams solid without kip , one after the other , and I just brain and the other ones were a real struggle and I had to graft my marks out of solid granite y'know I was chiselling away . |
| 27 | Forty years later the Italians , in another unprovoked attack , used poison gas to ensure victory and shot many of their prisoners out of hand . |
| 28 | A ceremony of Confirmation and of First Communion are inserted in the House Beautiful , and finally , in the most fundamental change , the pilgrims are enabled to cross the river and enter the Heavenly City by virtue of their acts instead of by their faith . |
| 29 | Voters had limited information about the policy positions of the parties and often supported a party in spite of its policies instead of because of them . |
| 30 | This week London audiences gave ET their verdicts on Of Mice And Men , adapted from John Steinbeck 's novel , and The Waterdance . |