Example sentences of "[noun pl] out of [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his long hours out of doors it was his world . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , but — well , with one of your two anchors out of commission you 'd start drifting , would n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | Rather than declining offers out of hand it may be appropriate to decline offers as they stand but to suggest that potential purchasers may wish to reconsider their offers ( or perhaps certain aspects of their offers ) in the light of further information . |
| 4 | The report said army intelligence officers started spying on black Americans out of fears they were susceptible to being influenced by German agents in the First World War , then by Communist and Japanese agents and opponents of the Vietnam War . |
| 5 | Chuckles of delight greeted his suggestion that ‘ as the Microsoft monopoly puts programmers out of business they can move to writing objectware for NeXT . ’ |
| 6 | They are the ex-Communist bosses and party officials who are managing to fix up jobs for each other while pushing others out of jobs they have held for years and onto the streets . |
| 7 | These are important questions , should we charge for lifting cows out of ditches I 've seen . |
| 8 | Less than twenty miles out of Aberdeen they ran into a blizzard . |
| 9 | Two miles out of town he pulled into a shallow ditch and switched the engine off . |