Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] out of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Whole conversations took place during which Edward stared out of windows , or at carpets or pavements or the branches of trees .
2 Royal Bank of Scotland pulled out of negotiations to buy Bank Worcester , in Massachusetts , at the end of 1990 .
3 Last November , Pentland pulled out of talks to buy Adidas. — PA
4 But the elder Piggott went out of bounds off the tee and the 15th was lost through bunker trouble .
5 Only two weeks ago , Andersson walked out of talks with Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson and complained : ‘ If Leeds are going to pay peanuts , they can expect to sign monkeys . ’
6 Only two weeks ago Andersson walked out of talks with Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson and complained : ‘ If Leeds are going to pay peanuts they can expect to sign monkeys . ’
7 There were two groups in East Africa who had a direct interest in discrediting Masai administration and suggesting that officials were ‘ soft ’ on the Masai : these were , most importantly , the white settlers who wanted Masai land for farming , and enthusiasts for wildlife conservation who wanted the Masai driven out of areas where their interests were believed to conflict with those of game .
8 OUP Australia pulling out of children 's books
9 SOFTLINK FORMED OUT OF ASHES OF SAMSUNG SOFTWARE
10 And so the game , er … exercise , continued until Mr Grovey ran out of ideas AND made his big mistake at one and the same time .
11 Ms Hargreaves admitted that one potentially lucrative source of sponsorship had dried up two days previously , when two-year-old Kate stepped out of nappies for the last time .
12 Cook stake helps Airtours fly out of Owners ' clutches
13 Keith comes out of Arrivals , looking hassled .
14 When the NAAFI ran out of cups , the old dear was at her wits end and sent for the orderly corporal , who in turn sent for the orderly sergeant .
15 One night , soon after Sycorax had imprecated against his entry into their cell , Ariel gestured out of doors and seemed to want to follow him .
16 The Chethams ran out of heirs and in 1819 so did the Cottons , with the death of William Cotton .
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