Example sentences of "ran out [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As Londoners , desperately worried about the present route of the Channel tunnel , what do we say to those who think the Talis alternative is beneficial ? ’ — Chris Fraser , Peckham ‘ Out of the huge crowd of demonstrators , a woman ran out and thrust a baby in my arms — then she vanished ’ — Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health ‘ Polluted rivers , filthy streets , bodies bedded-down in doorways are no advertisement for a prosperous or caring society ’ - Michael Heseltine ‘ We know that God has endowed her with that great quality of not fidgeting when it is necessary to come to grips with prickly nettles … |
| 2 | But Europe was split by nationalism , and by its own internal rivalries as local space ran out and European powers rushed for the colonies . |
| 3 | They ran out and , shutting the door behind them , blocked the gaps around it with a torn sheet to stop the water leaking out into the corridor . |
| 4 | Alison ran out and came back with Gildas . |
| 5 | After a while the road ran out and there was nothing in the bleak landscape but loose boulders , rocks , yaks and wild asses . |
| 6 | This agreed , Christine and Mary ran out and down to the bottom of the long garden where the apple-tree stood . |
| 7 | So I came out with my speech about this weirdo , nothing in it et cetera et cetera , and then the money ran out and I got her to ring me back and I said it all over again ( nothing in it … ) and she hooted and said , ‘ I 'll bet . |
| 8 | Carrickfergus itself , lacking walls and protected only by a ruined castle , rapidly surrendered when the garrison 's ammunition ran out and the Belfast authorities were sufficiently intimidated to send the French provisions when they demanded them . |
| 9 | Mayer 's power was in having the patience to wait until Gilbert 's contract with Metro ran out and then refuse to sign him to another term . |
| 10 | Eventually Wayne 's patience ran out and in a violent confrontation , Wayne finally threw the smaller Widmark against a wall . |
| 11 | ‘ We ran out and he was just lying there on the ground . |
| 12 | Even then one colour ran out and I had to use a substitute on the back , which did n't really matter in the general pattern . |
| 13 | Their emergency rations ran out and for three days they had just water . |
| 14 | She ran out and grabbed hold of the cab . |
| 15 | Then he ran out and left me crying on the kitchen floor . |
| 16 | Then my money ran out and I stopped going out at all . |
| 17 | And when the colporteur started to preach Jesus in that temple courtyard the lady ran out and embraced him , delighted to find a fellow believer in that unexpected place . |
| 18 | I decided I did n't want a toffee-apple any more , even though I 'd seen one with a great wedge of toffee stuck to the bottom , so I pretended I 'd seen Marie passing in front of the window and I ran out and shouted , " Wait on , Marie , I 've an important message for you . " |
| 19 | In the city one morning , as he turned the corner of the street into the shade of the acacias on the main boulevard , a woman ran out and plucked him by the sleeve , pulled him into a doorway and snatched his hand to kiss it . |
| 20 | She ran out and tried to send me away but I pretended Sabine was expecting me , so she took me to the studio . |
| 21 | She ran out and posted it before she could change her mind . |
| 22 | From there they went darting across the boiling surface like a dragon-fly , skimming with the currents where the banks were swept too open and smooth to hold flotsam , swinging aside round the sergeant 's paddle in the marked spots ; round the shovel-shaped end of Eel Island , which had scooped up a full load of branches , twigs , uprooted grass , and even more curious trophies , but not what they were seeking ; a little way down the sluggish backwater beyond , until motion ceased in stagnant shallows , and still there was nothing ; out into the flood again , hopping back on to the current as on to a moving belt that whisked them away ; revolving out of the race again where the trees leaned down into the water at the curve by the Lacey farm , acting like a great , living grille to filter out debris ; clean across the width of the river at the next coil , to where the long , sandy shallow ran out and encircled a miniature beach . |
| 23 | And anyway erm I first went to and the money ran out and so Grammar School , and then er I was transferred to PorthMadog County School where er Jonathan at that time was chairman of the board of governors . |
| 24 | Children from the local primary school cycled the path to attend the ceremony , but when Walter and Ted started reminiscing about bike rides to Newcastle in the 1920's , their patience ran out and they scampered off to the village hall for their free tea ! |
| 25 | The choir was consecrated in 1322 , transepts and nave were begun but the money ran out and the fabric slowly began to decay . |
| 26 | Finally my luck ran out and they caught me . |
| 27 | But time ran out and Swindon missed out . |
| 28 | He built the famous shark sculpture sticking out of Bill Heine 's house at Headington in Oxford , and also the legs which once adourned the front of Mr Heine 's Oxford cinema , Not the Moulin Rouge , but the lease ran out and the famous legs had to go . |
| 29 | When he saw a car crash then catch fire outside his house , he ran out and managed to pull both driver and passenger free . |
| 30 | for an insulation company and we were on a Government funding and money ran out and it took us up to Christmas really and after Christmas we were out of work for four months |