Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] run [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted a light for my fag — I 'd run out of matches — so I opened the door of the box and just asked Charlie for a light . |
| 2 | When I thought I 'd run out of things to say I asked the front two rows to move back and the whole place started buzzing . |
| 3 | I remember sitting in a hotel in Lymm thinking that I could n't really spare the time for the Managing Quality course but I 'd run out of excuses ! |
| 4 | At present usage I would run out of batteries before the half-way point and Mick and Paddy would run out just after . |
| 5 | Mary Deare was still there after the curtain had risen on Act Four , and frantic because she 'd run out of matches . |
| 6 | Somehow , asking the Thing for help was like admitting that you 'd run out of ideas . |
| 7 | The price you pay for being able to chew when you are young is that you will run out of teeth when you are old . |
| 8 | Now we will run out of trays so if the people who have n't got a tray would like to go on . |
| 9 | No doubt we will run out of ideas one day . ’ |
| 10 | He still did n't look any different , but he could run home from Tuckers now without having a seizure on the doorstep . |
| 11 | He 'd run out of cautions . |