Example sentences of "it [was/were] out of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But also , by the time the programme drive came to an end [ when the Emergency ended and with it the effective coercive powers of than government ] , millions had suffered harassment at the hands of government officials bent on implementing it , many , perhaps hundreds , had died from it ; the political leaders who had willed it were out of power , and in disrepute , and the programme itself was in total disarray . |
| 2 | It was Kate 's first real outing with a celebrity , and she was finding it fun , particularly as he was gratifyingly attentive to her , even if it was out of self-interest . |
| 3 | The one I selected guaranteed 10 minutes of power backup , but I found it could run for over 20 minutes before it signalled that it was out of storage capacity . |
| 4 | But I had no idea how to implement my refusal and , when I began not to eat it was out of apathy and depression , out of a hopelessness concerning myself ( including my body ) , rather than according to a definite plan . |
| 5 | They met with the branch and discussed it with them and told them how it was out of order . |
| 6 | I had never been in the lift since moving — either it was out of order or I could smell the putrid stench seeping out into the lobby and avoided it . |
| 7 | It might be okay for Nutty and even for a weed like Hoomey with his crass infatuation for the hulking ex-chaser , but for a cool customer like himself it was out of character . |
| 8 | I know it was out of character , but it was a big experience . |
| 9 | It was n't like him , it was out of character , but she was n't acting to character either . |
| 10 | It was out of character for her to show a customer anything less than friendliness , but she was at a loss with this one , completely thrown off balance , and it showed in her abrupt tone . |
| 11 | There was a sniff of disapproval signifying that it was out of court for a grown man to be still in his bedroom in mid-morning , and not at a place of work . |
| 12 | When he was certain it was out of range , Adam rose from the trench and made his way towards the hangars , alert to any further helicopters being readied . |
| 13 | They said it was out of date and that I should get a Parrot jacket like the one Adam Faith wears on telly . |
| 14 | Lizzie was carrying a rape alarm , but it was out of reach in her handbag . |
| 15 | At the end of the road the huge bulk of the church with its soaring walls of smoke-blackened brick looked as much out of keeping as it was out of scale with this small domestic self-sufficiency . |
| 16 | How many days it was out of service and this that and the other and erm they used to send us an invoice on the mileage run because at the same time we knew what tyres were on the bus we had to inform them of any tyre changes and they kept records the same as us . |
| 17 | He loved sex too much to condemn any expression of lust , and though he 'd discouraged the homosexual courtships he 'd attracted , it was out of indifference not revulsion . |
| 18 | The first time Lucien went there , it was out of curiosity . |
| 19 | We were Tory when it was out of fashion . |
| 20 | In fact , there were only two short periods , of ten months in 1924 and of about two years and three months from 1929 and 1931 when it was out of power . |
| 21 | and then they informed me that it was out of stock so I wrote them rather a a polite letter saying that it took them a long to realize it was out of stock when it had been ordered in March and erm I thought their communi communicative system in their office was er non existent . |
| 22 | and then they informed me that it was out of stock so I wrote them rather a a polite letter saying that it took them a long to realize it was out of stock when it had been ordered in March and erm I thought their communi communicative system in their office was er non existent . |
| 23 | Among these well-tended plots , with their laden fruit trees , it was out of place and ill at ease ; as though it had been transplanted from another age or a backward planet . |
| 24 | It was out of season for rugby and so he had plenty of roving time and the nights were growing longer . |
| 25 | It was dominated by members of the former Soviet political system , and observers noted that it was out of step with political and economic realities after the demise of the Soviet Union . |
| 26 | As a result , it was out of action for over a year . |
| 27 | The first inkling that anything was wrong came when Prestatyn station box rang Chester Control to query the foreign engine running through his platform , but it was out of section before the reply was received . |