Example sentences of "i have [adv] run out " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Er , actually , I had n't run out . |
| 2 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 3 | For example , consider the following exchange : A ( to passer by ) : I 've just run out of petrol B : Oh ; there 's a garage just around the corner Here B 's utterance may be taken to implicate that A may obtain petrol there , and he would certainly be being less than fully cooperative if he knew the garage was closed or was sold out of petrol ( hence the inference ) . |
| 4 | I do n't like lying to my sister , and I 've now run out of tales she 'll believe . ’ |
| 5 | I ran out of printed business cards over a year ago , and I 've now run out of my stock of the blank cards ( which in view of my handwriting have a rather negative impact in any case ) . |
| 6 | After five years when it seems it has been written , rewritten , proof read etc , I have now run out of answers . |