Example sentences of "have [adv] run [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HUNGARY has nearly run out of misfortune . |
| 2 | Then , the day before it was due to begin , they had already run out of conference handbooks . |
| 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 | ‘ She said Sunnie had finally run out of steam , ’ said Mr Sadler . |
| 5 | After a chase on foot of over three miles he had finally run out of puff and offered to fight me for the goods . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | There 's been no government erm We 're now what happens is every now and then like now we just simply run out of money I mean we 've simply run out of money . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've simply run out of time in trying to reach an agreement with all concerned ’ said tournament director , Alex Meyer-Wolden , who nevertheless remains hopeful that he will be able to stage a mixed event in 1992 . |
| 9 | If someone comes and they 've actually run out of food , and they 've you know , for some reason or other their giro is either held up or you know , they 've had a big expense er which they 've had to pay , then we would provide them with something . |
| 10 | They have now run out of steam . |
| 11 | Already the Five Nations have almost run out of time . |