Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] of [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He successfully reformed the service on the Continent , setting up fixed and regular posts for the speeding on of the portmantle or packet , in place of the irregular messengers and carriers who had travelled the whole distance . |
| 2 | ‘ Spinal Tap ’ may have been the ultimate send up of the genre but ‘ Spinal Tap ’ is most metal fans ' favourite film . |
| 3 | In on the fourteenth of July of nineteen ninety three the defendant took out a summons with a view to having all the outstanding matters resolved and er this summons came before erm deputy master on the twelfth of August nineteen ninety three and he gave various directions including an enquiry in relation to how the surgery premises er ought to be dealt with as in court in the winding up of the partnership and that matter went before Mr Justice long in December and he decided those issues and gave directions in relation to and how the premises are to be sold , the effect of the directions very vaguely , is that the premises have to be offered to the partners , if only one of the partners shows any interest then there is provision in the relevant deed for ascertaining the price and this is put to that partner at that price , if more than one partner wishes to buy the premises then there is provision for a fixing of a minimum figure and then each of the partners has to put in sealed offers er and the premises will be sold to the partner , the former partner who put in the last offer , that broadly speaking I think is the substance of Mr Justice order . |
| 4 | He should have been booted out of the Olympics and told to race at a more apt venue . |
| 5 | ‘ Bill took it to mean that he might have to pull out of the yard or even out of racing altogether . ’ |
| 6 | Some survivors from ‘ dive-in ’ accidents have confirmed that they knew it was useless to try to pull out of the dive while they could ‘ feel ’ the glider was still stalled . |
| 7 | She is threatening to pull out of the government and join Mr Sharif 's agitation if Mr Ishaq does not fulfil her demands . |
| 8 | Goodman 's honeymoon with Haynes terminated with the launch of It and the American 's plan to pull out of the theatre and set up his Arts Lab in Covent Garden . |
| 9 | Hornby loco we had those things you used to pull out of the cabs and they could go |
| 10 | Blood oozed out of the meat and stained the carbon steel of the knife blade . |
| 11 | Water oozed out of the walls and as each night wore on , the heat distilled a fetid and poisonous atmosphere . |
| 12 | If they start to moan at long , boring nights of inactivity , the bottom could quickly fall out of a tour that in cricketing terms has all the ingredients of being a huge success . |
| 13 | Ranulf was now fast asleep and the clerk breathed a prayer that his servant would not fall out of the saddle and break his neck . |
| 14 | Villagers still talk of ‘ death rays ’ that made birds fall out of the sky and car engines stop when the beams were switched on . |
| 15 | When you push the chair down kerbs or ramps it is safest to go down backwards , as the patient might fall out of the chair if he is facing forwards as the chair tilts downwards . |
| 16 | Startled , she turned to see a man with a gun walking out of the folly and then , to her relief , a dog at his heels . |
| 17 | He was walking out of the tower when he glanced up , stopped , froze as he stared at the horror above his head . |
| 18 | Before Mrs Carroll could stop her Benny had galloped out of the shop and up the road towards the convent . |
| 19 | So I said I know what he 's like , comes back and he turns up he says we 're just off now , I said oh you 've come back then I thought you were a bit rude just storming out of the funeral and not saying cheerio to everyone , he said I 've been insulted long enough by your family , I would n't be , I was n't prepared to be insulted any more |
| 20 | Eventually we headed out of the city and got the feel of the lunar landscape by visiting the area of hot springs at Hveragerði which not only supplies Reykjavik with all the hot water for centrally heating houses , but heats the swimming-pools and greenhouses as well . |
| 21 | Mary White , the secretary of the Mount Leinster MAG warned , ‘ You may think this going to be a small hole gouged out of the mountain but it reaches for five miles on top of Tomduff . |
| 22 | It took five hours to reach Tagmout , our overnight spot , first crossing the dusty plain then wiggling up long valleys , over spurs and through gorges — the road simply gouged out of the rock and wickedly rough on the vehicle . |
| 23 | Dot wondered why it was braver to jump out of a plane than to lose two fingers in a factory . |
| 24 | It was wonderful to feel again , to let herself go with it , to water-ski blindfold , to jump out of a plane and take a chance on the ripcord . |
| 25 | On the other hand , if it remains alive it may try to jump out of the hole and you can catch it in your hands . |
| 26 | Here the blaze had started , killing Dame Frances whilst the rest of the nuns , given some warning , had managed to jump out of the windows or find their way down the outside stairs . |
| 27 | The claim is disputed … but it 's still a good excuse for a ballooning festival.So the lawns of the Chase Hotel were busy this evening as the fist arrivals for the weekend event prepared for their ascent.We took up the offer of a flight with Ian Ashpole , who told us he planned to jump out of the balloon when we reached full height : |
| 28 | Then they were formal again , and the company was trooping out of the courtyard and into the cold breeze that billowed down from the distant mountains , their faces set towards the east . |
| 29 | The Frenchman scrambled out of the river and stopped in front of her . |
| 30 | Somebody called , ‘ Tea 's ready , ’ and the bathers scrambled out of the water and began drying themselves . |