Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.

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1 The North Korean delegation walked out of the eighth round of normalization talks with Japan , held on Nov. 5 in the Chinese capital Beijing .
2 Like the malarial swamps out of which the Most Serene Republic rose , we have seen that human altruism , communal feeling and social responsibility arose out of the egoistic , sadistic and erotic drives with which nature had endowed man .
3 Ethnic Serbian deputies walked out of the session , and formed on Oct. 24 the " Assembly of the Serbian Nation of Bosnia-Hercegovina " , fixing a plebiscite on remaining in Yugoslavia for Nov. 9 and 19 .
4 Ghostly shapes loomed out of the fog and then disappeared again .
5 A SERBIAN warlord stormed out of the London peace conference on Yugoslavia yesterday — claiming he could wreck the vital talks .
6 We were making our way up a trackway towards the main gate of the manor when suddenly an old hag slipped out of the trees on one side of the path and stood squarely in front of Mandeville .
7 Sharpe spurred towards the nearest Belgians , but before he could even get close to the battalion a French column burst out of the rye and the Belgians , without even firing a volley , turned and ran .
8 This question came out of the side of her mouth and Millie , quick to catch on , muttered , ‘ Ten . ’
9 This issue arose out of the claim to appoint a receiver for the International Tin Council under English law .
10 Some Australians came out of the shower room and began arguing with the merry sub-human guard :
11 This initiative arose out of the then Secretary of State Sir Keith Joseph 's interest in the ‘ cycle of deprivation ’ ( for a comprehensive review see Brown and Madge , 1982 ) .
12 Using public transport seemed out of the question and renting a car was expensive , so we decided to sink some of our capital , buy a car , and sell it again before leaving .
13 Eventually Jim 's old caddie came out of the woodwork again and I carried on for one or two other pros .
14 Curly Top dived out of the way , grabbing for his revolver as Adam drove past .
15 Warm wet plastic came out of the end of the pipe .
16 As she opened the gate , some people came out of the front door — an elderly couple with Susan behind them .
17 Some people travelled out of the city to outlying towns and villages in search of provisions , plundering the general stores of Kilsyth and Kilmaurs , Bargeddie , Stepps , Drymen and wherever available transport would take them .
18 A small brown dog scurried out of the undergrowth , pulled up at the sight of another human , then rushed towards her .
19 Social service provision for old people grew out of the Poor Law , and welfare departments , with the 1948 National Assistance Act ( Part iii ) laying a responsibility on local authorities to provide residential care for certain categories of old people .
20 Wet brown arms reached out of the pool and shook my hand .
21 An old man came out of the baker 's and his young dog greeted him .
22 The plaintiff 's friend then poured out the rest of the contents and a decomposed snail flowed out of the bottle .
23 This shared and to some extent grew out of the Ritschlian emphasis on history and historical investigation , and was concerned to set the history of the beginnings of Christianity in the wider context of the culture , philosophy and religion of the ancient world .
24 Another player came out of the wood and began to jog across the Paddock .
25 He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him .
26 As I waited , a woman in a light coloured dress and a short dark jacket came out of the house next door to his .
27 As they watched , a burly man came out of the farm and crossed to one of the three barns .
28 But one day his wee son fell out of the boat and drowned .
29 And as Polgar left town he rang the dinner bell and the sold pig climbed out of the farmer 's pen and returned to him .
30 Athelstan jumped as a large figure loomed out of the shadows .
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