Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pointed back down the road to where his travelling companion was still approaching , having adopted a method of riding that involved falling out of the saddle every few seconds . |
| 2 | No one who went to foreign language movies in the late Sixties will easily forget the extraordinary films that seemed to pour out of the state-owned studios of Czechoslavakia . |
| 3 | It was his goal that knocked United out of the Coca-Cola Cup , and Atkinson added : ‘ Saunders is the best natural striker I 've ever worked with . |
| 4 | Although the level of the river had begun to drop , there was no corresponding decrease in the rain that continued to pour out of the skies . |
| 5 | A genre that had grown out of the need for sensationalism did seem to be striking chords at a time of economic insecurity when cities seemed places of dislocation and when , if nothing else , there was a curiosity about how law-breakers operated . |
| 6 | Adam remembered the BMW that had pulled out of the complex when he walked past earlier . |
| 7 | Throughout these crucial years of twentieth-century growth , the many colonial countries that had provided so many natural and human resources for the Western machine began to demand an independence of their own , fired by the very principles of democracy that had sprung out of the Enlightenment and inspired the French and American revolutions . |
| 8 | Peace News reported on the revolt against the ‘ multiversity ’ at the symbol of liberal corporate America , the Berkeley campus within the University of California ; it reported on the growing movement that had sprung out of the deep south civil rights campaign . |
| 9 | Instead , he concentrated on a bit of good news that had come out of the Munich mess . |
| 10 | The empiricism that had come out of the 19th century as the dominant intellectual mode had been twisted to the right , so to speak , by the ‘ white emigration ’ from Europe . |
| 11 | This led to the collapse in many universities of not only traditional moral theories but also many of the great idealistic philosophies ( such as Kant 's , for example ) that had come out of the Enlightenment itself . |
| 12 | The only positive thing that had come out of the conversation had been Nicole 's offer of some aspirin . |
| 13 | Belinda flinched as she saw who it was that had come out of the lift and addressed her . |
| 14 | Repechages for the other places were rowed on Tuesday evening but yesterday 's final was cancelled when the wind blew up again and made racing out of the question . |
| 15 | BREAKFAST listeners were left in silence when two radio presenters nipped off for a coffee during the news — and got locked out of the studio . |
| 16 | ‘ We also played badly in two one-day games and got knocked out of the NatWest and B&H as a result . ’ |
| 17 | ' 'Lo , Olga , ’ she said mechanically and moved to pass out of the same door ; but Mrs Stych wanted to show off her outfit . |
| 18 | ‘ Why , so that you can ease your own frustration and put the blame on me ? ’ she managed to shoot back , and tried to wriggle out of the bag , unsuccessfully . |
| 19 | I kissed her and held her and tried to get out of the house without saying goodbye to anyone . |
| 20 | The pilots were drunk and half-naked ; they got no help from the French girls , who simply screamed and tried to get out of the window . |
| 21 | She fiddled with the strap of her small black leather shoulder-bag , and turned to stare out of the glass doors at the hot afternoon scene beyond . |
| 22 | They talked for a while longer before Coffin put down the receiver and returned to look out of the window . |
| 23 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |
| 24 | Eventually he asked her out , and , even though she knew her parents strongly disapproved of the flashy young man from London , she disobeyed them and started sneaking out of the house every night when they were asleep , to meet him . |
| 25 | Mrs Thwaites and I followed the path made in the snow by the animals and managed to get out of the dale all right . |
| 26 | Corbett rubbed the strap between his fingers and went to stare out of the window , half-listening to the sounds of the night outside . |
| 27 | She pushed it off , rose and went to look out of the window to see what the weather was like . |
| 28 | She stopped and went to look out of the window . |
| 29 | ‘ That 's fine , ’ Alison said , and crossed to look out of the windows . |
| 30 | He merely shifted position slightly , knotted his fingers more tightly together and continued gazing out of the window . |