Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agnes is losing patience and revenue , I 've practically got my legs sticking out of the Boomerang window , when there 's this heavy handslap on the roof of the car . |
| 2 | I also loved The Flintstones , I wanted to have a car like Fred Flintstone 's with my feet poking out of the bottom , ’ said Kylie . |
| 3 | There is a moment of slow motion in which I have time to register the force of the water rushing over my body , my toes slipping out of the footcups , the paddle flying out of my hands . |
| 4 | I invariably receive responses such as ‘ anger ’ , ‘ fear ’ , ‘ frustration ’ , ‘ inadequacy ’ , ‘ failure ’ , ‘ my ideals went out of the window ’ , ‘ I wanted to throttle him/her ’ . |
| 5 | Along the broken kerb of the road stood a line of taxis , their drivers dozing in the back seats with their legs dangling out of the open doors . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't let Dad hear for God 's sake , ’ she moaned quietly , as all her inhibitions went out of the window . |
| 7 | It swims , with its legs tucked out of the way alongside its flanks , by sinuous movements of its body and by beating its tail . |
| 8 | The Court dismissed these claims on the ground that the right of individuals to become claimants in international law is recognised only when approved by specific treaty , and that in the Peace Treaty Japan had waived all claims of Japan or its nationals arising out of the war . |
| 9 | Henry Kissinger recognized that Romanian co-operation could be useful to the United States in its efforts to get out of the Vietnam War and to open up relations with Mao 's China . |
| 10 | As he stood at the door trying to persuade her of the importance of other more pressing political issues , one of her cats shot out of the door , into the road and under the wheels of a passing lorry . |
| 11 | as if released from a cage , a woman with a baby in her arms flew out of the house , followed by three barefoot children . |
| 12 | Gourlay and Australian pair Ian Schuback ( the defending champion ) and Commonwealth gold medallist Rob Parrella saw their bowls thrown out of the championship when they failed to pass the compulsory green test . |
| 13 | Frau Trauffer and her daughters came out of the kitchen wiping their hands on their aprons . |
| 14 | I invite er Mr and his supporters to get out of the age of Dickens and into the twentieth century . |
| 15 | He realized the boy had grown in the two months since he had last seen him and looked at him carefully , noticing the way his wrists poked out of the shirt and the slight roughness of the clear skin . |
| 16 | Because all our production costs all our commissions come out of the first year . |
| 17 | thought that it was about privatisation or opting out of the health service , because the Labour party was putting about pamphlets saying such things as ’ Now the Government is forcing our hospitals to opt out of the NHS . ’ |
| 18 | I do not think that any one of us expects our children to walk out of the place ‘ normal ’ , but we do know that it is the best place in the world for them to achieve their fullest potential . |