Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] of " in BNC.

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1 But although this burst of new direction has logically exploded out of Paris , the world 's fashion capital , the energy and creativity emerging from countries with traditionally low fashion profiles is what is truly intriguing and inspiring .
2 ‘ Come and look at the fireplaces , ’ said William , and they filed dutifully into the room Tess had just come out of .
3 However , if the rattle slips down so far that it is no longer visible , the infant will at once lose interest and behave as if the rattle had also slipped out of existence .
4 Quickly she read the article , then handed the paper to Fred , wondering why she felt as though the bottom had just fallen out of her world .
5 And you are taking it , rather any other , because our … usual carrier service has regrettably gone out of business .
6 The Home Office took more than six weeks even to respond to the points made , by which time the situation in my constituency had already exploded out of control .
7 You see I I think er er probably one of the best erm Ministers of er of er Education that er has been for quite some considerable time and I bet you throw your hands up in horror when I say this you will totally disagree and I 'm talking here cos his name 's just slipped out of my mind .
8 We turned our ponies and galloped back to the Legation , where we learnt that news had just come in of a great victory for the Shoan army .
9 A man had suddenly emerged out of the blinding iridescence of the mist , a vague figure standing in the middle of the road with his back towards us .
10 Football clashes between the age-old rivals have ground to a halt partly because outpourings of nationalism have sometimes got out of hand .
11 Nigel was teaching drama so the project had already moved out of the Humanities department in a rather unsystematic way .
12 But the situation had already run out of their — or anyone else 's — control .
13 What seemed to have happened was that Scotland 's economic cycle had gradually moved out of synchronisation with the national one .
14 Now that Bernard left industrial action to others , the heart had quite gone out of the staff 's work-to-rule and normal relations were resumed .
15 She slumped back in her chair , strangely deflated as though all the fight had suddenly gone out of her .
16 Stimulus-response ( S-R ) psychology has largely gone out of fashion now , yet in its day it carried the field , and even now its influence is still felt .
17 The steam has completely gone out of that .
18 Either that or you know that the press has completely run out of lies to write about you .
19 If the tile has simply slipped out of place but is undamaged ( that is , it still has its hanging ‘ nibs ’ on the back ) , you should be able to slide it back into place after easing up the surrounding tiles under wood wedges .
20 The French Commandos firing their captured German mortar had probably run out of bombs .
21 How can a cycle covering such an immense time-span have ever evolved out of random mutational steps ?
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