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

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1 I only got out of the hospital because of an old unclosed file , and a doctor from the outside who took an interest in my case .
2 If I suddenly swanned out of the bathroom in satin , Nick would have a fit .
3 Tory asked suddenly , pointing down to a strand of granite pebbles by which a group of bright blooms apparently sprouted out of the shallow water .
4 Dunlop , giving his new Honda : which only came out of the crate on Thursday : its first run , finished second to Paul Harbinson in the first race before beating Stephen Farmer and Gary Dynes in the second race .
5 The kitten lived to be nine , so came out of the whole business best , I suppose .
6 Luch hated that task ; Ranald loved it — he never seemed to get sick , though there was aye less came out of the bowl than went in .
7 Georg looked at her and for a moment she thought he was going to grab her , thought he was going to cry himself , but he suddenly stormed out of the dairy and began to stride up towards the lower pasture .
8 Allan , too , had qualified but poor Todd Bennett pulled a hamstring in the home straight and literally leapt out of the Championships .
9 When teachers , matrons , the housemistress and finally the headmistress all started to show some concern and more disapproval at my unco-operative ( anorexic ) behaviour , I refused to answer their questions , or even to talk to them at all , and during the course of their homilies I merely stared out of the window or smiled to myself in a superior , scornful sort of way .
10 Then she swiftly went out of the house .
11 But its five miles long — HOORAY ! ’ when Henry suddenly looked out of the window , sat bolt upright and exclaimed , ‘ Hey , Jim , we 're on the bloody pavement ! ’
12 On 2 March however , they were called upon to play a more central part in the defence , as Desmond Vincent-Jones relates : ‘ The day started auspiciously when an Heinkel 111 suddenly appeared out of the dawn mist with undercarriage down and started to make an approach to the main runway , presumably mistaking Hal Far for its own base airfield in Sicily .
13 Sarah and her friends had left the party at their local rugby club in Keynsham , Avon , when a speeding Ford Fiesta suddenly appeared out of the fog on the A4 .
14 Even his mother , Grandma Williams — who was ending her days boasting to people in the pub about her famous grandson , telling distant relatives who suddenly appeared out of the woodwork about him and regaling the family with stories about her strange neighbours — became scared of him .
15 She gently floated out of the hatch , trailing the rope behind her .
16 There was an appalled silence in the room , broken by a choked sob from Georg , who suddenly ran out of the door .
17 They must have walked for at least three miles and eventually came out of the wood and on to a pathway which led to a crossroads .
18 In 1952 they started leaving sweet potatoes on the beach at the forest edge , as food for the macaques , which duly came out of the forest and ate them .
19 He eventually parachuted out of the aircraft and was arrested .
20 While little came out of the meeting between management and the shop stewards ' committee , it was an encouraging sign in a strike which appeared to have reached stalemate .
21 And then er when they came back he says she says you know and I just says er and when she got out of the car , Dawn was out in the gar in the garden walking , and she said she just got out of the car and she looked over at Dawn like that took the kids in and she said I just says here you are , she said , come on Ashley over here , you stay and play in your back and your side of the er street from now on .
22 Of these 123 , a full interview was obtained with l04 principal carers at the time of the patient 's referral to the project ( six carers refused to be interviewed , and it was not possible to interview a further nine for reasons such as the carer 's ill health or death or because the patient and carer soon moved out of the area ; for the remaining four some information was obtained by telephone ) .
23 But when he tossed the beef into the sizzling oil , it somehow exploded out of the pot ‘ like a canister of napalm ’ , splashing over his arms and starting a kitchen fire , which Dustin promptly and stupidly tried to put out with his hands .
24 And yesterday the International Cricket Council astonishingly copped out of the whole issue .
25 ‘ It just came out of the pen , on and on and on , ’ she says .
26 The players just came out of the woodwork .
27 Just came out of the Magistrates Court and dropped down dead .
28 When Beasley finally skipped out of the room , Dexter posed his original question again .
29 Somebody they just fetched out of the street ?
30 Everybody scattered , including the scared young lady with the serious skin condition ; she just vanished out of the back of the café leaving us with smashed bottles and glasses .
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