Example sentences of "[noun sg] out [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Reenan , 70 , was only glimpsed briefly yesterday , sneaking a glance out of the window of his home in a private road .
2 She watched Victorine glance out of the window , seize a shovel and bucket , dash outside .
3 ‘ Of course , ’ Alexander said and cast a regretful glance out of the window .
4 A modern complex out at the back is now the College .
5 Devon Loch had appeared to take off right by the water jump , which the runners on the second circuit of the Grand National by-pass as they approach the winning post : had he caught that fence out of the corner of his eye and tried to jump it ?
6 Maggie asked softly and he gave a strange laugh , leading the horse out into the sunlight and locking the door securely again .
7 It can therefore be argued that not only do social services not pull labour out of the manufacturing sector , but also if they are not expanded the redundant labour from the manufacturing sector simply remains unused and joins the existing long-term reserve army of labour .
8 Market reforms have revived a left-wing opposition out of the ashes of the outlawed Communist Party , says Roy Medvedev
9 ’ Patrick eased the faded sea pink out of the pocket and stuck it in the buttonhole of his shirt .
10 he took the card out of the slot , pulled back his left cuff and pressed the card to his wrist .
11 United 's luck changed then as Martin went off with an ankle injury , to be followed a few minutes later by Stoke defender Chris Hemming , a clattering tackle on Derning brought the red card out of the referee 's pocket and boos for Hemming .
12 ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’
13 Pluck a London-based journalist out of the office ; put him or her on a train with a party heavyweight ; and wait for a slice of prime grassroots ham to arrive .
14 Then , while the right hand wrote on , it conjured up the pack of cigarettes once again , conjured one out , and conjured a flame out of a butane lighter it suddenly turned out to be holding .
15 You drew me through the undergrowth out into the light and then left me bare and hurting .
16 where a cricket ball is hit by any ordinary stroke out of the ground into another person 's premises or onto the highway .
17 Burning of the Dicranopteris , which acts as a nutrient-conservation system , leads to its shooting out from the rhizomes but trees can not get established .
18 Werder Bremen knocked the holders Napoli out of the Uefa Cup last night , 8-3 on aggregate after winning the second leg 5-1 .
19 The next best thing was being given a month 's free credit , and by most people taking this they knocked the wind out of the banker 's sails .
20 It flickered and flew along the elding , and then burst into smoke , so thick and foul in the throat that I was fain to get on my knees behind a boulder , for the wind out of the cove sent it downhill …
21 There were fierce fights along the way — particularly in the House of Lords — but the concession on pensions took much of the wind out of the Opposition 's sails .
22 Over the medium term , however , the new Teachers ' Pay Review Body is likely to make teaching markedly better paid — nearly half of all secondary school teachers now earn more than £20,000 a year — which will take much wind out of the NUT 's sails .
23 Airtours THE WORLD IN ITS LAP Rumours of a price war are unlikely to take the wind out of the sails of a tour operator that has not just weathered the recession and the downturn in travel caused by the Gulf war , but increased market share as well
24 But he must do more to suppress the air of lawlessness that now abounds ( which would incidentally take the wind out of the Congress 's sails ) and persuade people that paying taxes is a social virtue ( which would then help balance Russia 's books ) .
25 And between them both , you can , you could I mean you take a ten thousand pound out with a mortgage , mortgage , and you could end up paying what , twenty thousand , twenty four thousand back .
26 He kissed the top of her head , and moved on to get a saucepan out of the oven .
27 She felt cold , although the central heating had been on all morning , and took a large brown woollen shawl out of a drawer and wrapped it round her as she sat in the beanbag and listened .
28 Anyway , to Mickey the East was where his Uncle Dick and Aunt Mavis live at High Burnton out towards the coast . ’
29 These not only sell flights but also juggle capacities and fares in order to squeeze the last cent of revenue out of every aircraft seat .
30 There was a second agent out in the darkness , at the front of the house .
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