Example sentences of "was out [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles was out of his depth and floundering . |
| 2 | ‘ The fellow was out of his … |
| 3 | Ledeen agreed , but by that point — in November of 1985 — the operation was out of his hands . |
| 4 | Capt Anderton had made his final approach with the helicopter 's tail rotor pointing towards the crane , which was out of his sight . |
| 5 | Clearly Vincent was out of his mind , There had been plenty of signs : eccentric dress , abnormal behaviour , violent outbursts , irrational hostility . |
| 6 | He was out of his web again . |
| 7 | It was far out of the reach of grown-ups as well as children , except that Jasper did not really think anything was out of his reach . |
| 8 | The magazine was out of his range . |
| 9 | She protested that she could n't go home , that she was n't allowed to hang around the house during the day , and Bunny said he did n't care where the hell she went as long as it was out of his sight . |
| 10 | When Tucker caught himself shrugging apologetically at the parrots he knew he was out of his depth . |
| 11 | Many of you , I know , believe Smott 's substitution after four minutes was because he was out of his depth , but I can assure you it is all part of my master plan which I am painstakingly developing on a game-by-game basis . |
| 12 | Brother Denis came out from the guesthall , Brother Paul from the schoolroom , with two of his boys peering out from behind his skirts , two novices and two grooms from the stable-yard , and half a dozen brothers from various scattered occupations , all appeared on the scene almost before the porter was out of his lodge in haste to greet Prior Robert , the sheriff and the guests . |
| 13 | Now he was out of his Richie Quick fugue , he seemed to have a perspective on the City . |
| 14 | There was a desperate look on Bicker 's face though , oddly , Isay 's eyes were as bright with anger as Ratagan 's had been and the Myrcan staff was out of his belt and cocked in his fists . |
| 15 | Nevertheless it was out of his own immediate sense of the renewal of life , his very own good news that seemed to match the eternal Good News out of Bethlehem , that Frere spoke to his congregation that Christmas . |
| 16 | Her life was structured totally around caring for Dad — if she was out of his sight he panicked . |
| 17 | And he came down he would have been working for he would have been at that time my great grandfather maybe or and he came down and he lived in lower Millfield after that and just as soon as he was out of his house , they just had the house demolished . |
| 18 | All he could discern on that side was a shade of difference between dark and light ; but with the one eye remaining he missed very little of what went on about him , and within the week he was out of his bed and trying his skill at aim and balance about the rooms and staircases . |
| 19 | After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance . |
| 20 | John was out of his mind , running up and down the corridor , telling total strangers he was going to Disneyland . |
| 21 | He bitterly regretted the question as soon as it was out of his mouth . |
| 22 | But at least he was out of his top-secret room and getting a bit of fresh air for a change . |
| 23 | All he could feel was that he was out of his depth . |
| 24 | five hundred million or something , four hundred and thirty of that or something was out of his pension or were n't it ? |
| 25 | The children saw not much of him because all day he was out at his duties and in the evenings he retired to his study to convert his lectures into books . |
| 26 | He was out on his feet , though , and when Dawn Run appeared on his right he had no answer . |
| 27 | ‘ When Lawrie made the check call he was informed Pallister was coming but that Ince was out on his feet . |
| 28 | But he was out on his own now . |
| 29 | Back at F.B.I.H.Q. , where the book ran the show , they would have been climbing the walls in the Office of Liaison and International Affairs if they had known that he was out on his own . |
| 30 | Not at all : King went too far and was out on his ear in an overnight boardroom coup in 1968 . |