Example sentences of "had [adv] run [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They reduced the number of questions , leaving more room for follow up — this despite the fact that some groups had apparently run out of questions the previous week . |
| 2 | Then , the day before it was due to begin , they had already run out of conference handbooks . |
| 3 | But the situation had already run out of their — or anyone else 's — control . |
| 4 | ‘ She said Sunnie had finally run out of steam , ’ said Mr Sadler . |
| 5 | After a chase on foot of over three miles he had finally run out of puff and offered to fight me for the goods . |
| 6 | They had wanted each other from that first night , and now , in this dimly lit room , with Nicolo 's mouth on hers , with his hands on her breasts , she had finally run out of lies and excuses , not just for him but for herself . |
| 7 | His dream had finally run out in an Arabian nightmare of high living and questionable favours . |
| 8 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 9 | She had not made Dan go , he had practically run out of her life . |
| 10 | He was glad Rebel had gone off towards the road , though he had probably run back by now for the loaf . |
| 11 | The French Commandos firing their captured German mortar had probably run out of bombs . |
| 12 | But by June 1990 , the country 's economic situation had become so desperate that it had really run out of options . |