Example sentences of "dropped [adv prt] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The analysis concludes that 1 million households and more than 2½ million people have dropped out of the legal aid net in the two years since Lord Mackay of Clashfern became Lord Chancellor .
2 He had proposed the visit to Burford on 17 May 1968 but had dropped out of the ill-fated return journey .
3 and finally , our amblings from Kimblesworth cricket club a few weeks back erred in suggesting that Maltby , near Thornaby , dropped out of the National Village Cup because they thought Kimblesworth a bit far .
4 KENNETH Clarke appears to have dropped out of the smart betting for the succession to Mrs T , no doubt because he has been landed with the mucky end of the Cabinet stick .
5 They had dropped out of the human chain of ancestors and descendants that had formerly bound them all together .
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