Example sentences of "dropped [adv prt] of the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 . |