Example sentences of "ran [adv prt] of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , as the population becomes more mobile , miniature ID cards are no longer enough — passports are all the rage , especially since the immigration office ran out of the real thing . |
| 2 | The widow gathered her children and ran out of the front door seeking protection from another Bengali family thirty yards across the court . |
| 3 | She quickly rinsed her cup and plate , collected her purse and jacket and almost ran out of the front door . |
| 4 | Amongst other escapes , a common criminal , Wesley Scroggs who is supposed to have just slung a rope over the battlements to get away and another prisoner who just ran out of the main door into the street . |
| 5 | More pilots ran out of the back room , aroused by the uproar , and joined in the fist-fight . |
| 6 | But I was anxious to see Mr Rochester , who had been away on business , so I ran out of the quiet house to meet him on the road . |