Example sentences of "was out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was furious , I was out of my mind . |
| 2 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , ’ he said when the police chiefs hurrying back was out of sight , ‘ let us not make ourselves deceived . |
| 3 | When he was out of sight I pushed the curtains aside and ran downstairs . |
| 4 | Charles was out of his depth and floundering . |
| 5 | It is a pity ; for it was commentators of his stature , followed by journalists of no stature , who promoted an excessive negative emphasis on Leonard which was out of balance with his work as a whole . |
| 6 | I found myself lying to her , although my lies seemed to me to represent the truth as soon as I was out of Aisha 's house . |
| 7 | Was it because I was out of reach of the prying eyes of the men in my family and their questions about my comings and goings , and far from my mother 's interrogations about why I slept on my stomach , or why I took so long in the bathroom ? |
| 8 | On the amount of damages , Mr Lightman said the Court of Appeal had a special responsibility to bear in mind the ‘ dangerous precedent ’ which could be set by such awards , and added that in this case the award was out of all proportion to the alleged libel . |
| 9 | There was relief that the rise was out of the way and substantial enough to keep further advance at bay . |
| 10 | Toshack was out of work at the time , so I passed on the offer . |
| 11 | The claim to contribution , being commenced more than two years after the date of the judgment , was out of time . |
| 12 | We stopped beside a autobank , which was out of order . |
| 13 | A big peak was out of the question ; it was a little too late , a little too wet and miserable . |
| 14 | His kitchen area was out of bounds to me at cook times so I was forced to use the ( extremely useful ) rear door of the tent . |
| 15 | They must all think she was out of her mind . |
| 16 | She wanted to go home , but it was out of the question . |
| 17 | As soon as she had gone Phil was out of bed again and , with a half-fearful look at Arty , put on his dressing gown and sauntered out to spread the news . |
| 18 | ‘ The fellow was out of his … |
| 19 | Ruth 's hair was out of shape and did n't do justice to her strong bone structure so stylist Caroline Stacey , also from Keith Hall the Hairdressers , but from their Leicester salon , decided to take the weight out of the back leaving the top longer . |
| 20 | At a crossroads three miles from the square that for centuries has represented the heart of imperial Russia , the independent marchers were told by police that Red Square was out of bounds . |
| 21 | It is richly good to greet the real heroes of your youth — and once I was out of earshot I found myself skipping about merrily , humming ‘ Happy Birthday , Washy ’ over and over again . |
| 22 | POLITICAL satire was out of fashion at this year 's Trinidad Carnival . |
| 23 | In a recent article in the California Management Review , Mr Reich points out that , as a bailiwick of the Ministry of Health and Welfare , the industry was out of bounds to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) and so never had bureaucrats helping or prodding it to export . |
| 24 | I ran back half a mile of road to get a glimpse of her in the distance , though we had passed her half an hour before , & of course she was out of sight on the Downs . |
| 25 | Unlike scientia , the pursuit of which was the proper use of man 's reason , mere opinion was traditionally supposed to be not worthy , or even capable , of systematic attention ; the very word ‘ system ’ was out of place with it . |
| 26 | As soon as he was out of the bathroom he put on his tracksuit and hit the road . |
| 27 | Briefly he imagined himself jinking and swerving , avoiding the bullets until he was out of range . |
| 28 | He was out of training , too . |
| 29 | She wanted to see what there was out of that lanky half-window . |
| 30 | She had arranged to go and live with a niece , whose husband was out of work ; the couple would look after the old lady together . |