Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't seen my , never saw my grandfather and so family has been out of the country for a few generations now . |
| 2 | If you want to eat a salmon at its best , try to find one that has been netted at the river mouth or offshore early in the spring , that has been out of the water for no more than twelve hours and still has sea lice on it . |
| 3 | Divided plants will take hold of the soil and grow new roots more quickly if they are replanted so quickly that the plant hardly knows it has been out of the ground . |
| 4 | Striker Robbie Turner , 26 , and on a weekly contract , has been out of the side with a broken leg since February . |
| 5 | Checking his watch , he found that he 'd been out of the cabin for a little over three hours . |
| 6 | After all , I 'd been out of the Army a full six weeks by then . |
| 7 | It was the first time I 'd been out of the cell since 15 May . |
| 8 | She felt guilty at how much she enjoyed being out of the house , even out of the village . |
| 9 | " Every now and again you meet someone you immediately know is out of the ordinary . |
| 10 | er of being unemployed the thi Neil is the third lodger , of course tha who get 's out of the pit at about eleven o' clock in the morning ! |
| 11 | I may have been out of the arena for a while , but I daresay there are still some who remember the old gladiator . ’ |
| 12 | If Senna had not either won the race or finished second , he would have been out of the championship . |
| 13 | And whereas it might be argued that Granada would have kept a strong news operation in Newcastle , control would have been out of the hands of the region . |
| 14 | If he had been in charge , we would have been out of the Community , because that was the basis of his election campaign . |
| 15 | The French goal ace had feared being out of the game for two months after hobbling out of the 3-0 first leg defeat with a damaged hamstring . |
| 16 | ‘ We tried to sign him in the summer that we bought Jim Leighton from Aberdeen , but the money Brondby were asking was out of the question , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 17 | But that had been out of the question , of course . |
| 18 | It had been out of the question to recognise — reluctance . |
| 19 | Many of Rosemary Cook 's respondents in the Rhondda , who had given birth to children during the inter-war years , said that birth control had been out of the question despite the fact that the birth rate for the Rhondda fell dramatically during the inter-war period . |
| 20 | I found it hard to believe that , even if he had been out of the country , his family could have moved away without his knowing . |
| 21 | Cadfael knew of none besides Tutilo who had been out of the enclave that night , but a man intending such a deed would hardly publish his intent or let anyone know of his absence . |
| 22 | No rivets could be used that had been out of the refrigerator for more than two hours . |
| 23 | Counsel for the ‘ Seventeen Towns ’ , claimed by Finch to be within the forest bounds , produced in rebuttal the perambulations of 1298 and 1300 , and their confirmation by Act of Parliament in 1336 , urging also that these towns had been out of the forest by ‘ the long and constant Usage ever since . |
| 24 | He was fully dressed as if he had been out of the chateau . ’ |
| 25 | I regret that I had been out of the office on the 15 July and did not receive your FAX until first thing on the 16 July . |
| 26 | It was a very impressive comeback for Cross , who had been out of the game for six months with shin splints . |
| 27 | He did n't want to think of what would happen if his mother discovered that he had been out of the house . |
| 28 | Mr Ashton told yesterday 's hearing that neither man had served a day of his sentence as both had been out of the jurisdiction . |
| 29 | Equally , just over a third of those who had been out of the labour market altogether , but were now in work , had temporary jobs . |
| 30 | Of " voluntary " temporary workers , nearly a half had been out of the labour market entirely 12 months before and only two per cent had been unemployed , but of " involuntary " temporary workers the proportions were just under one third in both cases . |