Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] out [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 2 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 3 | The case arose out of a fatal road accident in Illinois , the plaintiff 's parents having been killed as a result of a head-on collision between their Volkswagen Rabbit and another vehicle . |
| 4 | The back door of the kitchen led out onto a slate-paved path at the foot of three steep terraces giving much lebensraum to many varieties of voracious weeds and scrubby elder bushes . |
| 5 | The action arose out of a Privy Council hearing of his appeal against his dismissal from the Singapore bar following his conviction for fraud , when the Privy Council had found that he had been the victim of " grievous injustice " and expressed " deep disquiet that by a series of misjudgments [ he had ] been fined , imprisoned and publicly disgraced for offences for which [ he was ] not guilty " [ see p. 37086 ] . |
| 6 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
| 7 | Meredith lunged out in a desperate attempt to save their contents only to find her feet slipping on the melted snow which had been walked in from outside . |
| 8 | Individuals doing their own thing does not work , as Jacques Chirac found out at a 1988 Paris rally . |
| 9 | Mr Blakey came out of a distant glass-house , beyond lawns and flower-beds . |
| 10 | The words came out of a sobbing smother of frustration and rage . |
| 11 | The words came out on a shaky laugh . |
| 12 | Nathaniel Sherman jabbed a thumb against his own chest and his words came out in a fierce undertone . |
| 13 | Greg Chappell came out of a bad patch when he realised he was playing innings in his head before they happened . |
| 14 | None of the districts came out with a clear resolution of the underlying planning difficulties , and the clear cut local decision in favour of closures which the RHA had hoped for , was not forthcoming . |
| 15 | Everywhere candidates lost out to a low turnout … all the signs are that the voters have had enough for this year |
| 16 | The Old Trafford side lost out in a dramatic penalty shoot-out with Torpedo Moscow when Steve Bruce , Brian McClair and Gary Pallister all failed from the spot . |
| 17 | The Old Trafford side lost out in a dramatic penalty shoot-out with Torpedo Moscow when Steve Bruce , Brian McClair and Gary Pallister all failed from the spot . |
| 18 | His brown , nearly auburn hair clung to his scalp as if with misery , sad eyes stared out of a freckled face , his hands were clenched tight . |
| 19 | Rusty looked out with a baleful eye from the front page . |
| 20 | Their varied and imaginative tactics grew out of a strong collective identity developed in the face of the hostility they encountered from management . |
| 21 | The implementation of these concessions , made by the captive King John in London , was refused by the council in France , and late in 1359 Edward set out with a large army for France to see how persuasive a strong show of force could be . |
| 22 | But the effect of the policy , as the American Bar Association pointed out in a recent report , is that the country 's prisons are filled not only with drug-handlers but also with drug-takers , and can not cope with the numbers . |
| 23 | He handed her a plate of freshly baked ensaimadas from a tray set out on a white linen cloth . |
| 24 | But Roker boss Malcolm Crosby missed out on a similar loan bid for Everton striker Tony Cottee . |
| 25 | Markby set out on a different line of approach . |
| 26 | Ricky and Alejandro had to be dragged away from the horses to a lunch laid out on a blue-and-white checked tablecloth under the gum trees . |
| 27 | We had a critical look at the one Lancaster and the one Mosquito , had a good laugh at the set piece showing the inside of a Waaf Nissen hut ( so tidy and so spacious ! ) , and then studied the dozens of squadron crests and emblems laid out in a large glass cabinet . |
| 28 | Richard was so exhausted with cold and emotion that his laugh came out as a foolish titter . |
| 29 | Kelly 's question came out as a loud protest . |
| 30 | One had overturned and they stared in amazement as a swarthy-featured European lashed out with a thick bamboo cane at what they first thought was a small animal collapsed between the shafts . |