Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Early statements of the model ( e.g. , Marslen-Wilson & Welsh ( 1978 ) ) assert that candidates drop out of the pool of word-candidates when they do not fit the specifications of context , in the same way as when they do not fit the accumulating sensory input . |
| 2 | Competition between consumers for a given commodity may , for example , tend to force its price upward ; each consumer is careful not to consume beyond the point where the marginal purchase is just worthwhile ; during the process , those who are less eager consumers of marginal units drop out of the race earlier . |
| 3 | Tears at Halifax , where Hereford 's win meant the Yorkshire side go out of the football league . |
| 4 | I watched his shaking shoulders go out of the gate and disappear round the corner . |
| 5 | Black silhouettes move out of the darkness and change into blunt torpedoes , dark and slow-moving as they glide over the sandy bottom . |
| 6 | Dominant hens assert their priority by pecking subordinate hens : pecked subordinate hens move out of the way of the pecker , to allow the dominant hen access to the nesting site , or roosting site she was using , or the food she was about to eat . |
| 7 | The membership of the League of Nations from 1919 to 1939 never exceeded 54 countries , whereas some 160 nation states , covering almost the entire globe , are members of the present United Nations , and the numbers are still increasing as new nations arise out of the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | The two cars swing out of the palace gates , and disappear down the avenue . |
| 9 | The book , published by Methuen and called Don ; t Climb Out Of The Window , sprang from a writing class at Richard 's school . |
| 10 | Bored gauchos sit out of the wind , sucking yerba maté from gourds ; their horses munch at the thin grass in a desultory fashion . |
| 11 | The explosion lifted the ship a few feet clear out of the water , smashing the superstructure against the low tunnel roof even as the hull burst open with a blaze of fire . |
| 12 | Every lunchtime she watched her three male partners in Exeter-based accountancy firm Honey Perriam disappear out of the door and up the road to the local snooker club , while she sat at her desk , nibbling her sandwich . |
| 13 | Does humanity go out of the window when a woman security guard is trained ? |
| 14 | Just the kind of remarks one would hear as parents come out of the display of their children at annual ballet school spectacular . |
| 15 | He was in luck ; just as he reached the corner , casting nervous eyes upwards at another screech , Henri saw a glowering Richmann come out of the building . |
| 16 | The best ideas grow out of the product and are intimately linked with it . |
| 17 | Sure enough , a couple of rock doves fly out of the crack with a clatter of wings , and we can see a scarcely fledged youngster perched on a ledge in the gloom of the sea-cave . |
| 18 | Although flying fish leap out of the water they do not porpoise but glide , using their pectoral fins as aerodynamic surfaces . |
| 19 | ‘ They said I 'd just got 50-60 years wear out of the knee in 15 years . ’ |
| 20 | A producer is chosen to mould the natural sound of the band into a new format , and the mesmerised band wander out of the studio clutching a product bearing little or no resemblance to the demo they went in with . |
| 21 | I 've already had McLaren , McInally and McKimmie pull out of the squad with injuries . |
| 22 | Legal costs come out of the estate they 're not an executor 's personal responsibility , but on the other hand an executor is not entitled to charge for the work that he does . |
| 23 | Robots step out of the factory |
| 24 | For instance , if a business sells ten pounds worth of goods for cash , the goods go out of the business as sales and the cash comes into the business . |
| 25 | For example , if your love life is thriving you can manage to maintain your diet , but as soon as there is an upset , or things are not going to smoothly , then your dietary resolutions go out of the window ? |
| 26 | The low pre-tax figures reflect £43m extraordinary charges which resulted from a £35m write down of the company 's UK property portfolio , and £8m provision in respect of its 10% interest in Trans-Manche Link , the Channel Tunnel construction consortium . |
| 27 | They followed her pointing arm with their eyes , and were chilled to see a group of thin figures form out of the darkness all around , shambling towards the group of tired combatants . |
| 28 | Had we used this three thousand three hundred figure as the annual migration , then the housing requirement figures come out of the projection rather then two thousand and six , would have been some ten thousand fewer . |
| 29 | They 're better than lamp posts and that , cos trees grow out of the ground , so they 're extra special like . |
| 30 | Connelly 's haunting , purposeful vocals seep out of the cut at strange angles , spoken rather than sung , whilst the melody is bolstered by seductive female whispers that gently flit past , all knotted together over a boomy bass laden communication . |