Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] of [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's been making himself part of the England scene by acting as spy for some time now as already noted on the list . |
| 2 | Although Heseltine published his own plans to amend the poll tax , he felt obliged , in the same week , to issue yet another declaration of loyalty to the Prime Minister , thus apparently ruling himself out of a leadership contest in 1990 . |
| 3 | ‘ He could n't sort himself out of a paper bag ! ’ |
| 4 | Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg . |
| 5 | She believes that Hewlett-Packard has now carved itself enough of a breathing space to be able to consider various options at both ends of the market . |
| 6 | She believes HP has now carved itself enough of a breathing space to be able to consider various options at both ends of the market . |
| 7 | Make the best of a bad job and busy yourself doing something that 'll keep you out of the firing line . |
| 8 | Because if you are I 'd better count you out of the reckoning right away . |
| 9 | Making things which look just that bit better is so easy , it 's worth a little extra trouble and will surely take you out of the learner stage . |
| 10 | The Inner Man PUSH , PUSH AND PUSH OFF Put your feet up and pour yourself a brandy and soda — women want you out of the delivery room |
| 11 | Something was trying to pull itself out of the corridor wall . |
| 12 | No I thought there was another bib in here , I 'll have to go and get you one out of the kitchen mate oh yes we have , yes we have |
| 13 | We learnt the dance and everything , thank God we did n't let that one out of the rehearsal room . |
| 14 | ‘ It looks like something out of a story book . ’ |
| 15 | It was like something out of a film set — and not the sort of film that was recommended for family viewing . |
| 16 | It 's like something out of a fairy story . |
| 17 | it 's very beautiful in the glen , like something out of a fairy tale , and there 's a picturesque waterfall which is a major tourist attraction . |
| 18 | The magic was being able to step into a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ dress and imagine you had found something out of a dressing-up box . |
| 19 | Contrast this optimism with Sir Richard Attenborough 's ( President of Arts for health ) description of West Middlesex University Hospital , a former workhouse : ‘ whole areas that looked like something out of a horror film ; the paint — under the onslaught of incurable rising damp , literally falling off — and plaster beneath erupting into monstrous carbuncles oozing slimy mould . |
| 20 | ‘ whole areas that looked like something out of a horror film … |
| 21 | It sounds like something out of a horror film . |
| 22 | It sounds like something out of a horror movie . |
| 23 | People find it difficult to believe in a personification of evil that looks like something out of a horror movie or a cut-out from a medieval painting . |
| 24 | The stupid part is , recently I noticed a girl at our local swimming pool , painfully emaciated , like something out of a concentration camp , who came every morning to swim lengths , as I do . |
| 25 | ‘ It looked like something out of a war zone . |
| 26 | The house was immaculate and had been furnished , as far as she could tell , like something out of a design magazine . |
| 27 | ‘ When I first met you , in that bar , you were all cut out round the edges , like something out of a cereal packet that does n't stand up when you 've made it . ’ |
| 28 | Instead of Alexandra with her tawny hair loose about her shoulders , he saw a muscle-bound Fury wielding a rolling-pin , like something out of a Christmas pantomime . |
| 29 | Like something out of a picture book , |
| 30 | And it was the most intricate interweaving of subjects and half-meanings and innuendos and so forth , and it was like something out of a Pirandello play . |