Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [adv prt] of the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country . |
| 2 | But it 's possible the antiques and art may have already been shipped out of the country . |
| 3 | Perhaps they have been driven out of the country and gone abroad because extra conditions have been imposed here . |
| 4 | It is believed the haul has already been smuggled out of the country . |
| 5 | It 's estimated that half a million pounds worth have been smuggled out of the country already this year . |
| 6 | Pindar pleads with Arkesilas for one of these nobles who is out of favour , a ‘ pollarded oak-tree ’ — cp. the tyrant 's maxim about ‘ pruning the tallest poppies ’ on p. 51 ; and in the late sixth century when the balance of strength was the other way , Arkesilas III had been forced out of the country to Samos . |