Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small flakes of rock were dropping out of the roof around the ring pitons . |
| 2 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , Nuclear Electric was formed out of the old Central Electricity Generating Board and has remained a Government-owned project throughout . |
| 3 | In June the facade was blown out of the Iraqi Planning Ministry building by what seems to have been a car bomb , although it is not clear whether this was the result of direct Iranian action or that of some domestic opposition group . |
| 4 | The above extract was taken out of the ‘ Welsh Marches ’ section . |
| 5 | A study was carried out of the behaviour of … |
| 6 | The car was hauled out of the river and Tania 's body was discovered inside . |
| 7 | The spreader arrived and the boat was edged out of the marina and into Plymouth Sound . |
| 8 | Labour leader John Smith , in Question Time exchanges on freedom of information , demanded to know the cost to Britain of the ‘ fiasco ’ of Black Wednesday , when the pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 9 | Run-of-mine-material was brought out of the mine in horse drawn mine waggons ( sometimes it was carted ) and tipped onto sloping grizzleys of strong iron bars set apart to allow an undersize of 4 in . |
| 10 | Paul Rotha was amongst those who argued that crime films did much to change the whole basis of film technique ; now the pace was to be crisper , there was more naturalism , and dialogue was lifted out of the ‘ doldrums of the photographed play ’ . |
| 11 | The British Museum was founded out of the proceeds of such a lottery . |
| 12 | They heard the siren and were at the entrance ready to take over as soon as the boy was carried out of the ambulance . |
| 13 | To a large extent the Unity Campaign was passing out of the control of the Socialist League into that of the Left Book Club and the weekly Tribune , founded by Cripps in January 1937 . |
| 14 | The hen was taken out of the cage , held up and its throat cut . |
| 15 | At some time prior to 1810–1811 , the mill was taken out of the cloth trade and converted to a corn mill , run by William Clissold . |
| 16 | Though the party 's election manifesto is a model of federalist Euro-fervour , the party 's leader caused a storm earlier this year when he said his ‘ his pulse would not waver ’ if the peseta were taken out of the ERM . |
| 17 | Long famed for its masterly handling of the markets , the Bank lost face when sterling was forced out of the European exchange-rate mechanism in September . |
| 18 | Lisa 's instant reaction was to back out of the door again . |
| 19 | Charlie 's only reaction was to stare out of the window because he was n't quite sure what else to do . |
| 20 | Levein was ruled out of the World Cup match after a medical check yesterday , leaving manager Andy Roxburgh with defensive problems following the loss of Richard Gough from his original pool . |
| 21 | Paddy 's ginger mop was poked out of the window . |
| 22 | Since the tax was paid out of the financial resources of the merchants it was quite proper to seek consent from them rather than from parliament , but the merchants were suspected , no doubt with some justification , of seeking to pass the real burden of the tax on to the producers . |
| 23 | It may have been seven years late and a billion dollars over budget , but the Hubble space telescope was lifting out of the shuttle cargo bay and on its way to orbit at last , ready to look back across the universe to the very beginnings of time . |
| 24 | 1.11 In Roberts v Sparks [ 1977 ] CLY 2643 , where the plaintiff was thrown out of the defendant 's vehicle , the court reduced his damages by 25 per cent because the injuries he suffered would clearly have been avoided by wearing a seat belt ; but it added back 5 per cent for the injuries he would have suffered if he had been wearing a seat belt . |
| 25 | The mangled remains of a bicycle were sticking out of the windscreen of the lower car . |
| 26 | Here and there lumps of metal were sticking out of the masonry . |
| 27 | A small head was poking out of the topmost window . |
| 28 | Each infantry battalion and armoured regiment had to have an operational ‘ peg ’ , but much of the sting was taken out of the Sandys Reformation , as far as the Army was concerned , by many of its regiments having 2nd and 3rd battalions , which could be amalgamated with 1st battalions as National Servicemen ran out , thus preserving regimental traditions . |
| 29 | There is a strong argument er for us to revert back to the previous legal state of affairs in which the anonymity was preserved both of the complainant and of the defendant . |
| 30 | Dave said , ‘ The most frightening part of the jump was climbing out of the plane and having to crawl along the wing before jumping , but I look forward to doing it a second time just for fun ! ’ |