Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Importantly , Gramsci did not believe that consent was produced as the result of a ruling class conspiracy to hoax the workers ; for him , ideologies arose out of the material realities within which human beings live and work .
2 The torrent of words tumbled out of the phone pell-mell , a flood that the chief inspector was unable to stem .
3 One after another , the big , black waves came out of the darkness — waves ten , twenty metres high !
4 Fans came out of the woodwork for those games .
5 The Prophet sprinted from the alley exit scant seconds before the first of the police cars roared out of the fog and screeched to a halt at the dark gap he had just left .
6 ‘ Do n't let Dad hear for God 's sake , ’ she moaned quietly , as all her inhibitions went out of the window .
7 Initially he saw only one of the hideous creatures , but more of the demons appeared out of the darkness , loping into the alley .
8 Pictures smuggled out of the country show for the first time how the Shia 's holy city was destroyed .
9 Ghostly shapes loomed out of the fog and then disappeared again .
10 Smoke signals snaked out of the mountain — then tom-toms commenced with a beat
11 Irrelevant associations dredged out of the mind 's mire of trace memories , subconscious detritus and stamped-on feelings .
12 Water companies came out of the study well , with the ten privatised companies all on the top 24 profit-makers ' list .
13 Some Australians came out of the shower room and began arguing with the merry sub-human guard :
14 ‘ I love Harvey , ’ and little noises came out of the sphere of hair as if a canary was eating a hearty meal of seeds .
15 New blocks appeared out of the air , flickering at first , and among them were more faces and limbs .
16 They must be seen as inventing new rules for the future in accordance with their convictions about what is best for society as a whole , freed from any supposed rights flowing from consistency , but presenting these for unknown reasons in the false uniform of rules dug out of the past .
17 For a moment bright flames danced out of the charcoal , then there was darkness .
18 The insects fell out of the air .
19 Fifteen minutes later , a team of EC monitors sped out of the town without stopping .
20 But selling was thin as most buyers stayed out of the market while the talks continued .
21 When a governmental official in a Third World country recommends ( under the influence of a bribe ) that his country purchase the more expensive but less adequate of two types of aircraft , then the extra millions of dollars will be found from the taxes sweated out of the country 's impoverished citizens .
22 Ethnic Serbian deputies walked out of the session , and formed on Oct. 24 the " Assembly of the Serbian Nation of Bosnia-Hercegovina " , fixing a plebiscite on remaining in Yugoslavia for Nov. 9 and 19 .
23 Seventeen Afar deputies walked out of the Chamber of Deputies on Dec. 23 and demanded talks between the government and the armed opposition .
24 He realized the boy had grown in the two months since he had last seen him and looked at him carefully , noticing the way his wrists poked out of the shirt and the slight roughness of the clear skin .
25 So all those things went out of the window which makes life easier .
26 Two massive figures loomed out of the blackness , like ghost-riders descended from the mists above .
27 The only incident reported was when one of Fowler 's teddy bear mascots fell out of the car at Debtors Dip .
28 Gannets and fulmars appeared out of the mist , flew alongside for a few minutes and disappeared again .
29 So actually the policies disappeared out of the campaign as well ?
30 When the birds spewed out of the darkness the flower-seller flapped her great shawl like a matador to ward them off ; they broke formation , circling the massive clock stopped at ten to ten , floundering upwards towards the whirling sky framed in the shards of glass set in the iron ribs of the shattered roof .
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