Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] of [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , when he fell £83,000 in arrears with the mortgage , he befriended Frank and Sheila Collings and conned them out of the deeds of their Twickenham home . |
| 2 | 2.17 This exercise has been described in a different way by Lord Diplock in Mallett v McMonagle [ 1970 ] AC 166 at p174 : The purpose of an award of damages under the Fatal Accidents Act is to provide the widow and other dependants of the deceased with a capital sum , which , with prudent management , will be sufficient to supply them with material benefits of the same standards and duration as would have been provided for them out of the earnings of the deceased had he not been killed by the tortious act of the defendant , credit being given for the value of any material benefits which will accrue to them ( otherwise than as the fruits of insurance ) as a result of his death . |
| 3 | The fire was built up higher than usual to guide them back to the camp , but also , Riven thought , because they were imagining the packs of grypesh coming after them out of the heights of the hills . |
| 4 | ‘ Keep them out of the hands of the police , that 's the thing . |
| 5 | I needed something , some gesture , to lift me out of the realms of the ordinary . |
| 6 | They were all studiously avoiding meeting his gaze , though he thought they were watching him out of the sides of their eyes . |
| 7 | The sooner I get him out of the hands of that teenage vixen , the happier I shall be ! ’ |
| 8 | Her mind flew back to the moment last evening when Benedict had come at her out of the shadows of the hall as she had come downstairs with Lady Merchiston 's empty supper tray . |
| 9 | Remembering just in time that this heartless cynic was responsible for getting her out of the clutches of the Gibraltar Police and Customs Service , Polly managed to bite back the caustic retort trembling on the tip of her tongue and stared blankly at the vast selection of starters and main courses . |
| 10 | She had no idea why he had telephoned her , though she did n't put it out of the realms of possibility that , having gone away when he 'd promised to think about the interview , he might well have rung to suggest some alternative . |
| 11 | More important , in 1762 recruitment was made for the first time a direct concern of the government , taking it out of the hands of the regimental officers who had hitherto controlled it . |
| 12 | Colonel Astor had bought The Times in 1922 specifically to keep it out of the clutches of Lloyd George , who was seeking a personal political base and had money to spend from his earlier sale of honours when Prime Minister . |
| 13 | Firstly it belongs to John Major himself , for taking to the hustings , and restoring , a cutting edge to the party dialogue — and thus taking the Central Office by the scruff of the neck and lifting it out of the doldrums into which it had sunk . |