Example sentences of "[pers pn] run [adv] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So after the opening I ran out of the dressing room to where Dad , in his red waistcoat , was waiting with all the others .
2 I ran out of the park crying towards my mother .
3 I ran out of the shed not looking back , raced across the old marshalling yard , out of the tumbledown gateway of the station , across the road and into the brightly lit warmth of the Railway Hotel bar .
4 I knew I had to get away quickly , and as I ran out of the kitchen , I saw Hindley attack Heathcliff .
5 I ran out of the laboratory , and locked the door .
6 I said I had to piss , but I ran out of the house and walked around the streets wondering what the fuck to do and trying to imagine what Dad was saying to Mum and how she was taking it .
7 I ran out of the house and later returned silently to my hut .
8 I ran out of the house immediately and came to London to ask for your help .
9 I ran out of the room but he followed me .
10 I ran out of the room and up the steps towards the drawbridge .
11 I ran out of the department , and was only vaguely aware of the sudden uncanny silence and the way legs were moved aside and doors held open .
12 Charles told her about his movements on the Sunday night , concluding , ‘ … so it must have been the arrival of Nigel 's car that made me run out of the place . ’
13 Loud cries of surprise from the hall made them run out of the cloakroom , where they were trying to find their coats and berets .
14 She ran out of the room , down the stairs to her parents ' bedroom .
15 Then she ran out of the house , bumping into Tom Firth , the landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton , as he came in .
16 ‘ What I really wanted to know was why she ran out of the restaurant .
17 We ran out of the back of the house , and quickly got onto our horses .
18 However , we ran out of the fog somewhere near Fort Augustus and all was well for the rest of that trip .
19 Then they ran out of the saloon and up the backstairs as quickly as they could , to resume their game in the safety of the nursery .
20 As they ran out of the house into the sunshine they both skidded to a halt .
21 ‘ Once they realised they could n't get any money they ran out of the shop and I think they got away in a car . ’
22 Unfortunately the material at the tide-line was so sloppy that it ran out of the probe and no cores were brought home .
23 Jung joined in the dance , and by the time the dance reached its climax , he was so overcome by what he described as ‘ archetypal experiences ’ that he ran out of the village .
24 Jung joined in the dance , and by the time the dance reached its climax , he was so overcome by what he described as ‘ archetypal experiences ’ that he ran out of the village .
25 He ran out of the inn and along the road .
26 He ran out of the room , down the stairs , back into the auditorium .
27 Powerfully drawn , he ran out of the hedgerow towards the scattered ground .
28 It was a year or more since they had met , but he ran out of the shop and clung to her elbow .
29 He ran out of the house .
30 If the diaphragm is torn ( a wc may be difficult to flush ) , or the washer is worn , it may prevent the ballvalve from closing properly , and the cistern will continue to fill until it runs out of the overflow .
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