Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [vb pp] out of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Swiss proved to be ferocious fighters , and in 1415 the Habsburgs were driven out of the Aargau , but although Aarau was allowed to keep the rights granted by the Habsburgs , it was soon clear to the Argovians that Swiss victory merely meant they had exchanged one landlord for another . |
| 2 | Having read about the way in which Adam and Eve were beguiled out of the garden , Christians settle for being innocent as doves and leave others to be wise as serpents . |
| 3 | CHILE were thrown out of the 1994 World Cup by Fifa yesterday after forcing their decisive 1990 qualifier against Brazil to be abandoned in Rio when their players walked off claiming that the Chilean goalkeeper , Roberto Rojas , had been injured by a flare . |
| 4 | Periodically Utrillo was allowed out of the asylum for a few days and occasionally he escaped . |
| 5 | PowerGen was created out of the remaining 30 per cent of the power plant , thereby forming a competitor to the dominant supplier . |
| 6 | It was a win handed to him on a plate when chief rival Alain Prost was forced out of the race by the stewards and young charger Michael Schumacher by a blazing fire on his Camel Benetton Ford car . |
| 7 | But former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan was knocked out of the event with a blown engine on his Vauxhall Nova . |
| 8 | Whitby were knocked out of the Yorkshire Shield 7–4 by the visitors to their heavy pitch , Wibsey ( Bradford ) , while Knaresborough plunged to the heaviest defeat in the club 's nine-year history when they went down 57–0 to the newly-formed Hull and ER club . |
| 9 | Teddy was written out of the Street in 1983 when Chalky emigrated to Australia . |
| 10 | It was really no surprise that Brian was taken out of the room that afternoon . |
| 11 | Eric Bristow was knocked out of the British Darts Open in London last night by Charlie Holdaway , a 28-year-old furniture assembler from Isleworth , Middlesex . |
| 12 | Neighing indignantly at having his feast interrupted , Joe was led out of the orchard and mounted by Cheryl , whose turn it was to ride . |
| 13 | In a flurry of controversy and ghastly publicity , Le Roux was forced out of the company in January 1991 . |
| 14 | The unsuspecting and very sloshed Mr Harding was bundled out of the pub and into the back of Armstrong with the four girls in various stages of undress . |
| 15 | After four years in the Royal Artillery , Dignam was invalided out of the army and went straight to the Arts Theatre , where he was a delightfully tongue-in-cheek Shavian Angel and a foxy Claudius , proving Stanislavsky 's adage , as Agrippa in the Anthony Quayle/Edith Evans Antony and Cleopatra , that there are ‘ no small parts ’ . |
| 16 | At least he played — England colleague David Platt was left out of the Juventus opener , a 0-0 draw at Cagliari . |
| 17 | Tommy was carried out of the ring as Charlie was having his gloves laced up . |
| 18 | That is , the same day Riverton was dragged out of the harbour . |
| 19 | Hunt was put out of the new US Grand Prix ( West ) at Long Beach , following a shunt with Patric Depailler ( Fra ) as Lauda finished second to stretch his lead to 18 points . |
| 20 | TENNIS : Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe were bundled out of the German Open in the second round yesterday by Italians who were still schoolboys when the pair were in their prime . |
| 21 | Burns was left out of the drawn League match at Wolves on Saturday to make way for loan signing Alan McLoughlin . |
| 22 | Just as Eve came from Adam 's rib , just as Venus was born out of the waves , Agnes sprang from the gesture of that sixty-year-old woman at the pool who waved to the lifeguard and whose features are already fading from my memory . |
| 23 | DEFENDING champions Ajax Amsterdam were knocked out of the UEFA Cup last night when a 1–0 home victory was not enough to claw back a 4–2 first leg deficit to French club Auxerre in the quarter-finals . |
| 24 | Terry was taken out of the basement and , when he returned , said that he could n't tell us what he was doing . |
| 25 | Not so long ago Eamon Darcy was edged out of the top nine automatic spots , losing by a matter of a few points . |
| 26 | Capt. Garner was invalidated out of the Army and resumed his £200 per annum post as Club Secretary ( plus 10s. 0d. a month expenses ) . |
| 27 | Mooney was left out of the derby game against Middlesbrough on Monday and would have been expected to play in the Pontins Central League game . |
| 28 | Main Line argued that Basinger was talked out of the project by her new agent because the $60,000 commission on the deal had gone to her previous agent . |
| 29 | Hirst was left out of the party for Turkey yesterday , though he has scored seven goals in nine games this season . |
| 30 | The first time that I heard of Maastricht was on 12 May 1940 , when the RAF was shot out of the sky and knocked on the ground . |