Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [adv prt] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Charkin is the chief executive of Reed Consumer Books and — particularly since he led Reed out of the Net Book Agreement ( NBA ) last year — a major force for change in the business . |
| 2 | And anyway , by now the son of the house had come in for his midday meal , turned on the television , created havoc out of the quiet day . |
| 3 | That same week he told Maggie out of the blue that he wanted to see her alone . |
| 4 | Darwin discovered a new species of the rhea , the flightless bird of the pampas , and realized that the existence of two closely related species in the same area made nonsense out of the old idea of perfect adaptation . |
| 5 | But er there were so many open cars and we had an upholsterer who er made the hoods and repaired the hoods and upholstery and er we even made things out of the old scraps of these er just to , we made bags for , for carrying trade plates for er people going away for cars . |
| 6 | The galloping horse raised dust out of the dried mud in the gateway to the wood , an overgrown piece of covert which was the delight of the hunt ; the path was barely wide enough , badly kept , branches low across it , dark after the bright sunlight on the heath . |
| 7 | Indeed , one of the leading contenders for the post , Edouard Balladur , has specifically dissociated himself from the British government , which pulled sterling out of the European currency grid last year and substantially cut interest rates . |
| 8 | Daniel sliced the bird 's plump breast and pulled tendons out of the lopped legs , fished for stuffing with a long spoon . |
| 9 | There was nothing unpleasant about it , as she knew quite well , but it brought Maggie out of the renewed clouds of desire . |
| 10 | All that remains now is for the draw , which will be made in the Rome Sports Palace late this afternoon , to avoid such minor irritations as Holland joining England in Sardinia , thereby doubling the security problem ; Scotland renewing hostilities with Uruguay , whom they have refused to meet in friendlies since the 1986 World Cup ; and Austria playing West Germany , which would revive memories of the cynical conspiracy in 1982 which froze Algeria out of the second phase . |
| 11 | She swept dust out of the open doors and stood her brushes in glass jars of turps along the windowsill . |