Example sentences of "[vb pp] out of a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a once beautiful and honest young girl has become dishevelled and has dropped out of a promising educational course and is in perpetual trouble with the Police , then it is almost superfluous to ask questions on drug use or to look for physical signs of drug addiction , even though clinical accuracy demands this . |
| 2 | They made a bit more fuss soon afterwards when Erich Honecker , the former East German leader , was whisked out of a Soviet military hospital in the east and flown to Moscow , beyond the reach of German prosecutors . |
| 3 | She wore an oatmeal flannel coat and skirt which even Alexandra could see was badly cut , and a heavily pleated cream blouse , the collar fastened with a huge hideous brooch made out of a green polished pebble set in silver . |
| 4 | The scanner , made out of a large magnetic tube , gives detailed medical checks without surgery or side-effects . |
| 5 | In the population served by Oxford Regional Health Authority during the year to September 1990 , 978 boys were circumcised out of a total estimated population of 299 600 — a rate of 0.33% a year ( statistics unit of Oxford Regional Health Authority ) . |
| 6 | They made a vital contribution to the lively syndicate and plenary discussions , as well as to the other events , including a debate on who should not be thrown out of a hypothetical sinking hot air balloon . |
| 7 | Dyson broke off in mid-explanation , frowning at a piece of copy-paper he had taken out of a little brown envelope marked ‘ J. Dyson Esqre . ’ |