Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv prt] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had fellows who had come straight out of the First World War , afraid of nothing . |
| 2 | Even though we spent that money we are projected to come in with balances of three million pounds in excess of the budget figure set by the Conservatives , and that is a six million pounds difference that 's come straight out of the twenty-four and I think it tells us two things . |
| 3 | On the one hand , large parts of sociology have grown directly out of the literary and journalistic traditions . |
| 4 | FOR reasons that go deep into its past , Hungary has not done well out of the twentieth century . |
| 5 | Ladybirds have done well out of the exceptional summer , as have sweet chestnut trees ; this is the first year that I can recall collecting chestnuts locally that are large enough to eat . |
| 6 | The public , as ratepayers , should realize that not only is all compensation paid out of the land-drainage budget , but that the fees of the landowner 's agent are also financed entirely out of the public purse of the water authority or other public body carrying out the scheme . |
| 7 | Back in her drab black dress , Ellie was escorted smartly out of the ready-made department and back into the elevator . |
| 8 | They were carved laboriously out of the solid rock hundreds of years ago for the purpose of pounding soe , or ground bait , a practice that continued until late in the 19th century . |
| 9 | Why should a thousand people be given licence by the district council to do what an individual would be arrested for doing , and why should the police who would arrest you or I for doing it , be paid overtime out of the public purse to stand and watch this organised chaos wend its way across the city ? |