Example sentences of "come [adv prt] of retirement " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frenchman Alain Prost has come out of retirement in a bid to steer it to a fourth world title next season . |
| 2 | The band who were committed to the Abba revival and flares fives years ago have come out of retirement and intend to convert a whole new audience to their zany cocktail of punk , glam and psychedelia . |
| 3 | Richard H. Truly , 50 , was appointed on April 12 , 1989 , as acting administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) ; James C. Fletcher , a previous administrator who had come out of retirement to guide NASA after the 1986 Challenger disaster [ see pp. 34266-68 ] , had left the post on April 8 . |
| 4 | Rumours that Ken Dodd plans to come out of retirement for this one last concert have been denied by the reclusive multi-billionaire entertainer 's manager , Peter Hall . |
| 5 | Clive Smott ( 59 ) was formerly with Princess Eugene Road Garage Reserves and has agreed to come out of retirement and put on his boots for the first time in three years . |
| 6 | Beth Groves who had worked with Eva in social services did not take too much persuading to come out of retirement into the post of housekeeper . |
| 7 | They 've had to come out of retirement , she to help in a hairdressers , he to work in a shop . |
| 8 | SEBASTIAN COE is to come out of retirement to run the London Marathon on Sunday 18 April . |
| 9 | Kelso were guilty of missing far too many tackles , but they did lose all their back row through injury during the game , and Eric Paxton had to come out of retirement as a replacement . |
| 10 | The German manager may take Bein and Brehme to the World Cup and ask Voeller to come out of retirement if Juergen Klinsmann and Karl-heinz Riedle struggle with their form up front . |
| 11 | The ruling Duke Waifer had been killed in the war with Pepin , but his father , Hunold , came out of retirement in a monastery to lead the revolt . |
| 12 | Danny Webster came out of retirement to join the Farnborough locals in the first comp there . |
| 13 | Those who had perhaps drawn back after much involvement came out of retirement to lead the church more effectively than ever before . |
| 14 | In the late 1960s he came out of retirement to skipper Warwickshire 2nd XI . |
| 15 | Jonathan Agnew , BBC Radio 's cricket correspondent , came out of retirement to help injury-hit Leicestershire win their NatWest Trophy semi-final against Essex . |
| 16 | Indeed , the situation was so bleak in 1980 that Sir John came out of retirement to replace his second son Peter , who had taken control of the family firm three years before . |
| 17 | Murad II came out of retirement to inflict a severe defeat on this motley force when he confronted them at Varna . |
| 18 | Having played little part in the August riots ( epitomised by the derisory slogan , ‘ IRA — I Ran Away ’ ) , old IRA men came out of retirement ( Rose , 1972 ) and ‘ there was a steady stream of recruits from young men who had seen houses and streets burnt down by Loyalist mobs and who 'd been unable to prevent them ’ ( Farrell , 1980:267 ) . |
| 19 | Barron retired in 1881 , but came out of retirement for a commission for the ninth Earl of Dysart at Welbeck Abbey in 1886 . |
| 20 | After the death of her father in 1891 she withdrew entirely into private life , devoting herself almost obsessively to the care of her mother , even though the latter soon came out of retirement to become a royal lady-in-waiting . |
| 21 | SCOTTISH international Joss Kirby , who hung up her racing spikes two years ago , came out of retirement to win two gold medals at the Championships . |
| 22 | DOUGIE POTTER , the former Scotland captain , is coming out of retirement . |
| 23 | RUGBY UNION : England World Cup star Paul Ackford will come out of retirement on Saturday to help Harlequins in the Pilkington Cup final against Bath after their pack was more than halved by injury , sending-offs and withdrawals . |
| 24 | UNFORGIVEN : Bounty hunter Clint Eastwood comes out of retirement for a last showdown . |
| 25 | 8 ( 6 ) UNFORGIVEN : Clint Eastwood 's highly-acclaimed Western about an old bounty hunter who comes out of retirement . |
| 26 | 12 ( 8 ) UNFORGIVEN : Clint Eastwood 's highly acclaimed Western about an old bounty hunter who comes out of retirement for a last showdown . |
| 27 | He 's arguably as dangerous as William Munny ( Eastwood ) , ex-hired killer and now broken-down hog farmer who comes out of retirement for one last job . |
| 28 | Jeff Jaye with ‘ I know it 's difficult to get the wood , Mr Noah , but can you imagine the cost of a rotomoulded Ark ? ’ and Simon Dawson with ‘ Shaun Baker comes out of retirement to offer advice on the last great waterfall . ’ |