Example sentences of "i was [vb pp] out [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I was dragged out of the cave , through the waterfall , to lie on my back gazing up at the fast-moving clouds in the blue sky ; and I thought to myself , Those clouds are free , just as I was until now .
2 ‘ I said that if I was turfed out by the trade union vote I would see Neil Kinnock and we would then both issue a statement afterwards , ’ he said .
3 Whatever he heard me say , some time later I was led out of the doors and taken to rooms they said were mine , as if they were pleased about it .
4 I was pushed out into the garden , but I stayed to watch through the window .
5 It was an unfortunate evening for me : I was knocked out in the second round , the only time I was knocked out , either at Eton or at Oxford .
6 Then I did n't anticipate , I was yanked out of the back of the court , I 'd gone there to see some proceedings with people I was involved with and all of a sudden the barrister for the defendant said , is a Mr in court ?
7 I had n't done this amount of countryside rambling since I was drummed out of the Boy Scouts .
8 A quarter of a mile , and plenty of stops later , I was hauled out of the water by my dripping father , who reminded me we had to go to Kirton , where I was playing football .
9 So I was laid out in the back of the van on the bed and he 's driving down this field to put the tent , because it had little er bits you know where it 's marked out for you to camp , and I 'm driving around in the back saying , yes you 've , you 've just missed the fence there and you know .
10 He said : ‘ I 'm disgusted that I was allowed out of the first hospital in that state . ’
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