Example sentences of "he [be] [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is particularly unpleasant to us to be so frequently separated , but of course my going with him is out of the question ; he will sleep under a tent all the time . ’ |
| 2 | The detective constable who was supposed to be guarding him was out of the ward at the time chatting up some nurses . |
| 3 | There are two provisos as follows : ( 1 ) execution will not issue against either property or persons without leave of the court where the proceedings have been brought against the firm by one of its members or by another firm having partners in common with the firm against which or against the partners of which execution is sought ; ( 2 ) execution will not issue against a partner if he is out of the jurisdiction at the date when the proceedings were commenced unless he has acknowledged service or was duly served within the jurisdiction as a partner or outside the jurisdiction after leave had been obtained to so serve him . |
| 4 | As soon as he is out of the side , and the team continues to play well … they rub their hands and sell him as soon as they can . |
| 5 | till he 's out of the way , |
| 6 | ‘ Well I 'm afraid he 's out of the country so whatever you want to discuss with him will have to wait . ’ |
| 7 | I ca n't break it , just because he 's out of the country . |
| 8 | He says that staff at the DSS count the aid trip as a holiday , and wo n't pay him while he 's out of the country . |
| 9 | ‘ My husband told me not to bring Mark to the Strand and if he 's out of the house he 's to stay in the buggy , ’ she said . |
| 10 | once you include that it , because the more he 's out of the office the more Sheila has to cover for him . |
| 11 | He 's out of the area at the moment . ’ |
| 12 | Well , he was out of the flower now and no mistake … |
| 13 | They knew he was out of the boardroom at the right time . |
| 14 | As soon as he was out of the bathroom he put on his tracksuit and hit the road . |
| 15 | After the war , when he was out of the army , he tried his hand at several things , and they were all pretty much a disaster . |
| 16 | With these scratches , he was out of the rest of the war . |
| 17 | And as all men know , he was out of the enclave that night , with leave , though leave he got by deceit . |
| 18 | He roared up beside her and ground to a halt , the silence after the noise of the engine actually quite frightening , and he was out of the Land Rover and towering above her before she could even open her mouth . |
| 19 | He was out of the water now , and he shook his head . |
| 20 | It was the best thing that could have happened to him — he was out of the way of everybody . |
| 21 | Well I was having an affair with his wife and I loved her so much I wanted to marry her , I wanted his land and his money , so I thought if he was out of the way it would be easier to get what I wanted and of course it was . |
| 22 | Minutes later he was out of the building . |
| 23 | Marian Woronin pulled up after thirty metres of his heat with a torn leg muscle , so he was out of the Championships . |
| 24 | He was stunned to receive a reply saying his payments were being suspended while he was away because he was out of the country . |
| 25 | In the event , I discovered he was out of the country for a while . |
| 26 | ‘ But he was out of the country at the time . ’ |
| 27 | The latest development , according to his secretary , was that he was out of the country . |
| 28 | ‘ Seeing him steaming in and bowling so well now makes it easy to forget how long he was out of the game , ’ he cautions . |
| 29 | He was trying to read a newspaper , but although he was out of the wind the pages kept on fluttering . |
| 30 | His eyes , glittering with rage , bored into hers for one deadly moment ; then he was out of the office before she could move , and minutes later the showroom door closed with a precision she knew would remain with her for a long time . |