Example sentences of "out of [noun sg] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At dawn one spring morning a heavily loaded freight train , headed by a pre-war 2 — 8 — 0 locomotive , was running out of steam owing to a badly clinkered fire-bed as it approached Brook End signal box . |
| 2 | In Gloucestershire , another six hundred people are now out of work compared to a month ago . |
| 3 | The number out of work fell from a seasonally-adjusted peak of 3.1m ( 11.2% of the workforce ) in July 1986 to a low of 1.6m ( 5.6% ) in March 1990 , while the rise in earnings jumped by only two percentage points over the same period , to 9.5% . |
| 4 | Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half . |
| 5 | Do you come alive slowly in the mornings or do you leap out of bed searching for a pencil to capture your best thoughts ? |
| 6 | Or , in great contrast , there are the more modern abstract designs that might not look out of place displayed on a wall . |
| 7 | The company before going out of business entered into a " block discounting " agreement with the finance house . |
| 8 | Musée d'art contemporain , comes out of exile led by a Jesuit philosopher |
| 9 | One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career . |