Example sentences of "come [adv prt] of [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Like so many boys who had come out of their National Service I had changed .
2 ‘ He appears to have come out of his last race at Haydock very well , ’ Gaselee said , ‘ and I am hopeful that he will run another big race next Saturday .
3 Overall , the most interesting examples of Stannard 's treatment come out of his own field of physics .
4 Let him know that something good has come out of his tragic death .
5 At the age of 47 , he has come out of his creative mid-life crisis and knows how to follow his stunning screen work .
6 The letter shrilly screams at IBM to come out of its catatonic stupor and save itself BEFORE IT 'S TOO LATE .
7 If you received any perks with your job , such as a company car or health insurance , then unless you have a very generous employer these will have to come out of your own pocket in future .
8 Given the difficulties of keeping tabs on such faraway players , it comes as no surprise to learn that Bilardo has appealed to one of the key figures of his 1986 World Cup team , the 34-year-old Jorge Valdano , to come out of his two-year retirement .
9 ‘ The clearest , most unequivocal finding to come out of our social analysis is the singularity of the subjects in it . ’
10 The fire brigade declined to shed light on the matter , however , claiming that moggies always came down of their own accord .
11 The rabbits mostly came in of their own accord .
12 The political life of the nation finally came out of its suspended animation .
13 Thankfully both pilots came out of their fleeting meeting physically unscathed but both will remember the event forever more .
14 Instinctively her audience came out of their bemused state and worked quickly .
15 What happened in Middlesex eventually happened all over England , and as Midland bricks and Welsh slates — and later more unspeakable materials like asbestos and corrugated iron — flooded into every corner of provincial England , the ancient local materials that fitted their own regions so well , for they came out of their very soil , disappeared one by one .
16 ‘ It was something disgusting that came out of your foul head . ’
17 Creggan came out of his concrete shelter into his cage , the branch thrust right over it and on to the path in front , and smaller branches from it filling half his cage with confusion .
18 He had to repeat his greeting twice before the Indian came out of his trance-like reverie and turned to face us .
19 But the croak that came out of his parched throat was hardly recognisable .
20 The doorbell rang before she had taken even one more step and she jumped nervously , coming out of her anxious state with a start .
21 I ca n't sleep at night for that baby crying , I ca n't breathe in the daytime for that stench of tallow coming out of their back door — and one of his customers brushed me into the dusty street the other day …
22 Yeah but like Jake said she , he said it 's coming out of his back pocket anyway
23 Coming out of our back door and making a frozen spread across the pith , came trickling water .
24 ‘ — I did not tell you that , on the way back , as I came round the church into the lane , I saw Alfred coming out of our back door
25 In case anyone thinks this was unnecessarily drastic , I did in fact leave them for a couple of hours to see if they would come out of their own accord — but they did n't , and I was concerned that they might starve if left to their own devices .
26 While that may seem an attractive option for a young partner , it ought to be remembered that such payments will come out of his taxed income .
27 The point is , only one of the two can come out of his little door at any one time , not just because that would make impossible weather , but because the two little men are joined together by a metal bar : one has to stay in if the other one is out .
28 The retinue of Count Hugh of Tours , for instance , sang rude songs to mock his alleged cowardice : " He dare n't come out of his own doorway ! "
29 of those come out of your annual salary of thirty thousand pounds
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