Example sentences of "a [noun] out [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Richmond was the first black man to find in sport a route out of the despair and misery which were integral parts of his enslavement .
2 For most of the women , paid work had been a route out of the family and domestic and financial dependence .
3 A land-use survey was made on a route out of the city centre — in this case Mansfield Road , and the land use and building use were noted on a rough map ( see fig 3 ) .
4 Yeah we thought it important to send to you because we are , you know , a bit out of the way that 's all and erm people tend to go zipping past and have to go up to the roundabout and come all the way back down again cos it 's quite a busy road this and
5 This is something a bit out of the ordinary .
6 They 're pricey , mind , but good if you want something a bit out of the ordinary . ’
7 If anyone would like to share their story with other readers , whether it 's happy , sad , amusing or just a bit out of the ordinary , then please write to us at the usual address .
8 It 's a bit out of the Town .
9 You just , you live quite a bit out of the shop .
10 Slice the top off and scoop a bit out from the middle .
11 ‘ I try to keep the grey cells working , ’ I shouted back , more to reassure him that I had n't done a runner out of the kitchen window .
12 He also took a stick out of the packet of Edinburgh rock he had bought on the first day .
13 ‘ Bloody lucky ’ — he spoke like a harp out of the strings of half-constructed fabric — ‘ that this old Schliemann-Hoffer has already caught its finger quota for today .
14 With as many flats as a Parisian tower block and the ‘ pits ’ affording no more than a shove out of the sand , it was 16 days before the old fort hove into view 338Km after Algiers had disappeared from the rear-view mirror .
15 Two Portuguese legionnaires dragged a Scotsman out of the door before he was sick .
16 We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming .
17 Adam took a look out of the window of the bedroom that had been Hilbert 's .
18 Whoever was in the flat must have heard the muffled sound of the closing door and was going through into the bedroom to have a look out of the window .
19 So I got up to have a look out of the side window .
20 They 're bringing it in tomorrow so just shows just goes to show that if you put a plea out on the radio , you prayers can be answered sometimes .
21 He kissed the top of her head , and moved on to get a saucepan out of the oven .
22 It 's an amusing game however , as you struggle for a seat out of the wind at the cairn to eat your peanut butter sandwiches , trying to guess which way everyone will go when they smack their lips , wipe their hands on their breeches and get up to leave .
23 It is easy to feel stifled with the massive tower blocks and hordes of people , and a trip up the hills behind the city or on a boat out into the South China Sea helps give a better perspective of the place .
24 Leeds could pass a side out of the game and dominate through the midfield something the scum are YET TO DO even with scumtona .
25 ‘ We got a boost out of the cup run , but promotion has always mattered most and now we have nothing to interfere with that .
26 It would have been easy for anyone to reach in and yank a club out of the bag . ’
27 ‘ Hepzibah said it was just like putting a light out at the end of a day . ’
28 Mr Reenan , 70 , was only glimpsed briefly yesterday , sneaking a glance out of the window of his home in a private road .
29 Last week , you 'll remember , we put a bounty out on the head of that scuzzbo , Jimmie Joe Jackson , South-Western Sector Venerated Warthog of the Maniax .
30 One might well think that a word can not both label a property or a relation revealed to intuition and its meaning be a construct out of the meanings of other expressions .
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