Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tentara Keamann Raykat ( TKR ) was formed out of the BKR . |
| 2 | The prints were n't too bad , considering that I was hanging out of the back window of the plane with just a thin safety belt between me and the farm land 200ft below . |
| 3 | A vast pink tongue was hanging out of the creature 's mouth between a pair of the longest , sharpest teeth imaginable . |
| 4 | The main purpose was to pack as much corn as possible into the bay ; but in treading the corn in this way much of it was shaken out of the ear , and thus a start was made on the threshing . |
| 5 | The Woman was gazing out of the window , picking at the hem of the tablecloth . |
| 6 | Timothy glanced at the marquis who was gazing out of the window , apparently deaf to the conversation . |
| 7 | Marc was gazing out of the window , but he could n't help overhearing her side of the conversation . |
| 8 | the gigantic military effort was sucking out of the economy , not only surplus products , but the very means of replacing means of production and means of consumption . |
| 9 | Asshe launched himself with a roar , and Paul , his face ashen , was marched out of the study ; behind him he heard the voice of his host calling ‘ Out ! |
| 10 | For a moment , as the old man was walking out of the door , Conway remembered the face in the book on the plane . |
| 11 | He was walking out of the tower when he glanced up , stopped , froze as he stared at the horror above his head . |
| 12 | I did all the usual stuff — I gave her some money and stuck her on a tube train to a night shelter , but while I was walking out of the tube station , I thought to myself , ‘ you complacent bitch ’ ’ you know . |
| 13 | In 1974 it was squeezed out of the market by an Anglo-French-German enterprise , United Reprocessors . |
| 14 | Then in 1650 Vane was voted out of the position and Hutchinson succeeded him , holding it from the beginning of 1651 until the Restoration . |
| 15 | Hectic political and diplomatic activity was reported ahead of the mid-December deadline for the establishment of a new government [ see p. 39146 ] . |
| 16 | When it was lifted out of the water it was found to have the first metre of the entire hull section missing . |
| 17 | He was lifted out of the water and dumped with a smack on hard wood . |
| 18 | An 8″ high fibreglass machine-gun housing was installed ahead of the windscreen and strobe-equipped guns were installed . |
| 19 | Capt. Garner was invalidated out of the Army and resumed his £200 per annum post as Club Secretary ( plus 10s. 0d. a month expenses ) . |
| 20 | Tonight one theory is the baby was tipped out of the pushchair by an older child , and fell head first onto the tiled floor . |
| 21 | A study was carried out of the behaviour of … |
| 22 | Another Gloucestershire player , wicket keeper Jack Russell , was accused of assaulting a television cameraman who was trying to film Lawrence as he was carried out of the ground . |
| 23 | The Park is an important recreational resource for both the people of Edinburgh and visitors to the city , and a survey was carried out of the types of use made of the Park , the perceptions of users and the impact such users have on the site . |
| 24 | They heard the siren and were at the entrance ready to take over as soon as the boy was carried out of the ambulance . |
| 25 | In July , Tilden Barham , the Battle relieving officer , was carried out of the parish as his Brede counterpart had been in 1830 , a fate shared with the officer at Willingdon , who was led out by jeering women and children . |
| 26 | Tommy was carried out of the ring as Charlie was having his gloves laced up . |
| 27 | She was reminded forcibly of the air of absolute power that he projected so effortlessly in his professional life . |
| 28 | Then they were formal again , and the company was trooping out of the courtyard and into the cold breeze that billowed down from the distant mountains , their faces set towards the east . |
| 29 | The C&G was preceded out of the market by stockbrokers Kleinwort Grieveson and Hoare Govett . |
| 30 | Her feelings had been mixed when she had seen who it was climbing out of the taxi . |