Example sentences of "men [verb] [adv] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 John and Angela sat dazed and bewildered as men spilled out of the back of the caravan .
2 It is time for men to come out of the nursery .
3 There is , in a sense , an ideology of scepticism within clearly defined boundaries and as old men die out of the system and younger ones join it the tradition becomes cumulative and socially-constructed rather than just an individual matter .
4 Then two more men came out of the building .
5 Three men came out of the rear of the house .
6 Then the removal men came out of the house for the last time , wiping their brows on their once-white aprons , and then they helped down from the van a little old lady .
7 Two men came out of the house .
8 A small figure was seated beside the trainer and it was only when the two men got out of the car and walked briskly towards them that Kelly saw that it was Cy McCray .
9 In the frosty quiet he heard the sound of an engine too suave to belong to a resident , and peered over the parapet to see the men getting out of the car below .
10 Sometimes men get out of the control of their officers .
11 With a last , quizzical look at her slightly stunned expression , he waited for Mike to join him , then both men walked out of the suite , leaving her alone with Ace .
12 Myeloski laughed , switched off the light , and the two men walked out of the room .
13 I was thinking particularly of my great-uncle George , the stories he had told , men pulled out of the sea half burned alive , the sudden explosions as another slow cargo vessel slid to the bottom , nobody stopping for survivors and the feeling of terror as the U-boats gradually picked the ships off until the one he was on was alone in the pattern .
14 As the men went out of the door Laura stared glumly over at the young policewoman .
15 ‘ Most men wander out of the way , and fall into error for want of method , as it were for want of sowing and planting , that is , of improving the reason . ’
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