Example sentences of "[pron] out [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She said she felt like someone out of Dynasty . |
| 2 | Sergeant Potter was elderly and looked like someone out of Dad 's Army . |
| 3 | Er well , there was the highly immoral thing called overtime , erm if you had too much overtime you was keeping someone out of job . |
| 4 | For many pupils their experience in school will have been mainly or solely with metric units and their out of school experience mainly with Imperial units . |
| 5 | Their , their , their out of school activities |
| 6 | At last in 1854 Forbes was duly appointed to the Edinburgh chair , but he died a few months later at the age of only thirty-nine ; there was a general feeling that he had worn himself out with drudgery , and that success had come too late . |
| 7 | If Mick Jagger is feeling himself out on stage in tight clothing , I 'm sure he comes under attack in some way , er … |
| 8 | Unfortunately for Napoleon 's schemes , Fernando proved reluctant and when in the summer of 1869 he contracted a morganatic marriage with a German-born actress , Elisa Hensler , he virtually put himself out of court . |
| 9 | After a sideways hack , played left-handed , a poor shot into a greenside bunker and two putts , Harley had effectively played himself out of contention . |
| 10 | The dairy was Joe 's , Pete 's or even Bonington 's , and with Bonington himself out of contact in the Himalayas the speculation continued . |
| 11 | After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards . |
| 12 | So he does sometimes find it hard to throw himself out of bed ? |
| 13 | She did not , thought Henry bitterly , as he dragged himself out of bed and weaved his way to the bathroom over Elinor 's discarded knickers , go to classes in being thin , or classes designed to allow the participants to hold one idea in their heads for more than five minutes . |
| 14 | ‘ My dear Miss Nib , ’ he said , hurling himself out of bed and into the bathroom , ‘ take a letter . |
| 15 | ‘ You interrupted my dream , Mr Swain , ’ said Porter , hauling himself out of bed . |
| 16 | He knew he would n't be able to and now , as he swung himself out of bed , Ray Plummer wondered why he had n't just sat in front of the television until the time came . |
| 17 | He heaved himself out of bed and limped downstairs . |
| 18 | Speculation that Sir Terence Conran might have been drafted into the job was inaccurate , and he had , in fact , ruled himself out of consideration as long ago as January . |
| 19 | Moon died in 1978 , after an overdose of the prescribed drug he was taking to ease himself out of alcoholism ; Townshend had his own dark periods of excess ; even Entwistle , the quiet , static one , felt inclined to release a solo album entitled Smash Your Head Against The Wall . |
| 20 | While Edward kept himself out of trouble with parents and schoolmasters without extending himself , he never , not even at St. Paul 's , acquired the social ease of his schoolfellows . |
| 21 | Every penny I 've ever had during our nine-year marriage he 's taken to get himself out of trouble , including the £18,000 divorce settlement from my ex-husband . |
| 22 | Boxing : Colchester Boxing Club 's Andy Farrow showed his versatility when faced by a tricky opponent as he moved into the national schoolboys under-42 kilos semi-finals.Up against a spoiling boxer in the shape of Greg Algar of Eltham BC at Sandwich , Farrow persevered and kept himself out of trouble to win by the narrowest of points decisions.The judges awarded the fight to the 14-year-old Alderman Blaxill pupil 60–58 , 59–58 , 58–60 . |
| 23 | The person 's kept himself out of trouble so is it really right for us to get him back before the courts again ? |
| 24 | He sat down to write himself out of insolvency with a series of new novels starting with A Fair Maid of Perth . |
| 25 | ‘ You think he killed himself out of grief ? ’ |
| 26 | Any critic who quotes these sonnets runs the risk of putting himself out of business . |
| 27 | ‘ Old Stubbly seems determined to put himself out of business . |
| 28 | He had run himself out of breath and almost out of effort by then , but heaved a great sigh at having got the load from his shoulders . |
| 29 | He proved himself out of touch over the economy and by opposing abortion on demand . |
| 30 | In desperation she threw the umbrella into the foyer , hoping there was somebody out of sight in the box office who 'd be alerted to her jeopardy . |