Example sentences of "[noun pl] out of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being one of those who makes words out of initials , Julia , when first shown that number by the police , had changed mentally the V to U , as in the Latin alphabet , and came up with SUF , the first syllable of ‘ suffer ’ . |
| 2 | * Where spelling is concerned , try to understand your mistakes in terms of the relationship between sounds and letters , and the construction of some words out of suffixes and prefixes . |
| 3 | She told me that in the first dreadful night , when she and John stayed in the hospital , she had tried to soothe the time by the old paper game of making words out of words . |
| 4 | From the very first page , where he both mistranscribes and then mistranslates further the opening of Terce in a Book of Hours , he matches marginal pictures with random words of text beside them , wildly associating words out of context with pictures near them in the margins , apparently grasping the flimsiest of puns and word associations . |
| 5 | Trips out of town , physical activities , and chances to meet other young people are all good ways of making sniffing less interesting . |
| 6 | We adapt to the weather , and the availability of banks and shops out of season . |
| 7 | To keep the supporters out of mischief during the morning , Chapman arranged tours of a local factory and brewery . |
| 8 | ‘ I know this is a solution favoured by many farmers but the EC Commission would not allow us to ignore the entitlement of male calves out of dairy cows , ’ said the ministry specialist . |
| 9 | Are all matches , razor blades and sharp implements out of reach ? |
| 10 | Euphemia , get them skinny little legs out of bed ! |
| 11 | She swung her legs out of bed and reached for her dressing gown . |
| 12 | Now he swung his legs out of bed , reached for his dressing gown and walked over to the window . |
| 13 | As he swung his legs out of bed , Duncan wondered if this was the next move in the Russian 's game . |
| 14 | Easing back the stained coverlet , Katherine slowly swung her legs out of bed , and then remained motionless for a few moments , resisting the urge to throw up . |
| 15 | Katherine threw back the covers and swung her legs out of bed . |
| 16 | Patrick threw back the covers and swung his legs out of bed . |
| 17 | He replaced the receiver , swung his legs out of bed and , reaching for his pencil and pad , noted the details while they were still fresh in his mind . |
| 18 | He swung his legs out of bed and stood up cautiously . |
| 19 | Swinging her legs out of bed , she hunted around for her nightshirt , flung in a crumpled heap on the carpet , then studied the piece of paper . |
| 20 | Muttering under her breath , she flung back the covers and swung her long legs out of bed , the flimsy material of her nightdress caressing her thighs as she padded barefoot to the kitchen to fetch a couple of aspirin . |
| 21 | It is , I know , I do this just get legs out of bed and |
| 22 | As soon as I get my legs out of bed , that 's first thing I pick up , my glasses . |
| 23 | It is a weapon of last resort where landowners and grouse shooters are unreasonably keeping walkers out of parts of the Britain 's countryside . ’ |
| 24 | The Committee noted that ‘ the trend of social development is leaving the public schools out of alignment with the world in which they exist ’ . |
| 25 | Ellen Wilkinson 's old ally , Herbert Morrison , was not prepared to ‘ say that the comprehensive schools should wipe the other schools out of existence ’ . |
| 26 | To get back to base retrace your steps out of Coire Lagan , but head around the north side of Loch an Fhir-bhallaich . |
| 27 | fear , all the time , if anybody to steps out of line or |
| 28 | The teacher steps out of role and asks the children a question : |
| 29 | They make their own simple things — models and castles out of mud , dolls with red earth and leaves . |
| 30 | Some power units out of action … connections … pulled out . ’ |