Example sentences of "[det] out of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are n't half out of date , ’ said Constance . |
| 2 | Mrs Lewis told the opening of an inquest at Liverpool Coroners Court that she found her husband hanging half out of bed , frothing at the mouth , two days after the crash . |
| 3 | The hull was unrecognisable as such ; half out of water it became unidentifiable debris . |
| 4 | I could also see the rock that Neil had pointed out to me , still half out of water . |
| 5 | Yet another principle is that we are to be ‘ subject to one another out of reverence to Christ ’ ( Eph. 5.21 ) and this applies to each of us — men as well as women — whatever our particular calling in the Church may be . |
| 6 | Ephesians 5:21 tells us to ‘ Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ ’ and we feel that this is implemented when one partner listens respectfully to the other 's opinion and demonstrates consideration for it . |
| 7 | ‘ Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ ’ ( 5:21 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , that 's an artful way to get me to wait on you , ’ interrupted Sally-Anne frankly , ‘ and I suppose , since you are so cunning , and I am dying for a drink , you might have your way — perhaps a bonus on my wages might be an idea , seeing that I shall be doing this out of hours . ’ |
| 9 | Not only would a list of varieties make a book like this out of date in a short time , it would not help you either . |
| 10 | Charles I made her this out of guilt at the wrong done to her husband , Robert Dudley , son of Elizabeth I 's Earl of Leicester , whom a conspiracy had robbed of legitimacy and titles . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't think I 'm doing this out of pity for you , ’ he called . |
| 12 | ‘ The lady prefers not to have us reveal any details , only to say that she is doing this out of love for her late husband , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Often it is easier to arrange this out of season than at the height of the busy tourist period . |
| 14 | On checking this out of curiosity , I discovered that although there was no specific mention of the term Interlanguage , Selinker 's ( 1972 ) article called , simply , " Interlanguage " was listed in the bibliography . |
| 15 | I got this out of mother 's catalogue . |
| 16 | I do not reject this out of hand ; but it is not my primary purpose here ; rather , it is to suggest a methodology which might enable us to gain insights into the functioning of the lyric poem per se , while always being mindful of the dangers of seeking generic overviews of historical phenomena . |
| 17 | I hope now that perhaps the legal proceedings can be held in abeyance and discussions can take place so some out of court settlement can be reached as the judges are urging . |
| 18 | Could make some out of Soda Stream if you 're desperate . |
| 19 | My mother soon began to drum into me the notion that I was different because of my eyesight , and therefore that I should not expect too much out of life . |
| 20 | Since her newfound freedom , however , she had decided that she would get as much out of life as she could . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a lovely piano , and not so very much out of tune . |
| 22 | Such a result would be so illogical , and so much out of tune with the extensive inquisitorial powers which are undeniably created by the Act , that Mr. Collins accepted that this could not be the meaning of section 2 . |
| 23 | Quite often something one had thought perfectly uncontroversial or even almost too insultingly obvious to include in one 's cooking instructions arouses readers to a pitch of rage and scorn which strikes one as very much out of proportion to the offence committed . |
| 24 | He told the court that he had been under ‘ emotional stress ’ at the time of the offence and that it was very much out of character for him to drink and then drive . |
| 25 | Altrincham was writing not so much out of malice as out of a wish to save the monarchy if not from itself , then from the court . |
| 26 | If the room be too mean , and too little for the books ; if it be too much out of repair ; if the situation be inconvenient ; if the access to it be dishonourable ; is the library keeper to answer for it ? … |
| 27 | In any case , she 'd probably got as much out of Andrew as she was going to . |
| 28 | ‘ I find something — how do you say it ? — I find something very much out of kilter here . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Could it be that crime has become too easy , that violence has become too much a theme of television and videos , that respect for other people has gone too much out of fashion and too many young people see no stake for themselves in this society and see more of a future in crime and the black economy ? ’ he asked . |
| 30 | It was foreign , alien , and he felt very much out of place . |