Example sentences of "[subord] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the anchorage where the destroyer headquarters ship with its rear admiral 's flag once lay , and where up to a dozen destroyers might be swinging with the tide at their buoys , was now empty water . |
| 2 | More as a means of occupying his mind than out of a desire to establish the facts , Rostov began to calculate the data which governed the interlocking arcs of fire of the Tarvaras platforms . |
| 3 | Like Bentham 's own reasons for designing the Panopticon , the Government has suggested that managerial staff should install microelectronics technology on their premises for financial reasons , in the pursuit of profit or to safeguard continued economic viability , rather than out of a perceived need to save energy per se . |
| 4 | He went out of the room , into the corridor and into his room and there he stood with his back to the door , his mouth wide , gasping at the air , still in fright , yet knowing that in some way he had emerged as if out of a deep canyon . |
| 5 | It is estimated that in south-east Asia , some third or two-thirds of the residual trees are damaged irreparably while up to a third of the area is left as bare ground , often compacted by the forestry machinery . |
| 6 | I happened to meet a former girlfriend while out for a constitutional among these perfumed hills and blow me if ; much to her chagrin , I could n't remember ever having slid between the sheets with her . |
| 7 | Teddies were first developed in Germany in the early 1900s and named in tribute to former American president Teddy Roosevelt who refused to shoot a defenceless small bear while out on a hunting trip . |
| 8 | So , while out on a shopping trip , Darren stepped forward as a volunteer to help the crier with a proclamation of his own . |
| 9 | So , while out on a shopping trip , Darren stepped forward as a volunteer to help the crier with a proclamation of his own . |
| 10 | However , as time goes by and the problem of unemployment does not seem to diminish more thought is being given to the specific problems of those applying for work while out of a job . |
| 11 | Similarly , your employer , whether out of a genuine spirit of goodwill , a hard-headed assessment of the damage that a court case might do or a combination of the two , may decide that the best course is to seek an amicable parting of the ways . |
| 12 | It took Stephanie some time to realise that she always refused what was offered at the time when it was offered , whether out of a curious notion of good manners or out of cussedness Stephanie was never wholly sure . |
| 13 | From there they went darting across the boiling surface like a dragon-fly , skimming with the currents where the banks were swept too open and smooth to hold flotsam , swinging aside round the sergeant 's paddle in the marked spots ; round the shovel-shaped end of Eel Island , which had scooped up a full load of branches , twigs , uprooted grass , and even more curious trophies , but not what they were seeking ; a little way down the sluggish backwater beyond , until motion ceased in stagnant shallows , and still there was nothing ; out into the flood again , hopping back on to the current as on to a moving belt that whisked them away ; revolving out of the race again where the trees leaned down into the water at the curve by the Lacey farm , acting like a great , living grille to filter out debris ; clean across the width of the river at the next coil , to where the long , sandy shallow ran out and encircled a miniature beach . |
| 14 | President Bush declared a state of emergency as up to a million people fled their homes . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Eventually , as much for hygienic reasons as out of a desire to conform with Moscow 's example of de-Stalinization , the Czechs were forced to give up the battle to keep Gottwald 's corpse from going green and bury him instead . |
| 17 | The body of a cat when hunting takes on a quite different demeanour to that of the same pussy when out for an idle stroll or with some other intention in mind . |
| 18 | For example , when out on a call one policewoman at Easton was asked by a male member of the public where the constables were . |
| 19 | It must be remembered that Lewis always affected ( I think it was deliberate ) to be a plain , honest man with no nonsense about him , usually wearing , when out on a walk , an old tweed hat and coat and accompanied with a pipe and a dog . ’ |