Example sentences of "[was/were] out of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nearby Tompkins Square Park was dangerous , and walks by herself , Rosenberg told her , were out of the question . |
| 2 | Only Telford Tigers were out of the running . |
| 3 | For pilgrims , the ritual prostrations and prayer-wheel-spinning were out of the question , because beggars blocked the shrine . |
| 4 | Unable to build upon a draw against England at Wembley and a victory over Poland at home , Wales , defeated 3-0 , were out of the World Cup . |
| 5 | Its rudder and fin were both knocked out , and a four-foot-long gash in the shell meant even repairs on the bank were out of the question , reinforcing complaints about the lack of driftwood clearance on the river this year . |
| 6 | They stepped out across the moorland and the wind caught them , strong and cold , once they were out of the shelter of the wall . |
| 7 | In fact she always seemed more content when they were out of the village . |
| 8 | It is clear that if the Hohenzollern candidature were out of the way , peace would be assured . |
| 9 | Such was the speculation that Hurd and Major — Thatcher 's two nominators for the contest — were obliged to issue a joint statement insisting that they would not stand against Mrs Thatcher in a second ballot , but this all too clearly left open the possibility that they would stand if she were out of the contest . |
| 10 | Wigs were out of the question because of the cost , and most of the changes John asked for in the designs were for simplicity in making and comfort in wearing . |
| 11 | A small , thin tabby , she spent her life trying to work out the central dilemmas of her life — how to get in and out of the house , and why the fat man called Henry tried to kick her every time the two other people in the house were out of the way . |
| 12 | He was ‘ very opposed ’ to petrol rationing and maintained that rota cuts , organised systematically , would be the only effective method — and they were out of the question . |
| 13 | Quite often police were at the stage door making sure they were out of the theatre at the regulation time . |
| 14 | In fact , the coach — drawn by two grey horses — was only called into service once the couple were out of the public gaze . |
| 15 | Several others turned back as soon as they were out of the shade of their flower because , as they pointed out , ‘ . |
| 16 | ‘ This is the end , ’ he said , as soon as we were out of the kitchen . |
| 17 | It seems clear that , with careful safeguards , we need some legal machinery , similar to the provision of Place of Safety Orders for children , by which an old person could be received into residential care for their own protection , at least for a limited period of time , which would afford a breathing space for all concerned and enable a proper assessment to be made of the situation — including the wishes of the old person once they were out of the violent or neglectful environment . |
| 18 | Her brother had taken the opportunity to entertain a large group of teenage friends while his parents were out of the country . |
| 19 | They had found the doll in the bass hamper where , Millie had informed her , it slept when they were out of the house . |
| 20 | The period of calm after the year-end 1992 figures were out of the way and digested ended with a bang this week as Wall Street woke up to what we have been flagging over the past month — that estimates for IBM Corp 's first quarter performance were far too high , and that virtually no business was being done . |
| 21 | ‘ Those days Australia were so strong that once you were out of the team it was extremely difficult to get back in . |
| 22 | Zhang was not totally opposed to the idea , but some members of the increasingly politicized Guandong Army felt that more radical action to extend Japanese control in Manchuria could be taken if Zhang , known to be somewhat recalcitrant and a far from willing puppet , were out of the way . |
| 23 | If tile 4 were out of the way , as in c , the position b could be obtained from a by sliding the tiles 7 , 8 , 3 , 5 , and 1 in a loop . |
| 24 | Down there in the dunes , they were out of the offshore breeze and out of the sun . |
| 25 | They were out of the suburbs now , skirting the graceful slopes of Montenotte on one side , the level river on the other . |
| 26 | As far as we could tell the Moslem factions were out of the fray for the time being . |
| 27 | As soon as they were out of the traffic and heading northwards up the main Al trunk road , Madeleine snuggled closer to Harry . |
| 28 | The fishing nets and the postcards were no longer on display , and the woollens and the charming useless pottery had been packed away for the coming winter and the new season to follow-then they were out of the village , passing through a scattering of newer and less substantial houses and following the narrow lakeside road to Langstone . |
| 29 | ‘ You said they were out of the country . |
| 30 | They had no more snow , and the streams they crossed were free of ice ; the unnatural winter was less severe now that they were out of the hills . |