Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rudd bows out of Lotus with other fascinating projects under his belt , many yet to appear . |
| 2 | Top cop bows out of force |
| 3 | These bouts of manifesto madness , U-turns , and broken promises , not only frustrate business confidence but also lead to public disillusion so that authority dribbles out of government and the legitimacy of the overall system is called into question . |
| 4 | So why not say , then , that in development perception ‘ teaches ’ action , that as the information delivered up by the input systems becomes progressively ‘ richer ’ the infant becomes better able to direct his own movements , rather than saying that cognisance develops out of action ? |
| 5 | It is personal or private knowledge that develops out of familiarity with a situation . |
| 6 | STRAIGHT OUT OF BROOKLYN Unfortunately more interesting than 19-year-old Matty Rich 's film — a slice-of-Brooklyn melodrama crusted with symbolism and piety — is the story of how it came to be made : ambitious kid from Brooklyn drops out of film school , blags some equipment and funds a film on the back of radio appeals . |
| 7 | If the term has a meaning independent of the nature of the object , then it can be used for communication ( perhaps it means ‘ whatever is in the box ’ ) but the private object in the box drops out of consideration as irrelevant — an idle cog . |
| 8 | Kuffs ( 15 ) is a comedy-thriller about George Kuffs ( Christian Slater ) , an irresponsible youth who drops out of San Francisco high school , walks out on his pregnant girlfriend ( Milla Jovovich ) and ca n't be bothered to hold down a job . |
| 9 | NEWCASTLE striker Mick Quinn wants out of St James 's Park — after being dropped for Saturday 's match against Bristol City . |
| 10 | We have striven to avoid statements of attainment that require assessment which might have undesirable effects in the classroom , for example the use of language exercises out of context or other activities of an arid kind . |
| 11 | If a first championship since 1971 looks out of reach , they should be able to challenge strongly in the one-day competitions . |
| 12 | He ought to do well in both elections , but the main prize looks out of reach . |
| 13 | Sometimes when a small pattern is enlarged to fit a bigger foot the resulting shoe looks out of proportion . |
| 14 | Looks out of window . |
| 15 | deane still looks out of sorts though , but Wallace is back to his old ways and was continually running at the defenders . |
| 16 | Alec Stewart still looks out of sorts as wicket-keeper batsman and his position will again have to be reconsidered . |
| 17 | Its brightly coloured bill and large head make it seem a bit top heavy and the small black tail looks out of place in comparison to the bulky body . |
| 18 | The manor always looks out of place to me , a Victorian shooting lodge built in the style of a German castle for the wealthy Kay Shuttleworth family . |
| 19 | Structure , condition — and anything that looks out of place . ’ |
| 20 | She 'd do anything — Jess thought , going cold — lies out of truth . |
| 21 | The whole shoulder lurches out of balance , registering danger . |
| 22 | ‘ Calm down , ’ Harriet says out of moonlight , coldly . |
| 23 | If it spins out of control in the first half of the period , the batteries could run down and put it beyond recovery , says Alan Harris , a ROSAT physicist based in Munich . |
| 24 | So far all his victims have been young women and he kills out of doors . |
| 25 | STORY:7.30am : Climbs out of bed in his luxury Brighton home and goes for his habitual five mile run , alone out of preference . |
| 26 | ‘ A shot from Charlton , especially if hit on the run from outside the penalty area , is one of the great events of the sport , not because it is rare , which it is not , but because the power of it is massive and it erupts out of elegance , ’ Arthur Hopcraft , who followed Charlton 's career from shy schoolboy to elder statesman , wrote in his classic account of the English game , The Football Man . |
| 27 | The changing face of football , from top : ‘ A shot from Bobby Charlton erupts out of elegance , ’ said Arthur Hopcraft ; Keegan and Lineker paved the way for the cash-rich super league ; this summer Candy-sponsored Liverpool paid more than £5 million for Mark Wright , left , and Dean Saunders |
| 28 | ‘ I would n't say it was a regular break-in , thief surprised and shoots out of panic . |
| 29 | We can each supply our own particulars but the important point is that Rich has set us going with her place — her place that grows out of memory . |
| 30 | To Eddie , the well-being of his ward is his priority at first , but this grows out of proportion until he is blindly obsessed and destroys his relationship with her . |