Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] of the bag " in BNC.

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1 The first 50 entries out of the bag will receive a pair of tickets worth £14 .
2 First correct entries out of the bag win .
3 First correct entries out of the bag win .
4 First correct entries out of the bag win .
5 First correct entries out of the bag will win .
6 It would have been easy for anyone to reach in and yank a club out of the bag . ’
7 I said , ‘ It 's a th-th-th- ’ and I whipped the 3-iron out of the bag .
8 If you do not believe me , then listen to how Steffi Graf and Monica Seles let the cat out of the bag in Paris .
9 When the Luxembourgers let the cat out of the bag by talking about federalism in June 1991 , they were merely reflecting long-term currents of thought in the Community .
10 I was desperately trying not to let the cat out of the bag , and a few tricky moments came about just because of a few crossed wires .
11 Not all the transactions were strictly honest , though , and sometimes customers got home to discover that they 'd bought a cat or a puppy , thus that expression and an expression bonus : ‘ letting the cat out of the bag ’ .
12 Now that Viola had let the cat out of the bag , she felt she had no option but to come clean .
13 The hon. Member for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) let the cat out of the bag about the Government 's true intentions towards Her Majesty 's inspectorate .
14 The hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) , in a half sentence that he perhaps did not mean to utter , let the cat out of the bag .
15 It was the kind of story that she would relish but with her blunt ways one could never be sure she would n't at some time let the cat out of the bag .
16 You know something 's going on , we have a little surprise set up for you , and I think the time has come to let the cat out of the bag .
17 Even if Jack Bernstein had n't let the cat out of the bag I would have known ! ’
18 BUT had John Major already let the cat out of the bag on privatisation last week ?
19 Jubilant Tory Euro-sceptics immediately claimed that Mr Bangemann had ‘ let the cat out of the bag . ’
20 He 's just let let the cat out of the bag there did n't you ?
21 For instance , if you load Windows , but forget to take the mouse out of the bag , you can just clip the Toshiba mouse on and , as if by magic , a cursor appears .
22 The cards must get to us by Tuesday next week , and the winners will be the first ten correct replies out of the bag .
23 The cards must get to us by Tuesday next week , and the winners will be the first ten correct replies out of the bag .
24 Whenever you take a wedge out of the bag the swing has to be comparatively long for the distance you are covering .
25 Then we 'll pick 500 forms out of the bag and send you a month 's supply of Elancyl MP24 or an Active Toning Kit and a second survey which we will need you to fill in and return to us .
26 First 200 names out of the bag after the closing date , July 1 , 1991 , win .
27 The first 50 names out of the bag after the closing date , July 1991 win .
28 First 25 names out of the bag after closing date , July 1 1991 , win !
29 The first 20 names out of the bag after April 15 1991 , the closing date , win !
30 It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress .
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