Example sentences of "[verb] out of [num ord] gear " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Series III jumps out of first gear on over-run . |
| 2 | The gearbox in my 1973 Series III two and a quarter petrol is noisy and jumps out of third gear . |
| 3 | ‘ I have to admit we let him down over the gearbox which was slipping out of sixth gear and we have apologised for that . |
| 4 | ‘ We did n't get out of second gear , ’ he said , ‘ but we are looking to get into third gear and , hopefully , top for next Saturday . ’ |
| 5 | Following a very rough crossing from Portsmouth during which I slept very little it dawned on me that we were on our own in a Renault van which was half a ton overweight , had a top speed of 60 mph , an up-hill speed of 40 mph provided you had a run at it , jumped out of fourth gear unless you held it in position and we had 1850 miles to go ! |