Example sentences of "run out " in BNC.

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1 He is not to walk out on me before I run out of steam .
2 And it is also the only source of power we know that will still be available when coal and gas supplies run out . ’
3 So when they run out to kick off their tour against Cardiff at the Arms Park this afternoon , around three million souls ( a population not much bigger than that of the Principality ) will be with them in spirit .
4 Horse manure , horse muck or just plain horse shit , depending on your susceptibilities , was a much needed and highly effective fertiliser for the allotments , and so from an early age a daily chore was to keep an eye open for droppings , grab your shovel and bucket and run out to scoop it up .
5 The escort races to the arms cabinet to withdraw the team 's weapons , whilst the others run out to the garage to load the last of the equipment .
6 ‘ It 's always a fantastic experience to pull on a Scotland jersey and run out at Murrayfield : I get a tremendous buzz from that , ’ he says .
7 Two holes along each instep , meant to let water from Vietnam 's swamps run out , merely let sand seep in .
8 Hemmings took a catch to dismiss Logie , who was beginning to look dangerous , and then the wickets slithered away — including Harper run out by a fine throw from Hemmings , who was having a wonderful time .
9 Many people spend money chronologically rather than strategically , with the result that they run out before they 've done everything .
10 And as to the over-imaginative way in which papers have so often treated her , she added simply : ‘ Because I 'm only young , and have lived such a short and normal life , they run out of things to say about me . ’
11 Peterborough : Run out
12 PUING his own languishing share price in the context of the oil sector 's collapse , Roland Shaw , the colourful chairman of Premier Consolidated Oilfields , says : ‘ When the whorehouse burns down , the pretty ones run out with the ugly . ’
13 ‘ So , I run out the café .
14 The usual pattern is that you take several fish one after the other , and then nothing for perhaps an hour , then several more fish in quick succession , and so on , until either you run out of bait or you have caught the whole shoal .
15 Now make a very loud esss sound and continue the sound slowly until you run out of breath .
16 The owner of the premises usually owns or rents the machine , receives the profits , and is responsible for re-stocking when goods run out .
17 RUN OUT
18 Such trends are embodied in the DFG 's rolling research schemes described above , which it plans to continue in spite of some hassles , for example in getting the university to provide promised backup , or take over schemes when the DFG ‘ pump-priming ’ funds run out .
19 I had n't bargained for the next difficulty : ‘ It wo n't work , ’ he commented , ‘ because my son smokes and he 'll take pity on me and give me one when I run out . ’
20 It has to be said that so much is there of interest within the new ‘ Denon Savoy ’ titles and — until stocks run out — in the largely parallel ‘ Vogue Savoy ’ catalogue , that at this time there is little point making too much of which is ‘ better ’ or ‘ worse ’ .
21 And then there are special times ; when planning a family : as an expectant or nursing mother ; when it 's that time of the month ; or simply when you run out of time to eat properly .
22 have enough money with you if you are calling from a public telephone so that you are not constantly interrupted by the pip-pip-pi-p sound or cut off because you run out of change ;
23 ‘ We may still have to make penalty payments or let some of the existing agencies run out their contracts and buy airtime . ’
24 Run out of ammo while on the ground and you 'll have to resort to flying kicks .
25 If you run out of balloons , just go back and switch the machine on again ( simple eh ? ) .
26 The kitchen always seems to be the first room in which you run out of space .
27 When I mentioned this profligacy to her one day as we were painting side by side , she dismissed me , saying , ‘ When we run out of money I 'll get us some more . ’
28 ‘ Sometimes I run out on to the pitch with an erection , I 'm so excited . ’
29 If you run out of room in the oven , fry the mushrooms in the butter for about 5 minutes , then add the other ingredients .
30 Supposing you run out of hotplates and there 's no space to heat up the gravy , or will the sprouts get cold while you 're waiting for the potatoes to cook ?
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