Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | When positive news did come , it again seemed to arrive out of the blue . |
| 32 | My dressing-up box — I used to dress up long after everyone else had grown out of it — Mum got embarrassed , as if I was retarded . |
| 33 | By the turn of the century their numbers seem to have declined ; they evidently tended to move out of the City , yielding place to wealthier residents . |
| 34 | Ryedale councillors , who recently decided to set up of a customer-care department , have called for a report . |
| 35 | He therefore resolved to keep out of the way and let Clasper hang himself . |
| 36 | Della Grice , a service controller at Hygiene Bristol recently wanted to jump out of an aeroplane , a strange idea , thought other branch members particularly as now she is only 4′ 6″ ! |