Example sentences of "completely out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The antiseptic , do-gooding pub of the 1930s fell completely out of fashion in the post-war period , partly because of customers ' understandable preference for cosiness , and partly thanks to the campaign in favour of Victorian pub decoration conducted by the Architectural Review from the wartime period onwards , and exemplified in the glorious in-house pub ‘ The Bride of Denmark ’ in the AR 's offices in Queen Anne 's Gate . |
| 2 | It had gone completely out of my mind . |
| 3 | The main point to realise is that if you can not feel a positive lock , you are either not pushing hard enough or the lock is completely out of adjustment and too light to be effective . |
| 4 | These last jetés would be completely out of place in Lander 's Etudes where a strong ‘ flick ’ outwards of the leading foot propels the dancer straight forwards through the air with little or no time to pause in arabesque on landing because the continuous repetition of this strong movement is intended to cover as much ground in as little time as possible . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah , Rodion Romanovich , ’ he says completely out of the blue , ‘ what every man needs is air , air , air ! |
| 6 | In the more remote localities Bolshevik officials , desperate for transport facilities , ‘ ignored NEP and all its works , and commandeered right and left as if military Communism [ War Communism ] was still pure and undefiled ’ , yet another indication that military methods did not go completely out of fashion with the advent of NEP . |
| 7 | ‘ It was a sharp break with tradition , ’ explains Ramaciotti , ‘ without throwing the design rule book completely out of the window . |
| 8 | The later wildness and eccentricity of his style were completely out of character with his conventional , moral and industrious way of life ; his obituary reported that he had died from overwork . |
| 9 | Such numbers , and the controversial circumstances of several of the shootings , have sent Mr Burgreen scrambling to give the impression that his department is not completely out of control . |
| 10 | Invariably the tension relieving behaviour of geriatric anxiety is howling and barking in the owner 's absence — completely out of character with the dog that they have lived with for 13 or so years . |
| 11 | Apprised of the memo , Iran went completely out of his mind . |
| 12 | Brundle , who had risen briefly to third place during the tyre stops , was again completely out of luck and , like Johnny Herbert , was forced to retire by a collision in which he seemed to be the innocent party . |
| 13 | And then , quite suddenly , there was uproar again , with the audience almost entirely on its feet and shouting and milling about , completely out of Gerrard 's control . |
| 14 | He was , said Frans Hellens , a Belgian writer whose portrait Modigliani painted in Nice , a charming and a strong-minded man but ‘ completely out of his element in this world ’ . |
| 15 | Again , in the use of spears , the Christian knight , crouched behind his kite-shaped shield , atop his massive war horse could topple a lightly armed man completely out of the saddle — and probably spear him through in the process . |
| 16 | It was completely out of the blue . |
| 17 | The piste , marked by oil drums , was completely out of sight , over a mile away to the north . |
| 18 | Only in very strong winds does it pull you completely out of the water . |
| 19 | Many of you will choose to dismiss this idea completely out of hand ; others may be more open minded . |
| 20 | He 's completely out of touch with the situation . ’ |
| 21 | Completely out of character at times , he was known to throw a verbal dart , in the shape of a pungent remark , and shatter one 's ego . |
| 22 | Our own politicians were incompetent , inefficient , and completely out of touch with the realities of the international situation . |
| 23 | Well , the place was just a dream … completely out of this world . |
| 24 | I suppose it 's not completely out of the question , but there 's no indication of how he got in . |
| 25 | You see , the human perception is that the thicker string feels different to the thin one , and so a balanced set of strings actually feels completely out of balance . |
| 26 | He had a good sound , but it was completely out of hand . |
| 27 | Much as I hope this will never occur , all that would happen is that the patient would either open his eyes and come completely out of the hypnotic state , or that he might doze for some ten or fifteen minutes before waking as if from a nap in an armchair . |
| 28 | A Watchdog spokeswoman said : ‘ Mr Havers contacted us completely out of the blue . |
| 29 | ‘ It would have been a crime completely out of character , ’ he told me , ‘ and it was the way he spoke about it that convinced me . ’ |
| 30 | If matter and energy are crushed completely out of existence inside a black hole , where do they actually go to ? |