Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Creed stared out of the window , as if it was the Crumbles he could see . |
| 32 | Iorwerth reached out of the leaves for him and choked him mute , but the damage was done . |
| 33 | As Ellen scurried out of the room like a frightened mouse , Ruth sat down again . |
| 34 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 35 | Xanthe looked out of the taxi windows at the throng swinging down the pavement , the broad plane leaves shifting and the jackets still unfastened , panels loose , in these first mild days of autumn . |
| 36 | Edward looked out of the window , where rooks beat across a turbulent sky . |
| 37 | Mr Lu warned the United States to stay out of the row . |
| 38 | Meredith peeped out of the dormer window at the sun sparkling on the wet slates and road . |
| 39 | AT THE height of last week 's farcical premiership crisis , President Mitterrand slipped out of the Elysee Palace under the lenses and noses of the encamped journalists awaiting his decision , and went shopping . |
| 40 | As I passed the bakery on my way home , Didier ran out of the shop to greet me and asked if he might accompany me . |
| 41 | Dana flounced out of the room , confident she had everything arranged to her satisfaction . |
| 42 | At very much the same hour Edmund Mortimer came out of the deep sleep that follows fever , and opened his eyes reluctantly , remembering instantly and ruefully a day and a night of indignity and discomfort before he had lost all sense of place , time and direction , and finally of his own identity . |
| 43 | Kiku came out of the inner chamber . |
| 44 | Half a dozen men started forward to obey Burun 's shouted command , but then Kiku came out of the yurt door . |
| 45 | As I watched , Ma came out of the house between two men in green coats , Pa following . |
| 46 | Zurachina came out of the largest yurt . |
| 47 | ‘ When Sam Burch came out of the pub he said : |
| 48 | Katherine gazed out of the window on to the snowy expanse of Thomas 's garden , the trees graceful in their white covering , the dim outlines of the vast central sculpture . |
| 49 | Rincewind tumbled out of the air , screaming . |
| 50 | Tessa got out of the train at Paddington already painfully sensitive to the erotic implications of the city . |
| 51 | Reynolds moved out of the way into an alcove . |
| 52 | He said Mills reversed slowly , then more quickly , forcing Miss Deeley to jump out of the way . |
| 53 | But as Ruth came out of the basement , all she was struck by , quite irrelevantly , was his likeness to Jake ; for an instant she almost thought it was Jake , standing there . |
| 54 | After a moment , Mr Browning came out of the drawing room . |
| 55 | The door flew open and Lucenzo exploded out of the cab like a flying demon , catching her arms in a fierce grip , his face distorted with anger . |
| 56 | When Alice Hyde came out of the Broadward Lodge Elderly Peoples home in Leominster today , there was a surprise waiting . |
| 57 | Hugh came out of the bathroom which was dimly lit and marbled as a side chapel . |
| 58 | Miss Potts came out of the room at this moment , she eyed Gwendoline with dislike . |
| 59 | Jane came out of the tube station and walked along the road . |
| 60 | Dr Livesey came out of the house in time to see me climbing into the stockade , and my friends welcomed me happily . |