Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] out of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 With a groan Wattling got out of bed , and then danced cheekily into the bathroom .
2 Patrick hopped out of bed and came up behind her , wrapping his arms around her waist , resting his chin on her shoulder .
3 Nicaragua 's claims against the United States arose out of conflict in Central America which impinged upon all other States in the area .
4 Bella moved out of sight once more , saying as she did so : ‘ I 'll find a private detective .
5 Biddy drove out of town fast , and down narrow lanes into the country of wide marshland and wider skies which Nails knew existed but had never set eyes on before .
6 Ellen dropped out of sight and Billingsley turned back to me .
7 Ian watched the progress of the car down the drive and Major Braithwaite raised his hand in a brief , unacknowledged greeting before the Mercedes raced out of sight .
8 As Rafiq disappeared out of sight at the top of the stairs , Maisie staggered in with a step-ladder and started to put up black drapes at the windows .
9 And then moments later United , the team with all the attacking combinations , were almost unlocked as Arsenal surged out of defence and Wright wriggled through McClair and Ince 's challenges .
10 Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill .
11 It is only a couple of years ago that Jenkins rejected out of hand the Wales involvement he has now taken on , and — until Davies and the Wales manager , Robert Norster , beat their path to his door — he has tended to use the expression ‘ poisoned chalice ’ whenever anyone sounded out his interest or rather the lack of it .
12 When Bernard came out of hospital he did not walk very well for a good long time .
13 When Mrs Lennox had gone Maggie got out of bed and dressed in the clothes Susan had left out for her .
14 It was not because the rating system was bad , but because of the way in which the rating system was being carried out , attacking certain areas of domestic property , and , because the English had not carried out a revaluation since 1973 , Scotland got out of line .
15 But the judge was prepared to accept that due to extreme financial problems Mrs Fitchew behaved out of character .
16 At 30 , Hankin walked out of Molineux with a year left on his contract .
17 SWINDLING Baroness Cecilia de Stempel slipped out of jail early yesterday after serving less than 2 1/2 years of her seven-year sentence for cheating her aged aunt out of her fortune .
18 When Oslobodenje ran out of paper , fresh supplies were smuggled into the city by journalists with pack horses .
19 Killion got out of bed and went over and rested his brow on the cold glass .
20 The Land Rover cruised out of sight at two o'clock .
21 Sirrell Griffiths got out of bed at 3.45 a.m. on his dairy farm just outside the village of Nantgaredig , near Carmarthen in South Wales .
22 Julia got out of bed , took the tray back from Annunziata , put it down on the chest of drawers and hugged her .
23 Rab got out of bed .
24 Cameron got out of bed and dressed , feeling unreal .
25 John Patten came out of No 10 looking pleased with himself just as William Waldegrave arrived looking rather less so .
26 Sydney withdrew out of range and bombarded Emden with shells from her 6in guns until she caught fire .
27 A Vauxhall Astra went out of control at Sheep Wash near Osmotherley .
28 A Vauxhall Astra went out of control at Sheep Wash near Osmotherley .
29 Lily felt out of patience .
30 Matthew ran out of percussion caps for the tank .
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