Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] of [noun] " 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 | So when Kylie stepped out of Ramsay Street to try something new , everyone went with her . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Whole conversations took place during which Edward stared out of windows , or at carpets or pavements or the branches of trees . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | When Bernard came out of hospital he did not walk very well for a good long time . |
| 15 | It was also suggested that some sort of ‘ Irish dimension ’ ( to borrow the term of the 1980s ) be institutionalized by the creation of a Council of Ireland made up of representatives of the Westminster and Dublin parliaments and members from the to-be-created Stormont ‘ Assembly ’ . |
| 16 | When Mrs Lennox had gone Maggie got out of bed and dressed in the clothes Susan had left out for her . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | David had almost completed the album , ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , and it was n't long afterwards that Tony Visconti moved out of Haddon Hall . |
| 19 | Given the conventional wisdom that any change in tax affairs should be put into effect before 5 April , allied to Bernard 's natural impulsiveness and Laura 's love of buying and doing up old houses , the haste with which the Ashleys moved out of Britain in the spring of 1978 is easily understood . |
| 20 | But the judge was prepared to accept that due to extreme financial problems Mrs Fitchew behaved out of character . |
| 21 | Bernard Callinan came out of Dili with the Dutch headquarters between two files of their native troops and reached the Company positions at Three Spurs above the port ( see map p. 77 ) . |
| 22 | When Benny and Eve came out of Healy 's Hotel , they saw Sean Walsh watching them from the doorway of Hogan 's across the street . |
| 23 | At 30 , Hankin walked out of Molineux with a year left on his contract . |
| 24 | Rebecca Frak walked out of Swindon Crown Court and hugged her husband Adam in delight . |
| 25 | Rebecca Frak walked out of Swindon Crown Court and hugged her husband Adam in delight . |
| 26 | In November 1985 North shipped out of America two Boeing 707-loads of Hawk anti-aircraft missiles , ostensibly for Israel although by now the pretence was wearing thin and they were simply transferred to Israeli cargo aircraft and flown straight on to Iran . |
| 27 | Kaidu wriggled out of Jehan 's arms . |
| 28 | MONICA Seles pulled out of Wimbledon last night — only hours after confirming her withdrawal from the French Open , which starts in Paris next week . |
| 29 | The League Managers ' Association want talks with senior officers after Bobby Gould pulled out of BSkyB 's commentary team for the FA Cup tie between his former club , West Brom , and Wycombe Wanderers on Wednesday on police advice . |
| 30 | Royal Bank of Scotland pulled out of negotiations to buy Bank Worcester , in Massachusetts , at the end of 1990 . |