Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Rub down of the port intake area was underway when this shot was taken .
2 ‘ Spinal Tap ’ may have been the ultimate send up of the genre but ‘ Spinal Tap ’ is most metal fans ' favourite film .
3 In the case of policemen at Easton , this sport is situationally constrained by the common-sense knowledge they build up of the court room setting and its players .
4 ‘ Sometimes I 'm in such a tearing hurry I just grab a nappy and bottle on the run as I head out of the door . ’
5 Connelly 's haunting , purposeful vocals seep out of the cut at strange angles , spoken rather than sung , whilst the melody is bolstered by seductive female whispers that gently flit past , all knotted together over a boomy bass laden communication .
6 But there was n't normally storage problems , normally had spare , seep out of the ground in , so we 'll be alright .
7 When safely across the river , remembering of course to unclip your lifeline , take off the safety helmet , undo your life jacket , and slip out of the survival suit , the route passes beneath the splendid waterfall and starts to climb up to An Gearanach , not marked by name on the ordnance survey map .
8 ‘ When it 's light I 'll get up quietly and slip out of the boat .
9 Although flying fish leap out of the water they do not porpoise but glide , using their pectoral fins as aerodynamic surfaces .
10 The best ideas grow out of the product and are intimately linked with it .
11 Classes and private property grow out of the family and together these various factors lead to the break-up of the gens .
12 They 're better than lamp posts and that , cos trees grow out of the ground , so they 're extra special like .
13 Just as Howard is scraping the last spoonful of apple crumble out of the bowl , a thought strikes him .
14 Sure enough , a couple of rock doves fly out of the crack with a clatter of wings , and we can see a scarcely fledged youngster perched on a ledge in the gloom of the sea-cave .
15 His hobby was breeding bees and one day he brought them in in a glass cabinet and he was saying , ‘ These are the workers and this is the queen bee , and they fly out of the window and come back with pollen and they make honey . ’
16 But while there 's no shortage of advice about what our children should eat , when it comes to the day-to-day grind of feeding a family , many a frazzled mother 's good intentions fly out of the window .
17 Decide what you want out of the interview
18 If you yourself do not know what you want out of the meeting you can hardly be surprised if the person you are dealing with does not respond in a satisfactory way .
19 ‘ We have to listen to what they want out of the Association .
20 Vole mandible from Westbury deposits showing the results of in situ break down of the bone .
21 Once the fry have hatched , both parents remain on guard , leading the fry out of the cave in a school to feed , and returning them to the safety of the cave at night .
22 There is , in a sense , an ideology of scepticism within clearly defined boundaries and as old men die out of the system and younger ones join it the tradition becomes cumulative and socially-constructed rather than just an individual matter .
23 Grotesque isolated figures — ‘ a huge pock-marked retired captain ’ — loom out of the chaos and disappear again .
24 " Were it not for what they receive out of the tax … they would not knit or spin for so small wages , as they receive for that work , because they would starve by it . "
25 He was going to put the medals back in his drawer and listen out of the window for Lee going up the field , listen for the sheep .
26 Recessed ceiling lights ( eyeball spots and downlighters ) are fitted in circular holes which you cut out of the ceiling with a padsaw .
27 erm , you have , I have n't , and erm , there was a photograph that I cut out of the paper sometime before he abdicated , over the Prince of Wales at the races with Mrs Simpson .
28 Perhaps Spinoza could have strengthened it in various ways , by saying that people can not on odd occasions deliberately act out of the character they try to give their lives , without destroying that character , and that for the rational person the character of a life which includes good relations with other people at large is essential for personal fulfilment .
29 The book , published by Methuen and called Don ; t Climb Out Of The Window , sprang from a writing class at Richard 's school .
30 There , he was able to lift himself on to his crutch again and then climb out of the stockade .
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