Example sentences of "[subord] [pos pn] [noun] run [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my neighbours ran up a bill and refused to pay we would not be expected to pay it . |
| 2 | These are the shellfish of legend , capable of snapping shut on a diver 's unwary foot , holding on until his air runs out . |
| 3 | For difficult-to-photograph fish , or if your patience runs out , one can use a special photographic tank . |
| 4 | The first is : if your father ran off with someone only a couple of years older than you , what this probably means is that he really wanted to run off with you . |
| 5 | Sitting near the window , with its view of the fire escape , smoking a joint he 'd bought in an amusement arcade , he wrote in a notebook about visiting Spanish towns , and the beaches , then about the few days in London because his imagination ran out on Spain with the end of the brochure about flamenco dancing and bullfights , and because what he was doing was more immediate . |
| 6 | Since her Dad ran off , there had been no one like that . |
| 7 | I have noticed how close we have grown since his mother ran off with the Turnbury Post Office United 's physiotherapist . |
| 8 | The all-night fishing trip ended in tragedy for the four men after their boat ran out of fuel and ran aground on a sandbank off Nash Point . |
| 9 | Me Grandad told me , He said she was real lively when she was a young lass , before her bloke ran off … . ’ |
| 10 | The schoolgirl told her parents she had stopped three nights in a bed and breakfast , spending the day on the beaches and on the piers , before her money ran out . |
| 11 | Aware that it would be difficult and dangerous for the Hurricanes to attempt to land back aboard , Sabey set off towards Malta , hoping to meet one of the aircraft despatched from the island to lead in any lost aircraft , before their fuel ran out . |
| 12 | THIS WEEK 's attempt to divert the flow of lava gushing out of the erupting Mount Etna in Sicily could be an expensive failure — because a British team of vulcanologists taking essential measurements has had to return home after its money ran out . |
| 13 | Beeson also reached 4-0 in the third game before his energy ran out . |
| 14 | In February 1931 Telford bought a half-share in the horse shortly before his lease ran out , and henceforth Phar Lap was the joint property of Davis and Telford . |
| 15 | Before our luck runs out . |
| 16 | ‘ Tell me where you are before your money runs out . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ When my patience runs out with all the mediation and when I exhaust my capabilities I will issue a statement to all Lebanese and apologise . |
| 18 | ‘ When my patience runs out with all the mediation and when I exhaust my capabilities I will issue a statement to all Lebanese and apologise . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , film work 's very precarious , of course — so I thought I 'd better get a steady job for a bit , especially when my money ran out . ’ |
| 20 | Biff tilted the bottle , shuddering as its contents ran down his throat . |
| 21 | The girl was trying to fight him off , was kicking his shins vigorously , trying to hold her face away from his , and was giving vent to muffled shouts , which were , of necessity , growing feebler and feebler as her strength ran out . |
| 22 | Stray shots buzzing all around , Ace threw herself behind a large fallen stalactite a few yards from the sandbags , just as her ammunition ran out . |
| 23 | He cleared off when Laura kicked him out , but he turned up again two or three weeks back , when his money ran out . |
| 24 | I do n't know what will happen to him when his money runs out . |
| 25 | But his research ended when his grant ran out , and he took a mundane job as a sub-editor on the Sunday Times colour magazine just before the Wapping dispute began . |
| 26 | But when his dad ran out of the house for help , he found qualified lifeguard Paul James rescuing Dribble from the top of a telegraph pole . |
| 27 | I recognise the posture ; it is akin to Crilly 's , when his luck runs out . |
| 28 | It appears that Geordie , the Newcastle chap who cheered things up during the trip to the beach last week , by being the first to run naked into the sea , was badly wounded when his jeep ran over a mine and the driver was killed . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll be at St Paul 's about 6 p.m. ’ he said and was cut off as his money ran out . |
| 30 | The succession of loud clunks sounded over the calm pips as his money ran out . |