Example sentences of "[verb] to run out [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She withdrew , and Claudia opened the door , steeling herself to greet Roman without a trace of the emotion that made her want to run out of the flat , away from the two people she loved most and who were causing her so much pain that she wanted to die . |
| 2 | Looking around her as if she thought someone was going to run out of the field behind her and save her , she saw that the man was much nearer . |
| 3 | She resented having to run out to the telephone , in the middle of this useful busyness , wasting time over something that was just a routine . |
| 4 | Alexandra had been very shy , had wanted to run out to the stables and hide , but she had had to stay , unhappy at the head of the table while all the little girls who knew each other from Christmas parties and dancing classes , from the complicated social traffic among their parents , chattered and giggled among themselves , as if she was n't there . |
| 5 | After only a minute of play or painting or whatever he should have been doing , he would leave his place , then snatch toys , kick children , overturn furniture and try to run out of the nursery . |
| 6 | Coal and nuclear power will be the most " readily available " energy sources when oil reserves start to run out in the middle of the 21st century , according to the latest projections by the World Energy Council ( WEC ) . |
| 7 | He compounded this appalling error of judgement by standing up to applaud the winners , a misguided attempt at gallantry which resulted in me trying to run out of the stadium and refusing to talk to him all the way home . |
| 8 | I wanted to run out of the room , back to South London , where I belonged , out of which I had wrongly and arrogantly stepped . |
| 9 | She wanted to run out of the room , to get away from that intent gaze , but stopped herself . |