Example sentences of "run [adv] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loud cries of surprise from the hall made them run out of the cloakroom , where they were trying to find their coats and berets . |
| 2 | Charles told her about his movements on the Sunday night , concluding , ‘ … so it must have been the arrival of Nigel 's car that made me run out of the place . ’ |
| 3 | Nearly all the children went to orthodox hostels run independently of the Movement . |
| 4 | Albert would no doubt shrug philosophically , and say that his analysis concedes that the hare will sometimes run ahead of the tortoise . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 threw an agonised , reproachful look at Ruth and seemed about to run out of the room , but with three words Ernest stopped her . |
| 10 | She wanted to run out of the room , to get away from that intent gaze , but stopped herself . |
| 11 | The tip of the syringe is then inserted from the side of the mouth , and the plunger gently depressed so as not to cause the medication to run out of the mouth . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She pictured Benjamin waiting for the food to run out of the cupboard and into the frying pan , and smiled . |
| 14 | The barman was by now mellow and helpful and said we were rapidly running out of the ice that had come aboard in bags in Sudbury . |
| 15 | ‘ Ricotta , ’ he explained , opening the bag for them to inspect the fluffy white mound with the whey still running out of the cheese paper . |
| 16 | If anything was growing at an alarming rate , it was the network of railway lines running out of the centre of London to outlying suburbs . |
| 17 | The next minute she was running out of the yard and into the street again and into the shelter of the doorway leading into the hat shop . |
| 18 | but I 'm , I 'm rapidly running out of the allowance erm she appears to be satisfied |
| 19 | . With this little foreman threatening fists and everybody running out of the way of the brickwork . |
| 20 | Wizzo ! ’ yelled Zach , leaping up and running out of the kitchen , ‘ Calloo , calloo , calloo , callay . ’ |
| 21 | The bear goes aargh ! and the man 's running out of the pub really fast , he 's running like that . |
| 22 | O'Hara asked , and Stella accepted at once , almost running out of the restaurant , scarcely bothering to wave a farewell to the others who were now giddily swaying across the dance floor . |
| 23 | At seven-thirty she had started the engine of the Subaru when he came running out of the house . |
| 24 | Switch on and move the appropriate levers on the banks of controllers , and the children come running out of the house , little pink-cheeked creatures half an inch high , who turn to wave at Felicity as she comes out on the terrace to see them off to school . |
| 25 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ she said , almost running out of the lift to her room and shaking with relief when she closed and locked the door behind her . |
| 26 | It was all due to that person running out of the crowd . |
| 27 | Her mouth was a little open and there was a watery trickle running out of the side of her mouth . |
| 28 | Just then Angela , who had seen her crossing the field , came running out of the farmhouse . |
| 29 | The day when the search guards were given orders to act roughly , and the little R.A.S.C. captain who came running out of the block with his mouth still bleeding from a blow with a rifle butt . |
| 30 | I remember running out of the room , running to my parents and lots of hugs and emotion and it was great . |