Example sentences of "came [adv prt] of the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A voice came out of the flames : ‘ Neil Kinnock is a man of integrity and consistency , a man who will never betray his principles . ’
2 However , the confidence and sense of involvement that came out of the meetings ensured that all the men in the group were actually present at the birth of their child , and this might not otherwise have been the case .
3 Just came out of the Magistrates Court and dropped down dead .
4 Charles had his own household to deal with his affairs which he had brought together when he came out of the forces .
5 When he came out of the forces at the end of the Second World War , Billy bought 260 acres ( 105 hectares ) to farm at Dudwa .
6 I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire .
7 He hung on until I came out and I was given embarkation leave or demob leave rather and I did n't even have a chance to have that , they wanted me down there so quickly , I think I came out of the forces one week and I was working down there the following week because was way past his retiring age .
8 ‘ When we played MCC at Lord 's they had 10 county captains , if I remember rightly , and one player , J.W. Hearne , came out of the players ' gate , and the rest came out through the main entrance .
9 It was the weather which really decided the issue for , one observer wrote , ‘ It blew a great storm and rained and hailed so hard that the water came out of the soldiers ’ shoes . ’
10 A little boy came out of the woods opposite and began skiing down the slope towards the road .
11 With one final corkscrew twist the path came out of the woods , flattened out and meandered along the edge of a lush expanse of green lawn .
12 In the 1980s , what came out of the mouths of environmentalists was mostly green ; what went in , was often junk .
13 This was in the study of pragmatics , a fast-growing and popular new area of research in linguistics , which came out of the controversies about meaning which had dominated linguistics around 1970 .
14 That night El-ahrairah came out of the marshes of Kelfazin and went secretly up to the great ditch .
15 She came out of the marshes , and she was grey all over grey hair , grey face , grey rags and tatters and all mired and spattered , besides , from the marsh mud .
16 Upper Gumtree , carrying orange and black , started dead centre of the eleven runners and came out of the stalls heading a formation like an arrow .
17 He came out of the bedclothes and said , ‘ While I 'm laid up like this , why do n't you do a few concerts on your own ? ’
18 A tall thin man came out of the shadows at the bottom of the stone steps .
19 As he powered the jet down , a yellow Lada came out of the shadows and towards him .
20 He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him .
21 He sat , and at once a page came out of the shadows with a tray which contained cups and a flask of wine .
22 A beggar , smitten with white leprosy , one ear and half his nose eaten away , came out of the shadows , his hands extended , begging for alms .
23 His friend , Norman Prescott told Liverpool Crown Court that when he came out of the Horns Inn in Lowton Road , Golbourne , he later found Mr Maltby , 30 , lying on the ground and helped him up .
24 Lambert came out of the stables .
25 But she was none the wiser for what came out of the speakers : a soft sea of hiss , a hint of ultrasonics , and a persistent , repetitive creaking noise .
26 Just after five the next day , Edouard and Jean-Paul came out of the offices of the Governor-General .
27 Sometimes an old woman clambered mysteriously alone out of the dark silence on to the airy lightness of the Ridgery ; sometimes a friar came out of the trees , mounted to the village and required alms in a confident whining way .
28 When we came out of the trees , I saw the house from the other side .
29 He thought , privately , that they might be very glad of the horses , because they might find that they came out of the Workshops much faster than they went in , but he did not say this .
30 Primitive people had inspired knowledge that came out of the archetypes .
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