Example sentences of "was [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I was out of the schoolroom , I had lost my need for a parent . |
| 2 | With these scratches , he was out of the rest of the war . |
| 3 | Indeed , in the early stages of the contest much was made of the lightweight nature of the public support Heseltine received ( it was not until the run up to the second ballot , when Mrs Thatcher was out of the race , that he received public support from Lawson and Howe ) . |
| 4 | Nina was out of the door , and the syringe gone with her . |
| 5 | The bruiser bawled at her , but she was out of the door in a flash . |
| 6 | She would n't speak to him and was out of the door in an instant . |
| 7 | And she was out of the door — and out of his life . |
| 8 | He gave her a squeeze and she was out of the door smiling . |
| 9 | Last Friday afternoon , the queue at Tyms was out of the door . |
| 10 | Felipe was out of the water and waiting for them as they arrived at the place where the lake quietly lapped the path . |
| 11 | Then she was out of the water , her feet slapping towards the showers . |
| 12 | She was out of the water in a split-second . |
| 13 | He was out of the water now , and he shook his head . |
| 14 | Guy was out of the saddle instantly , backing the grey out of the river and examining its hoofs . |
| 15 | After the war , when he was out of the army , he tried his hand at several things , and they were all pretty much a disaster . |
| 16 | Barnes , 30 , added : ‘ I knew fairly soon that I was out of the Test match and now I am struggling to be fit for the Taranaki game on Wednesday . |
| 17 | They knew he was out of the boardroom at the right time . |
| 18 | He really is thrown in on the form of Jokester was out of the handicap when an excellent runner-up that day , and now races off a stone lower mark . |
| 19 | By the time Elisabeth was out of the Hall and on to the terrace , the guests at The Tamarisks were all frozen in shocked suspension , their forks lifted half-way to their mouths , their faces pale , their palms clammy . |
| 20 | Marian Woronin pulled up after thirty metres of his heat with a torn leg muscle , so he was out of the Championships . |
| 21 | Well , he was out of the flower now and no mistake … |
| 22 | Minutes later he was out of the building . |
| 23 | There was relief that the rise was out of the way and substantial enough to keep further advance at bay . |
| 24 | It was the best thing that could have happened to him — he was out of the way of everybody . |
| 25 | Annie was only too glad to cope with the clothes while her husband was out of the way . |
| 26 | Once it was out of the way , he sent across the correspondent , David Blundy . |
| 27 | Mum could n't read anyway but she always seemed to know when Auntie Nellie wrote and Dad made it my job to hide these letters and give them to him when Mum was out of the way . |
| 28 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |
| 29 | As soon as my father was out of the way she became a holy terror . |
| 30 | Then , when Joe the Fish was out of the way , the businesses would be run exclusively by Ryans . |