Example sentences of "be [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have access to a low-level formatting program , were the drive to be on of the MFM type , but the information on the outside of the casing does n't include the numbers of heads and cylinders . |
| 2 | His security status would guarantee him a priority flight on virtually any civil or military aircraft He could be out of the country in less than an hour , headed anywhere in the world . |
| 3 | The snub comes after Diana arranged to be out of the country next Saturday so she does n't have to spend time with Charles on his 44th birthday . |
| 4 | Carling will miss the annual competition , used specifically by the England management as a series of trials , because he will be out of the country on business . |
| 5 | ( It was a nifty move to be out of the country because prices back home had just been ‘ liberated ’ , sending inflation on basic commodities soaring . ) |
| 6 | I lie there light-headed on the pillow at half-past four in the morning , knowing that anyway it 's nearly over , that by this time tomorrow we 'll have done it , that by this time the next day I 'll be out of the country . |
| 7 | The ANC subsequently announced the postponement until June 1991 of a national congress initially planned for December , when a new leadership was to have been elected , on the grounds that delays in agreeing the conditions for the return of the exiles meant that a large proportion of ANC membership would still be out of the country at that time . |
| 8 | ‘ Trust John to be out of the country , ’ Loretta said wistfully . |
| 9 | A reminder that Pat Palmer will be out of the country from 3rd July — 24th August . |
| 10 | will be out of the country from 3rd July – 24th August , she is very anxious that plans for even more new class launches in September should go ahead smoothly . |
| 11 | ‘ Maria Luisa wanted to be out of the capital , ’ he told her . |
| 12 | Peter Nicholas will be out of the Chelsea team for a month after a cartilage operation yesterday . |
| 13 | Peter Nicholas will be out of the Chelsea team for a month after a cartilage operation yesterday . |
| 14 | Contractors will reluctantly say , ’ No , we simply can not do your work because we can not afford to be out of the money for that period . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I thought you wanted to be out of the limelight for a while , ’ he 'd said . |
| 16 | Carmen had then thrown her full support behind him , knowing he would be out of the field by the end of the year . |
| 17 | And her lawyers have been ruthless in thrashing out a divorce settlement with Fergie which ensures that she will never be able to take her children abroad where they would be out of the Queen 's control . |
| 18 | The ‘ tendentious ’ story would soon be out of the way , making possible a return to what Dostoevsky thought was much more important , the Life of a Great Sinner project . |
| 19 | Soon he would be out of the way and he , Michael , could get on with his life . |
| 20 | With luck , this beastly Maastricht treaty will be out of the way , come the summer . |
| 21 | Why do n't we take that to the kitchen then , it 'll be out of the way . |
| 22 | The latest Socata single — the TBM 700 turboprop capable of a 300 knot cruise with seven passengers — may be out of the range of most of us , but 78 firm orders have been received to date , and it looks like they have another winner of their hands . |
| 23 | there 's still a feeling Nick Brown may not yet be out of the woods . |
| 24 | I deduce from this delay that Rainbow has kept her cool and not confessed her hopeless passion : if she did , the little dove would be out of the park like a shot , and finding her own way home . |
| 25 | Smith does n't want to be out of the selectors ' minds at the start of the tour because he is desperate to improve on his overseas record for England . |
| 26 | Russell may be out of the England side , but he 's not down ; hitting a cracking 6 high into the crowd in the last over of the match . |
| 27 | I 'd be out of the door quicker . |
| 28 | You 'd be out of the door quicker . |
| 29 | But clearly those who do n't impress him will be out of the door . |
| 30 | This seems to me to illustrate what I would call the ‘ Breakthrough Phenomenon ’ : the sudden discovery that something which has been assumed to be out of the question is not out of the question at all . |