Example sentences of "were [verb] out of a " in BNC.
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1 | The winning department was given two tea sets and the names of the employees were picked out of a hat to find the winners . |
2 | ‘ We were living out of a hat dramatising dirty jokes . |
3 | He marvelled at the girl 's patience as her charge ran hither and thither , collecting shells and seaweed , splashing in the waves at the water 's edge , letting out little shrieks of excitement and then relapsing into relative quietness when food and drink were produced out of a knapsack . |
4 | Flames were pouring out of a well . |
5 | They still include many high flyers ; but Mr Cormack shows that an appreciable number are now likely to be modest attainers who were crowded out of a place at home . |
6 | They were getting out of a stretch limo when we rolled up in our private bus . |
7 | The three reporters were getting out of a taxi and he raised a hand to them also . |
8 | Tim Roberts , defending , said both men bitterly regretted their actions ‘ which were born out of a moment 's folly ’ . |
9 | In the population served by Oxford Regional Health Authority during the year to September 1990 , 978 boys were circumcised out of a total estimated population of 299 600 — a rate of 0.33% a year ( statistics unit of Oxford Regional Health Authority ) . |
10 | Oh I mean many of them were taken out of a book which had in the front price five and sixpence so a so I think that went very well and er I mean Jack was much encouraged by it so much so that he 's going to actually offer to do it for another organisation that he 's connected with |
11 | The band were left with a £10,000 bill for damage after valuable antiques were thrown out of a window , damaging a car below . |
12 | Grace and Favour stars Frank Thornton and Wendy Richard were angry that clips of the comedy were left out of a video promoting the BBC 's winter programmes . |
13 | This happened when Juventus fans were chased out of an enclosure dominated by English supporters and , in the ensuing panic and rush to escape , a stadium wall collapsed , producing an appalling crush of bodies in which thirty-eight people ( mostly Italian ) died and 400 more were injured . |