Example sentences of "out of [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.

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1 With a sigh , she rolled over and floated on her back for a bit and did her best to talk herself out of her feelings for Guido .
2 Later , I believe , it was taken out of her hands for , having said something disobliging in an interview , she was blacklisted , and another woman of the same name had difficulty in entering the country .
3 In truth she had done remarkably well staying out of her clutches for the past three days , but then , she reflected ruefully , Adam had kept his promise , staying practically glued to her side .
4 FOR Captain Marvel read Captain Miracle : Bryan Robson , whom England had sadly written out of their plans for the World Cup qualifying match against Poland a week tomorrow , may be fit to play in Chorzow after all .
5 It gives you an impressive land-holding — and offers a way out of their problems for Boz and his people .
6 In winter they earn next to nothing , few of them having in their youth learnt to knit and spin ; and if in summer they are able to go to harvest work , they must pay some person a shilling a week out of their earnings for looking after their children .
7 ‘ Did anyone help you to get the cakes out of their containers for the judging ? ’
8 WELSH extremists have threatened to firebomb five English families out of their homes for being ‘ racist colonists ’ .
9 ‘ Inmates want to work in the kitchen because it means they can be out of their cells for most of the day and can have a bit of extra food , ’ he says .
10 The 320 inmates will be allowed out of their cells for 14 hours a day with a minimum of six hours education and 13 hours exercise a week .
11 Inmates are allowed out of their cells for up to 12 hours a day , provided with daily showers and change of clothing with modern facilities .
12 The compost supplied especially for use in modules is best , as it can be compacted firmly ; this makes for blocks which remain in one piece when pressed out of their cells for transplanting .
13 He turned and looked at Dinah lying on the bed , her shoes kicked off beside it , her hair out of its pins for comfort , her gown unlaced .
14 We must put him out of our hearts for ever , he said . ’
15 We could n't get out of our houses for two days . ’
16 And yet we want to be able to exploit new opportunities and new technologies as they come along to get the best out of our systems for our businesses .
17 He had dropped out of his studies for an English degree but stayed in Leeds because he enjoyed the social scene .
18 To assess the damages it is necessary to form a view upon three matters each of which is in greater or lesser degree one of speculation : ( 1 ) the value of the material benefits for his dependants which the deceased would have provided out of his earnings for each year in the future during which he would have provided for them had he not been killed : ( 2 ) the value of any material benefits which the dependants will be able to obtain in each such year from sources ( other than insurance ) which would not have been available to them had the deceased lived but which will become available to them as a result of his death : ( 3 ) the amount of the capital sum which , with prudent management , will produce annual amounts equal to the difference between ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ( that is " the dependency " ) for each of the years during which the deceased would have provided material benefits for the dependants had he not been killed .
19 Louise had hardly been out of his thoughts for a moment during the past six weeks while the relieving force , under the command of General Sinclair , had been advancing circumspectly over the plains .
20 ‘ It can not have knocked him out of his wits for very long , had that been all .
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