Example sentences of "few [noun pl] out [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | A year ago , having for the previous five years been one of the quietest incumbents of the Quirinale Palace , Mr Cossiga announced his intention ‘ to shake a few pebbles out of my shoes ’ . |
2 | Only er National Savings are worth keeping your eye on , because the government 's very keen to make a few shillings out of National Savings , and you might get some good issues in the future . |
3 | A few minutes out of town there 's a famous Victorian restaurant where unusual dishes of days gone by are served in intimate , candlelit rooms , a medieval moated manor house now a hotel , and lovely country house hotels with excellent restaurants . |
4 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
5 | With the Charter and the political precepts of the paper firmly in place , all that was needed was to drag a few journalists out of the pubs and set them to work . |
6 | Andrew was always with her , walking a few steps out of her reach . |
7 | Patrick stirred , rolled his head and spewed a few words out through his sliced lips and mangled mouth . |
8 | Almost immediately , it seemed , Burton got his first film break — still only a few months out of the RAF . |
9 | ‘ Twill do Anne no harm to leave off the dances for a few months out of respect for her grandma , ’ Julia said . |
10 | They say that aside from getting a few noses out of joint at Microsoft Corp , enough people felt BillyGram was a silly name and would prevent it from being taken seriously . |
11 | Rowboats , a few feet out to sea , |
12 | Thus Lizzie F. was able to take a few years out of work to nurse her mother , an auctioneer 's widow , before returning to work after her mother 's death . |
13 | For people from a closed world , I thought dimly , they 're well-informed — if a few years out of date . |
14 | Winter Marsh was on the Foulness side of the Roach , marked on my map — a few years out of date — as a restricted area because of the infantry training ground and firing ranges . |
15 | A few days out of Lazar Farm , the group celebrated Lithafest . |
16 | But I fancied feeling the long hard pressure of ocean waves against our hull and , though we were short-handed , I reckoned that a few days out of sight of land would shake us all down quickly . |
17 | I liked to have a few days out in Middlesbrough , Sunderland or Newcastle but now I ca n't do this anymore and I 'm stuck in Hartlepool . ’ |
18 | erm I was slowly sort of pulling a few ideas out of thin air . |
19 | Here 's a new show — may not be much good — never mind , book Bernard Walton , he 'll get a few laughs out of it . |
20 | ‘ That 's in the future but it will be another chapter in the book and I am sure Joe is going to point a few things out to me and help me along the way . |
21 | She had a quick look round the room and shoved a few things out of sight in the glory-hole cupboard . |
22 | You know , something more traditional , you know like maybe doing a few things out of The Sound of Music . |
23 | Richmann and his remaining man ran a few yards after the departing car , blazing away with a frustrated volley which only succeeded in blowing a few holes out of the bodywork and setting fire to the rear-mounted spare wheel . |
24 | ‘ I did manage to worm a few details out of him but strictly in confidence . ’ |
25 | No doubt from only a few yards out of the clearing , to get a straight view . |
26 | The few ships out in the harbour sent up fireworks and flares , and the low hills around town echoed with the wail of sirens and foghorns — at least until the dark did set in at about three in the morning . |
27 | ‘ He only got his chance because we had a few players out with flu . |
28 | You 'll make a few roubles out of that clock , old lad . |
29 | I got quite a few kicks out of doing that . |
30 | ‘ So , late on the Sunday night , with your father 's body propped up in the Rolls , you drive to Streatley , move a few boxes out of the deep-freeze and put your father in . |