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13 For people from a closed world , I thought dimly , they 're well-informed — if a few years out of date .
14 Winter Marsh was on the Foulness side of the Roach , marked on my map — a few years out of date — as a restricted area because of the infantry training ground and firing ranges .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 .
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