Example sentences of "out of the whole [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There is no reason why , out of the whole Universe , it should be us at the centre . ’ |
2 | Using the time after one has gone to bed can avoid interruptions ; 10–15 minutes per child is only a small time out of the whole day and it needs to be given high priority . |
3 | Two courses out of the whole menu would be more than enough . |
4 | Struggling into yet another of the brief garments bought for her by Ross — her trembling fingers fumbling awkwardly with the small scraps of material — Laura dearly wished that she had the courage to chicken out of the whole affair . |
5 | Out of the whole mess , Curtis took consolation from two factors — wounded and losing blood , the bastard would n't get far on foot , and into the bargain he had lost his knife — already on its way to Forensic , who would doubtless prove it to have been the murder weapon with which he had butchered his victims . |
6 | And yesterday the International Cricket Council astonishingly copped out of the whole issue . |
7 | Instead of staying carefully on his side of the screen — ‘ She goes left , I go right ’ — he suddenly stepped forward , centre stage , out of his position , out of the whole plot of the operetta , threw out his arms in the great expansive sexual gesture that never failed to work with the audiences , and began to sing in front of Therese , ignoring the screen , ignoring the action , making a total mockery of the whole theme of a bride and groom who marry without knowing who they are . |
8 | But you ca n't back out of the whole rehearsal |
9 | How interesting it was , thought Dyson , how extraordinarily intriguing , to find that out of the whole team the only one who was actually turning up trumps was himself . |
10 | The God of this mountain is the God who saved only Noah and his family out of the whole world . |
11 | Ingratiating smiles and words were threaded in and out of the whole whirl of busyness . |
12 | Out of all Europe , out of the whole kingdom of Alba and Cumbria , out of all Moray and Caithness and the myriad islands of Orkney , his father was here , only here , and alone with himself . |
13 | She was getting a kick out of the whole thing , I 'm sure of it : her big cow eyes were bright and she was all breathy when she talked about it . |
14 | The kitten lived to be nine , so came out of the whole business best , I suppose . |
15 | WELLA 'S Lockwell Acid perm takes the stress out of the whole process by minimising the swelling of the hair cuticle and gently forming hair into long-lasting curls . |