Example sentences of "runs out of the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If the diaphragm is torn ( a wc may be difficult to flush ) , or the washer is worn , it may prevent the ballvalve from closing properly , and the cistern will continue to fill until it runs out of the overflow .
2 Its last hours are like those of Camembert ; it becomes a liquid smelly mess and runs out of the joint , leaving only a dirty mark behind .
3 Paul regularly runs out of the nursery to play ball in a busy street ; he has also run home by himself and was nearly hit by a lorry .
4 When she emerged , Rosa Luxemburg Platz was full of police , with lorries and water-cannon , who cordoned off the broad cobbled street that runs out of the town centre to the church .
5 The iron melts , picking up the correct amount of carbon from the coke , and runs out of the tap-hole at the bottom . ’
6 Somebody runs out of the crowd and hits Mowat on the back of the neck .
7 Once such a station runs out of the fuel supply at Ballymoney , it will want the lignite from the Ardboe/Moortown area to continue operating .
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