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been out of doors yet
He has not been out of doors yet to-day; so he still wears his slippers, his boots being ready for him on the hearthrug.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

being out of danger yourself
But you know you are really getting a sort of satisfaction already in being out of danger yourself.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

being out of danger yet
“I was shaken but not hurt by the fall; so I picked myself up and rushed off among the bushes as hard as I could run, for I understood that I was far from being out of danger yet.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

blessing of our declining years
You will be that rare creature, Sophy, you will be the crown of our life and the blessing of our declining years; but however worthy you are, there are worthier people upon earth.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

bishops or others do you
And, since it often happens that those who are at a distance first learn from others the things that need correction, if he bring before you, my brother, any sins of bishops or others, do you, in conjunction with him, carefully inquire into the same, and show yourself so strict and earnest with regard to those things which offend God and provoke His wrath, that for the amendment of others, the punishment may fall upon the guilty, and the innocent may not suffer under false report.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

be out of danger yet
to see that though I did know myself to be out of danger, yet I durst not go through the street, but round by the garden into Tower Street.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

be out of date your
When your friend was reading your words “all your opinions will be out of date, your jokes obsolete, your puns rejected with fastidiousness as wit of the last age.”
— from The Post Office and Its Story An interesting account of the activities of a great government department by Edward Bennett

be out of date your
Scarce here and there one will be able to make out your face; all your opinions will be out of date, your jokes obsolete, your puns rejected with fastidiousness as wit of the last age.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Charles Lamb

box out of date you
Father O'Connor wrote to Dorothy Collins of "the loving care with which Frances anticipated all his wishes—never was the cigar box out of date— you know this, and it was so long before you came.
— from Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward

be out of doors yet
It was a perfect day for a party—warm enough to make it pleasant to be out of doors, yet not too hot for comfort, and a blue sky without a hint of rain clouds.
— from A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil

be out of danger you
"Over the ridge, yonder; you will be out of danger; you need fear nothing; why should you, for your mother will be with you and your brother will be with us, so that he can take no part in the fight."
— from Cowmen and Rustlers: A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges by Edward Sylvester Ellis

be objects of dislike yet
Though to the new way of thinking kings and queens might be objects of dislike, yet, so long as they existed, it was not fair that at any moment their privacy should be invaded by the unwashed, their furniture broken, their children terrified.
— from The Maid of Honour: A Tale of the Dark Days of France. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Lewis Wingfield


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