1. Her sudden illness put her out of the running in the contest.

2. He's out of the running for the Paris job now.

3. Charles is out of the running for promotion.

4. Should Spain out of the running for 2018, its votes might then go to Russia.

5. Mr Ma and the KMT are not out of the running.

6. I have no choice but to take you out of the running for the math scholarship.

7. Until this week he appeared to have ruled himself out of the running because of his age.

8. This does not mean he can get Colin Powell; the general seems to have ruled himself out of the running.

9. They raced away from the drama in which world champion, Senna, crashed into Schumacher's Benetton and crashed out of the running.