Example sentences of "[be] out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It may be a boundary drawn for the toddler 's safety ( ‘ You are not to go out of the front gate ’ ) ; it may be to do with the teenager 's wellbeing ( ‘ You do an hour 's homework ’ or ‘ You have to tell me who you 're out with and where you 'll be ’ ) .
2 One more like that and you 're out with the rubbish . ’
3 " You 're out with a blonde , " he said , " you see the wife coming ? "
4 If you had to stay away on your two days you 're out with the trainer then we will pay you thirty pound a night subsistence .
5 Now supposing it is n't you that crossing the road , but you 're out with a young child .
6 Now unless you 're out with your husband I ca n't see the point of bringing your baby out on Christmas shopping
7 All sorts of concerns can stop our enjoyment if we 're out at a party or dinner party or anywhere we expect to have fun .
8 I mean if we 're out at work , we 're out at work or if w we 've gone out shopping or something like that .
9 I mean if we 're out at work , we 're out at work or if w we 've gone out shopping or something like that .
10 There 's a nursery as well with places for a hundred children aged between one and eight.The smallest children are taken off their mothers hands while they 're out at work and given a meal each day .
11 Well you 're out at the edge of the sand are n't you ?
12 ‘ If this bounces , you 're out on your ear , OK ? ’
13 ‘ They 're out on the line . ’
14 Because we fix up dummy alternative quarters , see , an ’ call that Platoon HQ We keep it manned — I 'll see to that — an' if they come nosin' around lookin' for you , you 're out on patrol of course , see .
15 ‘ If you ever ring me and you 're out on your own and it 's after ten o'clock , I 'm not coming to pick you up ’ — that 's what he told me .
16 After a short thoughtful silence Doone said , ‘ You 're out on the bank .
17 Not only do you get to know your friends much more intimately when you 're out on the hill , the true test of character is how they behave when they come home .
18 But what if — well , what if you 're out on the floor at some gay club , thrusting your valuables at all and sundry , and you spot — or ( CALAMITY ! ) are spotted by — some workmates who are injecting a buzz of decadence into their boring night out by visiting a queer disco — what then ?
19 Sure , I tell them that when they 're out on the field I want them to forget that they 're Momma 's little girls and project !
20 No , do n't you go writing things down , or you 're out on your ear .
21 ‘ I 'd have liked to have done more with M/M because they 're out on tour now .
22 You 're sweating and nervous and you know you 're out on a limb here , you 're in the process of taking some terrible risks and the luck , the flow that comes from being justified and in tune and not taking too much for granted , not being contemptuous or disrespectful of fate ; all that 's in danger here because you 're pushing the envelope , you 're maybe relying on one or two too many things going perfectly .
23 ‘ They 're out on the plain , Khan . ’
24 ROS : But we 've got nothing to go on , we 're out on our own .
25 ‘ He 'll entertain a whole load of people watching while we 're out on location but he can turn it on and off like a light — the cameras roll and he 's totally into Grant Mitchell .
26 If you go interfering with the boys we 're out on our backsides . ’
27 We 've got a number of good pension funds that ordinary working people can join , but the issue that has come about since compulsory competitive tendering privatization is those members that 've been in pension funds for maybe twenty , twenty five years now they 're out on the open job market with the wonderful privatized world that we live in , with a free market , and they ca n't afford to make adequate pension provision for themselves .
28 You know if you 're out on strike you 're out on strike and must make it hundred percent , that 's how it is .
29 You know if you 're out on strike you 're out on strike and must make it hundred percent , that 's how it is .
30 So you 're out on a limb .
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