Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [v-ing] out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any tendency to increase the ratio of surface area to weight would help , for example flaps of skin growing out in the angles of joints . |
| 2 | They stared at the flat blade of rock jutting out of the turf-clad flank of the hill . |
| 3 | She tries to push it out and black beads form on her skin , ribbons of dark flowing out into the water . |
| 4 | THIS WEEK 's attempt to divert the flow of lava gushing out of the erupting Mount Etna in Sicily could be an expensive failure — because a British team of vulcanologists taking essential measurements has had to return home after its money ran out . |
| 5 | Keeping his gaze on the thread of light seeping out from the Bogeyman 's room , he inched his way along the threadbare strip of carpet . |
| 6 | The most probable reason for this unjust behaviour by the Roman Governor was that he feared some sort of riot breaking out in the capital city during the festival . |
| 7 | In 1850 he decided to mine the seam of ironstone cropping out on the Cleveland Hills east of Middlesbrough , soon erecting nine blast-furnaces for its treatment and establishing the commercial viability of Cleveland iron . |
| 8 | In his infant years he slept with his mother and two sisters in a single bed , a plank of wood jutting out of the wall . |
| 9 | I now want to consider the other factor : Lord Denning 's tidal wave of law arising out of the Treaty of Rome and its various amendments . |
| 10 | If the determination is to be by an expert , the court has no jurisdiction to consider questions of law arising out of the matters referred to the expert . |
| 11 | The red things had a small piece of string poking out of the top and they smelt vaguely of the stuff Marcus sometimes puts on the furniture . |
| 12 | Even the lightning was filtered into changes in density of darkness by the weight of rain cascading out of the cloud-front . |
| 13 | The windows are open , with layer upon layer of sound coming out of the forest . |
| 14 | Given the gusher of cash flowing out of the company , that is unsurprising ; it is also talking to banks about restructuring its debt . |
| 15 | The cash into the authority , the timing of that , and the ti the timing of cash going out of the authority . |
| 16 | With its splashes of red standing out from the swirling whiteness of the snowstorm , this tableau combines the decorative and the dramatic in a manner reminiscent of the finest Japanese prints . |
| 17 | Succeeding chapters will introduce further examples of conflict arising out of the adoption of alternative accounting policies . |
| 18 | If you clamber down to the low water mark when the tide is receding ( the ‘ ebb ’ tide ) , you will find dry land appear before you and rivulets of water flowing out towards the sea . |
| 19 | Then she sees a slip of paper coming out of the slot for statements . |
| 20 | Each scale is a hard , dry shield of keratin growing out from the animal 's epidermis and overlapping with its neighbours to make a body-covering that is as snugly fitting as it is strong . |
| 21 | As she turned to leave the room , she caught sight of Inge hovering out on the landing . |
| 22 | Luckily the office below is not used as they have produced quite a smelly mess with droppings and remains of prey falling out from the ceiling ! |
| 23 | Down below , lost in the mist , he could just make out the holm-oaks and cypresses surrounding the Miletti property , a lugubrious baroque monstrosity built on a shoulder of land jutting out from the steep hillside . |
| 24 | Lucaroni was standing almost immediately inside , studying a notice concerning action to be taken in the event of fire breaking out in the building . |
| 25 | The fuel gauge is the most reliable type of all ; a float in the tank supports a length of wire sticking out of the centre of the seven gallon tank 's filler cap , immediately forward of the windscreen . |
| 26 | Graham spent a lot of time staring out of the window — did you see him ? — but it was very quiet . |
| 27 | The other factor was the need to cater for population moving out of the Tyneside conurbation . |
| 28 | After a few seconds the novice , with tea spilling out of the cup and down his arms , cried , ‘ stop ! no more will go in ’ . |
| 29 | With home shopping out of the way , Pitcher will be able to concentrate on the football pools and high street retailing . |
| 30 | Over in the corner of the sizable room an electronic organ was giving out Moon River , the player a young , prematurely bald man , with sweat standing out on the smooth , polished face and head . |