Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [v-ing] out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I remember my granny coming out with the word |
| 2 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 3 | But I thought , sitting there on the side of my bed looking out over the trash-filled street with the sound of the trucks grinding and roaring down the thoroughfare , that He must be something like the sun rising out of the ocean on a cloudless day . |
| 4 | I sat for an hour in my roomette looking out at the unvarying scenery and trying to imagine anything else that Filmer might have paid to have done . |
| 5 | I was wounded to death and dying on my knees , scrabbling in dead grass , my time running out with the moonlight , the shadows closing in . |
| 6 | I called in on Ruth at lunchtime today and found her sitting up in her wheelchair looking out at the garden and seeming much better and as bright as usual — a nice nurse in attendance . |
| 7 | She met her father coming out of the surgery . |
| 8 | I am much , much more concerned about her voice lasting out for the evening . |
| 9 | When I came back , cos I went in on the way to the hairdresser 's , to find out about it , and I thought I 'd buy him on the way back , when I went back it was still sitting in the same place with its tail hanging out of the back . |
| 10 | The lettering on the bag looks too garish for the occasion , but at least wo n't get out of the car and find the remnants of her life spilling out into the gutter . |
| 11 | Or was it ? she wondered , her memory reaching out to the feel of Silas 's arms holding her against him , and to his lips resting upon her own . |
| 12 | Louise Butler watched her potential saviours drive away , their horn blaring out into the dark night . |
| 13 | Each photocell is , in effect , wired in backwards , with its wire sticking out on the side nearest the light . |
| 14 | There she was out in the street in 'er nightshift shoutin' out at the top of 'er voice . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You will not lose by this , Yin Tsu , ’ he said softly , his heart going out to the old man . |
| 16 | ‘ There 's your Dad now , ’ said his Mum looking out of the window . |
| 17 | I can remember the red deer on the hills below our homesite , ’ whispered Creggan in reply , his gaze passing out through the cage to the warm evening beyond , ‘ as they came grazing in herds along the distant glen . |
| 18 | It was a summer 's day , wound the window down , put the skeleton in with his elbow sticking out over the you see , |
| 19 | ‘ I am still an Adjudicator of the Guild of Adjudicators , ’ he announced , his voice ringing out around the refectory . |
| 20 | That was the last thing he wanted , his Dad coming out to the shed . |
| 21 | Of course , Preston did not spend all his time looking out for the holes . |
| 22 | But now the first thing I saw were the lines on his face standing out like the lines on a charcoal drawing . |
| 23 | And if it were , there is your fleet waiting out in the estuary to welcome it . |