Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] out [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | To facilitate the completion or carrying out of a transaction . |
2 | Such untimely celebrity death provides our nice clean ending and saves us having to contend with the natural processes of ageing and decay , for some reason considered more horrific and obscene than going out with a bang . |
3 | The ideas pushing and tumbling out in a fever of words that were scarcely intelligible . |
4 | ‘ Sunset in the Mediterranean way with fire and passion and going out in a blaze of glory , ’ he teased , grabbing at a blanket from the back of one of the wicker chairs on the terrace . |
5 | ‘ Followed by making love with fire and passion and going out in a blaze of glory — anywhere ! ’ he added with a laugh of pure cynicism . |
6 | Arranged around the photograph were bouquets of plastic flowers : virulent scarlet poppies with green leaves , straggly ivy , lemon tulips , alabaster roses — all out of season and radiating out in a baroque flurry from the central shrine . |
7 | But he could only watch , alarm contending with excitement and coming out about a nose ahead . |
8 | I fully sympathise with the hon. Lady 's constituents , but one must face the facts of life : in a recession , and coming out of a recession , jobs are always being lost . |
9 | His fluffy hair was newly washed and standing out like a halo . |
10 | Trolley safe from the Heinz Baby Club 's Safety Catalogue is a two-inch wide polyester webbing belt , which is fully adjustable and will restrain babies and children , preventing them from standing up and falling out of a trolley , or tipping it over completely . |
11 | ‘ We are not playing kick and rush , ’ he insisted when driving out to a friend 's hotel in the Derwent Valley below Consett , pausing now and then to savour the uncluttered Durham landscape , his heart for ever in the North-east of England . |
12 | When the name of a group of fishes is mentioned as going out for a swim all the members walk around the monsters in a circle . |
13 | Mason weighed in at 17st 103 4 lb for Biggs , heavier by 10lb than ever before , and attributes this to a groin injury sustained when turning out in a charity football match . |
14 | We have special spaces large enough to allow necessary manoeuvres with a wheelchair when getting out of a car , without fear of damaging neighbouring vehicles , and they 're closer to the shops . |
15 | Nadirpur nodded slowly , as though coming out of a trance . |
16 | This divergence of views can be seen ( following Mathewson and Winter , 1984 ) as arising out of a set of externalities . |
17 | When the bus started , they all crossed themselves , as I had seen nuns do in Ireland when setting out on a journey , however short . |