Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] out at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness . |
| 2 | When I take two and found out at the end of it there was a bit of erm Die Hard cos they 're a bit at this . |
| 3 | Indraugnir howled and lashed out at the Bloodthirster with renewed fury , using the last of his fading strength to keep the Blood God 's follower at bay . |
| 4 | Dissenting Labour councillor Eddie Dryden refused to support the spending cuts and hit out at the way the proposals were presented to the Labour group prior to the meeting . |
| 5 | I got out of bed , went across to the window and looked out at the night . |
| 6 | She patted his hand and looked out at the sunlight glittering on London 's rubbish . |
| 7 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the courtyard below , busy with ambulances and patients clutching appointment cards as they peered hesitatingly at signs pointing the way to Casualty and X-ray and Outpatients , with the birdlike figures of caped nurses changing shifts , and the white coats of housemen hustling importantly from ward block to ward block . |
| 8 | I went to the window and looked out at the rain and the clouds . |
| 9 | The figure in the painting spoke of the human spirit and looked out at the world with a serene timelessness , and eyes that knew the great gift of being a master and an artist . |
| 10 | Nathan moodily poked the bed , hiked down to the window and stared out at the night , then came back and sat on a seat in no-man 's land . |
| 11 | Leaning forward , he placed both hands on his walking-cane and held the pose for a few seconds , then he raised one white-gloved hand to the monocle at his hight eye and stared out at the audience . |
| 12 | Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 13 | She walked to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 14 | Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden . |
| 15 | ( 5 ) Wherever , in ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above , the order requires one or other court to consider whether it ought to try the case or whether it ought to transfer it ( pursuant to the powers of transfer under ss 40(2) , 41(1) or 42(2) of the 1984 Act ) that court must have regard to the criteria laid down in art 7(5) and set out at the start of Chapter 13 . |