Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] [prep] sight " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grain may be in a pocket , hidden inside a box , or out of sight above the horse on a bird table . |
| 2 | The blonde woman was always elegantly dressed and absolutely immaculate , even when she came off the beach , her hair neatly pinned up in a French pleat or out of sight under a chic floppy straw hat . |
| 3 | I thought that out of sight was out of mind and put my handbag inside a shopping bag , which I zipped up and then left in my shopping trolley . |
| 4 | The clock is attached to the table on which it will stand by means of a padlock and plastic covered cable , which is located with the clock and out of sight . |
| 5 | So I was particularly pleased to find at one point , when I 'd indulged in a lengthy photo session , that the rest of the party had gone over the brow and out of sight and I was left for a while with the world to myself . |
| 6 | Mungo grinned as the rogue closet sailed past the car and out of sight , its cargo no longer private . |
| 7 | He says they do this ‘ to direct other horses to food and water , especially over distances where they were out of earshot and out of sight of each other ; or to split the herd in time of danger ’ . |
| 8 | 4 ) ‘ My toddler sits in his highchair and demands more of everything in sight so we have to clear the table as quickly as possible after our meals — and out of sight appears to be out of mind ! ’ |
| 9 | There were tears in Johnny 's eyes as he watched him turn into the laneway and out of sight ; he had a feeling he would never see him again . |
| 10 | The mayor 's stall is in the choir , so at the appropriate moment the civic party rise and are escorted from the nave to the choir — and out of sight of the members of the congregation . |
| 11 | He was Wearing a thick hedge of brambles and overgrown shrubs at the bottom of the shrubbery and out of sight of the house , slashing at them with a billhook while Alex and she dragged the freed branches clear ready to build a bonfire . |
| 12 | ‘ Right-ho ! ’ and he slowly squelched his way through the gate and out of sight . |
| 13 | He had only just disappeared down the graveyard path and out of sight when the postman arrived at the back gate . |
| 14 | ‘ Again , in the event that planning permission is granted , they have indicated their intention of tunnelling into the mountain from behind , at a point which is uninhabited and out of sight from the road at least ’ . |
| 15 | Looking over the oak rails , I could see the gallery floor and , further below , the ground-floor area , the spectacular chimney continuing upward and out of sight above the sloping-beamed ceiling . |
| 16 | I must explain here that , as neither Nigel nor I had religion , I had arranged the two speakers and then planned to say a few words myself , to thank everyone , in and out of sight . |
| 17 | There was a large fireplace in the dining-room and she now set about wedging the cage up the chimney and out of sight . |
| 18 | I watched him round the end of the point , and out of sight , then ran for the causeway . |
| 19 | The family moved on past their old den , over the bank and out of sight . |
| 20 | She thought again what a point of defence the tower was , commanding the countryside , and then she saw that there was a back road leading away from the tower , narrower , bumpier even than the drive to the front door , which snaked quickly down the hill and out of sight . |
| 21 | Everybody hates a bad leaver but , whereas in the West you can usually close the door on a guest who has finally reached the garden gate , in the islands it is impolite to stop waving and chanting until he is either round a corner and out of sight , or else too distant to be able to see the whites of his eyes . |
| 22 | Next time she dared look back , the guard in her niche was below and out of sight but there was another just above . |
| 23 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 24 | Then with his head low and his wings cast disconsolately down , Woil dropped to the floor of the cage , put a talon in the meat that the Man had dropped there when Creggan had made his attack near by , and pulled it back and out of sight in the cage 's shelter . |
| 25 | I knew when to put the tape on , I could start it while she was in the bathroom , she did n't wander off while it was recording , and the machine could be underneath and out of sight . ’ |
| 26 | Her head is in sunshine , a mass of pale blonde hair that falls behind her and out of sight . |
| 27 | The only option , as far as the doctor was concerned , was to get him into the local hospital where he would be well looked after and out of sight for the time being . |
| 28 | TOLBY FLICKERED IN and out of sight as he walked along the line of parked cars . |
| 29 | ‘ But what ? ’ wailed Holly , as Ruby floated down the room and out of sight on her way to the street . |
| 30 | You get a sort of lighthouse flash from the headlights , as they swing round the curve there and out of sight . |