Example sentences of "[vb infin] out [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they start to moan at long , boring nights of inactivity , the bottom could quickly fall out of a tour that in cricketing terms has all the ingredients of being a huge success . |
| 2 | So I could jump out of an aeroplane and fire a machine gun . |
| 3 | Then Tom , who worked for the Bryant and May match firm , will splash out on a greenhouse and a garden shed for himself . |
| 4 | For no apparent reason it was hanging on my head like lank seaweed ; I could n't make it puff out in a way that hid my ears properly . |
| 5 | As she worked the crochet table-mats her mother had ordered , the intricate sequence of stitches could blot out for a moment or two the scenes that daily since that Easter feast she had staged between herself and Tommaso Talvi . |
| 6 | The urge to return to the sea is now so great that they will wriggle out of a pond and cross dew-drenched meadows if that is necessary to reach a stream that will lead them to salt water . |
| 7 | They thought then that they would set out as an army and conquer the rest of the land and rule over it ; that was their mission . |
| 8 | The jury will remain out for a year or two yet on whether the operating system can see off the threat from Microsoft Corp and its Windows NT , but Unix is definitely not winning big in the public relations stakes : the Wall Street Journal dismisses Unix as ‘ a catch-all term for many operating systems that share some features and a common parentage ’ . |
| 9 | The jury will remain out for a year or two yet on whether the operating system can see off the threat from Microsoft Corp and its Windows NT , but Unix is definitely not winning big in the public relations stakes : the Wall Street Journal dismisses Unix as ‘ a catch-all term for many operating systems that share some features and a common parentage ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ She 'd hold out for a while but it would always be made up after he came back with the roses . |
| 11 | 4. does it have the support of major well-tried traditions , or does it stand out on a limb as possibly idiosyncratic ? |
| 12 | * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here . |
| 13 | So long as people can walk out of a room and say they have decided to leave on their terms , they retain their dignity . |
| 14 | I could n't swim , never have been able to , and I did n't go out on a boat because along with the rest of the family I have always been afraid of water . |
| 15 | Then I play with the baby and we might go out for a walk or go and see friends — that sort of thing . |
| 16 | As soon as she 'd freshened up she would go out for a meal and see something of the city and the people who lived here . |
| 17 | So wh why have so why go out for a meal and and eat something that you |
| 18 | I know some of my brothers were villains , but they dressed well they would n't go out without a wash and a clean shirt and their suits pressed . |
| 19 | they 're in that position , it 's gon na cost us to get out , cost us to get them out of it and they can go out into a bed and breakfast or they can stay in the house |
| 20 | She would rather go out with a bang than a whimper . |
| 21 | Fishermen would never go out in a boat if anyone who could swim was on board , since the Fates might decide to give the man a chance to do so . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , yes , come on in , we 'll fit that in , would you like to come into the morning programme or , I 'll come out with a Ewer and we 'll do a bit and we 'll slot it in . |
| 23 | There 's an amazing amount of feel that you can get out of a guitar that you could never get out of any other instrument . |
| 24 | Many otherwise inexplicable early divorces are about proving that one person can get out of a trap and another can let him or her go . |
| 25 | She 'd say , moreover , that you could always get out of a boat and go ashore , but from that height you could only crash . |
| 26 | Hocus Pocus features a rabbit magician , as well as a rabbit you can pull out of a hat and other surprises . |
| 27 | ‘ And ambushing might work for a long-legged frog like Ferd , but I do n't think I could leap out of a bush if I tried . |
| 28 | A leader may start out as a mobilizer but end as a conciliator . |
| 29 | Did you just help out on a Saturday or |
| 30 | They are usually " top down " decisions taken by nurses at district or unit level which , in terms of the workforce , may be about deciding how many nurses it is possible to " squeeze out of a budget or how to negotiate around a budget to obtain a particular number of nurses . |