Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [v-ing] out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos he 'll eat them , he 'll be stood there waiting for them coming out of the blooming oven ! |
| 2 | Oh , he had them locked antler to antler now , two proud stags with lowered heads and rolling eyes , gathering their sinews for the thrust that should send one of them backing out of the contest . |
| 3 | They do not fly at ordinary room temperatures and they crawl only slowly , so there will not be much danger of them crawling out of the container and escaping . |
| 4 | His only certain memory of his mother was of her looking out of the same kitchen window and calling to him as he played on the grass . |
| 5 | He stood there blankly , not knowing what to say or do , remembering only the sound of her crying out in the darkness and how awful he had felt , alone , kneeling there on the dyke , impotent to act . |
| 6 | ‘ Is there any chance of him coming out in the near future , do you think ? ’ |
| 7 | I sat down beside her , both of us gazing out through the mist at the heaving , pounding water , the noise of it thundering in our ears , filling our whole world with sound . |
| 8 | We were following a long , straight road in visibility of about twenty yards , all of us hanging out of the windows in a vain attempt to spot landmarks , when a ghostly figure loomed up , saluted , and announced in long-suffering tones , ‘ Excuse me sir , Mr Mills , you 're on the main runway ! ’ |
| 9 | I got to my feet and stood by Taff at the gun , both of us staring out into the night . |
| 10 | Once , upon her getting out of the car , they manoeuvred the vehicle so as to trap the field-worker to prevent her accompanying them . |
| 11 | ‘ My dining room faces north and is difficult to heat , ’ he had said to Ianthe , and now he stood in it looking out of the window at the cold March day , fully conscious of his words . |
| 12 | The spoilt , black-haired girl sitting beside him staring out at the river . |
| 13 | After criticising Government policy since 1979 , when the Conservatives came to power , Mr Clarke said : ‘ For John Major to claim credit for Hoover jobs staying Scotland — thanks to him opting out of the Social Chapter and keeping wages down — is a disgraceful betrayal of the Scottish workforce . |