Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] out [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether she would in fact have opened the door and tried to jump out of a moving vehicle proved to be an academic question . |
| 2 | I tried to sneak out with an open-necked shirt , but she called me back . |
| 3 | ‘ You tried to get out of the black hole with an ordinary rocket . |
| 4 | No one who went to foreign language movies in the late Sixties will easily forget the extraordinary films that seemed to pour out of the state-owned studios of Czechoslavakia . |
| 5 | To many of us inside the game of golf , Froggy seemed to stick out like a sore thumb in this world of smooth agents , six-figure endorsement contracts and marketing strategies . |
| 6 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 7 | Conscientious objection rose markedly ; 40 of the 400-strong military contingent ordered to go out with the anti-aircraft missiles refused to do so . |
| 8 | The incident happened when the American star threatened to pull out of a rain-drenched open-air concert in Taiwan . |
| 9 | Although this was the grandest , Bering 's voyage of discovery was only one of many scientific expeditions in the eighteenth century , and through the efforts of government-sponsored explorers and private entrepreneurs — the latter seeking not so much scientific information as further killing grounds in the pursuit of the lucrative sea otter — Russia 's political and commercial power began to reach out beyond the Siberian landmass across the northern Pacific , taking in the Aleutian and Kuril Islands , Russian America ( the present Alaska ) , as well as establishing trading settlements down the western coast of America , and even making a short-lived foray into the Hawaiian archipelago . |
| 10 | So much lava flowed into the Skaftar valley that it was completely filled and lava began to spill out over the surrounding countryside . |
| 11 | Well Charlton had to improve in the second half , and they did ; they got more men into mid-field , and United began to run out of a little bit of steam . |
| 12 | The narrow straps seemed barely able to hold her full bosom , which threatened to spill out of the boned bodice with every movement she made . |
| 13 | The disputes between the counties and county boroughs continued as the population began to move out of the industrial cities into surrounding suburban estates or commuter villages in county areas . |
| 14 | Disquiet at the new direction of religious affairs soon surfaced in parliament , and over the next few years a growing number of MPs began to speak out against the Arminian threat . |
| 15 | It was the time when many stars started to come out of the political closet and openly voiced their support for one candidate or another . |
| 16 | Both the driver , William McPhee , who also owns the van , and his assistant Caroline Campbell managed to clamber out of the burning vehicle without injury . |
| 17 | He returned the tray to the orderly and went to stare out through the transparent sheeting . |
| 18 | In the early 1970s , three-quarters of married women chose to opt out of the national insurance scheme . |
| 19 | Jangling her keys more like a jailer than an attendant , she went to gaze out of a narrow window at what could be seen of the prosperous modern city , returning to peer over my shoulder and sniff . |
| 20 | The vehicle was parked on a yellow line and so close to the Market Street junction that vehicles emerging from that road had to swing out onto the wrong side of the High Street . |
| 21 | No matter the weather , one had to go out to a privy next to a coalshed in the backyard . |
| 22 | I understand names like Paraguay 's Juan Carlos Giminez , who had to pull out of a previous challenge with a damaged hand , Americans Darrin Van Horn and Lindell Holmes plus Italian Vicenzo Nardiello have already been short-listed for November . |
| 23 | Last night 's crucial Maastricht vote following the debate in the House of Commons meant Mr Gummer had to pull out of the Welsh farming conference organised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society , the Welsh Agricultural College and Midland Bank . |
| 24 | She resolved to find out about the other woman . |
| 25 | If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it ! |
| 26 | all open down the back and you had to walk out through a huge waiting room full of people . |
| 27 | Gale-force winds helped to break up the 40-km oil slick , reducing the impact of what was initially reported as a massive environmental disaster , although oil continued to seep out of the sunken vessel . |
| 28 | The closed nature of the Mediterranean would mean , however , that effects could be long-lasting , as oil continued to seep out of the sunken vessel . |
| 29 | And I think that perhaps we 've all learned a lesson from it , plus the fact that you 've er , had to climb out of an horrendous accident , but the fact that if you are still drinking at half past four in the morning , the last thing you should do at nine o'clock in the morning is get in the car and drive the damn thing . |
| 30 | But the journey took longer than they planned , because they had to watch out for the evil troll who lurked under the bridge . |