Example sentences of "[v-ing] out [prep] [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had been their agreement , and , if she was walking out on the deal earlier than expected , it was as much his fault as hers . |
| 2 | If the court is satisfied ( by affidavit or other evidence ) that prompt personal service can not be effected because the debtor is keeping out of the way so as to avoid service , it may order substituted service in such manner as it thinks fit . |
| 3 | The front half of a fox , paws and all , its rear end replaced by a shield-shaped slab of polished wood , appeared to be leaping out of the wall just below the picture rail , in the manner of a circus dog emerging from a paper hoop . |
| 4 | Living out of a suitcase away from home and family has become one of the main causes of stress among businessmen , concluded a survey by the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 5 | Yet , as he has been living out of a suitcase now for 20 years , he can be forgiven for feeling battle weary . |
| 6 | After a hundred yards or so , the drive divided , leading in one direction towards a classroom block , in the other fanning out into a courtyard where cars were parked either side of the main entrance . |
| 7 | There 's somebody looking out of a window up there , looking a bit worried . |
| 8 | One of the crewmen of the small boat stood looking out at the city all around him , smoking a cigarette and gazing at the myriad lights . |
| 9 | Cos she 's gone mad and they put it on her , right , and they , they 're holding her and they 're tapping out of the stage sidewards and she 's sort of like going like this , she , she , thinks all these nice men 'll love me and then like at the end of the show you see them , they 're tapping her out of the studio and putting her into a van and she 's still wearing a straight jacket and smiling at you . |
| 10 | going out with the dog rather than Shirley . |
| 11 | He would come down soon anyway and say he was all right and going out on the moor again . |
| 12 | ‘ Are you going out to the pottery today ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No you 're not going out to the cinema tonight . |
| 14 | I 'm going out for a minute anyway , . |
| 15 | How about going out for a meal instead ? ’ |
| 16 | I was going out of the home more often and people had begun to comment on this . |
| 17 | He guessed his mother was making it all up just to frighten him and to stop him ever going out of the house alone . |
| 18 | Nicandra could n't watch them going out of the room together . |
| 19 | We 're going out in a minute anyway . |
| 20 | If relearning to walk safely takes several months , going out in a wheelchair alone can prevent the patient from feeling too housebound and frustratingly dependent on other people for his mobility . |
| 21 | He was n't going for a joy trip , he was n't going out in the boat just to se to while away an hour or so to relax and to unwind , he was n't going there to , just to get away from the crowd of people that had been following him and had been listening to him , he had a purpose in going in into the boat , to go to the other side . |
| 22 | Well we sha n't be going out in the car today shall we ? |
| 23 | He came rushing out of an alleyway just ahead of me but he did n't see me . |
| 24 | Maybe she was lying out in the desert right now with her prettiness all ruined by bloody holes . |
| 25 | We know that changes in genes — mutations — can alter the colour of our eyes , can cause the development of extra fingers , and can result in flies with a leg growing out of the head instead of an antenna . |
| 26 | First we may consider the phrase : ( 25 ) acrobatic performance In the light of the discussion above we may remark that this can be understood in either of two ways : first , as covering any performance which is so described because it is linked with the idea of an acrobat in the execution of his or her professional duties ; this would include expertise in juggling , tightrope walking , standing on one 's hands , and so on , even if they are performed by an amateur lacking any natural talent for the task ; second , ( 25 ) may be used to designate any performance which is acrobatic in itself , even if not part of the normal repertoire of acrobats , for instance , grabbing hold of a branch growing out from a cliff just after falling from the top . |
| 27 | When a sheep died or was slaughtered , they would sometimes pack the entrails into a hessian sack and lower it into the beck leading out of the reservoir just below the Hauxwell property . |
| 28 | As the storm grows , cracks begin to develop in the stone of the Castle , radiating out from the point where the weather-vane was fixed to the Tower . |
| 29 | Sorting out for the doctor today . |
| 30 | And although they 're facing out of the wind now , you ought to know that this is n't the usual wind we get here . |