Example sentences of "[v-ing] out [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The post-tour inquest led to the WRU secretary , David East , and the president , Clive Rowlands , walking out of a general committee meeting . |
| 2 | Spackman is seen walking out of a black niche , his right leg forward , and the right hand holding the winding-sheet against the outer thigh ; underneath he wears an open shirt with broad cuffs from which the draw-strings have been released . |
| 3 | A CONVICTED wife-killer who fled to the Irish Republic after walking out of a mental hospital was being flown back to Britain today , police said . |
| 4 | He 's got a little kid in one hand and he 's walking out of a burning building . |
| 5 | The squawking continued for a moment before dying out in a final gurgle as Rev. Levitt recited the prescribed blessing . |
| 6 | Everyone who knew him in those schooldays — men and women alike — speak with affection of him : stories tumble out like clothes spilling out of a split suitcase — Richard peeing out of the train window as the engine roared by the station platform , Richard taking a girl up on to a mountain and scaring her to flight at his howl as a passionate hand landed on one of his more angry boils , Rich , reeking of beer , rolling into school and being sent home . |
| 7 | The casings were a little way to the right , spilling out of a back door to the club . |
| 8 | It was n't difficult to imagine it wriggling out of a cigar-shaped object on Wimbledon Common . |
| 9 | Oh yes they did for , for the increase in traffic I mean that er that er went on over the years gradually creep , creep , creep on until the whole atmosphere of the place was er I do n't know improved should you say or not I do n't know whether it 's er well it certainly has n't improved but erm it changed , it was such a lovely little place really , and of course you could run across the road whenever you liked I mean we used to play in Street of picking out in a sweet shop window er a name be Cadbury 's or chocolate or something you 'd be standing across the road and you 'd be running backwards and forwards backwards and forwards , there was no sign of anyone getting run over cos there was nothing about , and when I was a kid going to the Bluecoat School I 'd run across that bridge every morning without looking right or left , because if anything had hit me , well nothing used to be coming you could see a tram coming but oh there was nothing else at that time in the morning oh no it was , would n't like to run across today . |
| 10 | The Woman 's voice came swimming out of a great blankness , forcing itself on him . |
| 11 | He looked at her , and she saw him come erect , the magical mechanism of the male penis , lifting and filling out to a great rod the colour of a dull sunset . |
| 12 | From time to time persons distinguished in the fields of making war , healing , diplomacy , or mere grace in the sight of kings , have been granted augmentations to their armorial bearings ; and the discovery of , and comment on , these can — where they are relevant — make a small but useful contribution to the rounding out of a local history . |
| 13 | Before acting out as a late Father Christmas , I want to erm , come up with some general , how shall I put it , general considerations , this is why you have slides , you realise that slides are not actually for your benefit , they 're for my benefit , that I can remember where I am and what I 'm supposed to do . |
| 14 | Operating out of a tiny flat on the Left Bank , the cell had succeeded in spreading some interesting biochemical havoc across half of the United European Community . |
| 15 | The scientific observer conceives of himself as a rational mind looking out through a plate-glass window on to an inaccessible " nature " . |
| 16 | Emily lifted her head and breathed in the sweet March air , it was good to stand in the garden of Summer Lodge looking out over a tranquil sea with timid waves reaching for the shore . |
| 17 | I shall have to be looking out for a second hand bike-y just for the occasional trip into town without getting Stuey out of bed so I be a bit more independent than just bothering you all time , if I just wan na pop anywhere . |
| 18 | Company secretary Peter Nicholson said : ‘ We are currently looking out for a suitable steam locomotive but it could not be too big or heavy . |
| 19 | ‘ Others have told me that it shows an old woman sitting looking out on a stormy sea from a tranquil cottage garden . |
| 20 | Venturing out with a small baby is actually easier than with toddlers , who want to crawl , explore and get up to mischief . |
| 21 | Mercifully , these days , it 's easier to avoid costly mistakes by splashing out on a large bottle of something which is transformed into ‘ Eau de Old Socks ’ by your skin 's individual chemistry : if you ask politely in department stores , many perfume houses gladly hand out miniature sample vials of their wares , enabling you to make up your mind away from the high-pressure squirtings of over-zealous tester-bottle-wielders . |
| 22 | It collapsed like a punctured airbag , except that what came forth was not air but rank , fetid water , vomiting out in a copious stream and bringing with it a stench that sent them both staggering back several paces . |
| 23 | Course I di I did n't get to know much else but it was obvious you see , she 'd been going out with a young man , her husband was in the Forces and er she 'd tried to get rid of it . |
| 24 | Nevil Sanderson going out with a female Tory , ye Gods and little fishes ! ’ |
| 25 | That is to be increased and perhaps there should be an increase in the sentence for hardened criminals going out with a criminal purpose and carrying a knife . |
| 26 | Trouble from racists who objected to a white woman going out with a black man . |
| 27 | But I 'm not going out with a bloody cold like this ! |
| 28 | She 's going out with a nineteen year old ! |
| 29 | He was going out with a silly cow of an art student and she lent him the book . |
| 30 | When she was nineteen she had been going out with a steady boyfriend for three years , and they had decided to get married . |