Example sentences of "and [vb past] out [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I even have my dress all ready and laid out on the bed . ’
2 Their park was given over as a whole for building development , and laid out on the gridiron pattern in the middle decades of the eighteenth century .
3 Turning her head , Polly sipped her coffee and gazed out over the expanse of water .
4 Lissa wandered over to the window and gazed out over the expanse of carefully tended shrubbery that bordered the car park .
5 They did not immediately sit down , but leaned on the low parapet and gazed out over the river and the mountains , she with her head inclined towards his , he with a hand resting on her shoulder .
6 She grew bored , and gazed out of the window , at the fading winter light and the fluttering descent of the snow .
7 Iris yawned , put her hands behind her head and gazed out of the window .
8 With a hesitant smile she turned away from him , and sipped what was left of her champagne and gazed out of the window .
9 Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness .
10 Cornelius drew the curtains and gazed out upon the day .
11 And when the messenger had made his reverence and limped out from the presence , Henry turned his head a little , and looked at his closest confidants , but obliquely , out of the corner of a sunken eye , and dismissed them , too .
12 She turned on her heel and stalked out of the room .
13 Sabine tried to brake , stalled instead , and tumbled out of the car .
14 Then she opened the door and passed out into the hall , closing it behind her with a quiet but determined movement , leaving Iskandara staring after her in silence .
15 They hurried off , Rathbone with an excited spring in his step , Bruce huffing and puffing to keep up with him , and passed out of the rain into a street wedged thick with fog .
16 Carbon dioxide is removed and passed out of the cell .
17 We rose , bowed to Queen Margaret , mumbled our apologies and crept out of the hall .
18 So they risked all , and late one night when she heard a low whistle she rose from her straw pallet in the lower scullery and crept out of the house ; and when Tristram had climbed over the wall , she gave herself to him there on the midnight grass with the summer moon blazing down through the trees and the scent of honey wafting up from the silent hives .
19 I did not expect to survive but miraculously I escaped and got out of the country .
20 Kiah opened the door and got out of the taxi .
21 She grinned and got out of the car .
22 He pulled up in front of the stone steps and got out of the car .
23 ‘ Deal , ’ Graham replied and got out of the car .
24 Whitlock removed the keys from the ignition and got out of the car .
25 She kissed her father and got out of the car .
26 Fran wished that it had been further away , wished that she 'd had more time to compose herself and remove all traces of that kiss , but as she opened the door and got out of the car when they stopped in front of the neat little semi she was aware of the throbbing redness of her bruised lips , the faintly dishevelled state of her silvery hair .
27 I 'll see you home , ’ he said shortly and got out of the car , striding round to lift her down .
28 But she must have heard me say so , because at seven she came down and said she 'd overlooked this marvellous Stockhausen concert on Two — well , I just put on my coat and flung out of the house
29 Robertson did not hesitate , and dived overboard and swam out to the dinghy which he succeeded in getting back to the fishing boat for the crew to get off .
30 Everyone stood up and moved out into the clearing .
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