Example sentences of "and [v-ing] out [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom had meanwhile dug up his turnips , and set to work hedging , digging ditches and helping out with the other farms , when the extra labour was needed . |
| 2 | Carson ran up the brick steps to the courtyard 's wooden side-door , rattling the bolt free and stepping out into the narrow alley that ran down the side of the house . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work , ’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high-rise apartments and hotels . |
| 4 | The gulls were in good voice , however , soaring and shrieking overhead in a fickle , shifting breeze , and Harry was surprised how contented if not downright happy he felt , sitting in the shelter nearest the clock and gazing out at the white horses in the bay . |
| 5 | Now I find I 'm getting " inspired top-off-the-brain " signals and ideas while travelling in an aeroplane — at the window and looking out at the snowy cotton-wool cloud land ( no artificial stimulants ! ) . |
| 6 | They were in their living-room , furnished with superbly anonymous taste , and looking out on the double garage and the green lawn and the spring flowers , tastefully clustered . |
| 7 | The restaurant has a loggia alongside for summer dining , and there is an attractive swimming pool around which guests can spend a relaxed and leisurely day , soaking up the sunshine and looking out to the rolling countryside all around . |
| 8 | ‘ The training year follows much the same pattern as the conventional academic year , with the main intakes arriving at the beginning of the spring , summer and autumn terms and passing out after the respective twenty-eight- or forty-four-week courses . |
| 9 | From this he reckoned the underground passage was now clear of the house foundations and heading out towards the outer fence . |
| 10 | When our turn came , I could see the rifles and guns lying on the table and the long queue of lorries , leaving the land of oranges far behind and spreading out over the winding roads of Lebanon . |
| 11 | Talking about privatising the National Health Service and opting out of the National Health Service is not actually very helpful because people do n't believe that , they do n't believe it 's er N H S P L C. They do not , it is not a British Gas , it is not a British Telecom , they know it 's not and it devalues your argument if you talk of it in those terms , and it allows Waldergrave to stand up and to renounce and reject your statements and weaken your case . |
| 12 | Anyway , ’ Finch said in his ordinary voice and coming out of the interesting counterpoint , ‘ if he 's not rotten , he 's certainly out of the usual run of analysts . |
| 13 | And he turned back to the Toyota , reaching in to the rear seat and coming out with the blasting plunger . |
| 14 | A hundred parachute troops from the 2nd Parachute Battalion made this entrance on 27 February 1942 , fighting their way into the station and coming out with the vital gear dismantled by Flight-Sergeant Cox , a radar expert . |
| 15 | Then there were those brown corduroys and blue jeans : the very seams of his old , faded pants enraptured me , seeming to underscore the seductive outlines of his lower frame , running from the back of his thick leather belt down along that mysterious , rich intercrural channel , and coming out at the other end of the tunnel at the tense crossroads orienting the scrotum 's heavy bag with its blissful raphe , or subtly defining and underlining the inside and outside of the long , smooth thighs and the stocky , bulgy , athletic calves . |
| 16 | But there was no punishing flame , only orange tongues consuming the huts and reaching out into the dark sky . |
| 17 | We stayed all day , suffering short drenching showers of rain and drying out in the hot spells in between . |
| 18 | I nod at Andy , taking yet another opened magnum and leaning out over the glass-stacked table . |
| 19 | Bullets from somewhere rapped his own aircraft , and then he was hurdling the bomber and flattening out above the battered grass of the field . |
| 20 | The most important thrust affecting the Outer Hebrides is the Outer Hebrides Thrust , a low angle thrust , dipping to the east , and cropping out along the eastern seaboard of the island chain ( Francis and Sibson 1973 ) . |