Example sentences of "out [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had started out as a ship 's boiler but Selwyn had acquired it some years before to ensure a plentiful supply of soft water for his garden . |
| 2 | Queen fans were devastated when Barcelona — a Top Ten hit when first released five years ago — was controversially elbowed out as the Games 's theme song by Amigos Para Siempre ( Friends For Life ) . |
| 3 | Pearson 's book publishing companies shone out as the group 's star performers last year . |
| 4 | Most of the events classified as severe could be interpreted as involving some kind of loss or threat of loss : finding out about a husband 's unfaithfulness , a life-threatening illness to someone close , or redundancy from a job held for many years . |
| 5 | I spotted several club professionals , who were clearly delighted to be out for a day 's entertainment at the expense of one of the manufacturers . |
| 6 | They held their automatic rifles across their midriffs , four friends out for a day 's sport . |
| 7 | I looked hungrily around , drinking in the sights of London : the beaver hats , lined with green velvet , of the wealthy merchants , the shabby caps of the artisans and , above all , the ornate head-dresses covered in clouds of gauze of the court ladies stepping out for a morning 's shopping . |
| 8 | If ever a house cried out for a woman 's hand , thought the lady dramatically , this was it ! |
| 9 | An architect on holiday in the Scottish Highlands was out for an afternoon 's hill walking . |
| 10 | ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen . |
| 11 | Ward was on his feet in a flash , his gloved right hand reaching out for the other 's arm . |
| 12 | Interviews carried out for the project 's research paper indicate that many prostitutes ‘ just want to settle down and have a family ’ . |
| 13 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |
| 14 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 15 | When I got sent down the judge said , ‘ You should be out for the baby 's birth ’ , but I was n't . |
| 16 | The girl and her family were ushered out through a judge 's exit before reporters were allowed into court . |
| 17 | You must tell them that the balance of the first year 's payment will be taken out through a banker 's order . |
| 18 | When the fungus is finished with its host , large club-shaped fruiting structures punch out through the insect 's exoskeleton , leaving the lifeless husk grotesquely studded with bizarre outgrowths . |
| 19 | Ten minutes later a small party , including a highly suspicious private detective , made its way out through the tradesmen 's entrance , escorted by Auguste . |
| 20 | He could have been anyone or anything stepping out after a night 's wining and dining . |
| 21 | He had finally petered out after a lifetime 's toil at the loom . |
| 22 | It was Round Two in a bitter Battle of the Bills which broke out after the couple 's wedding last May . |
| 23 | Behind the beautifully restored façades of the buildings with their smart paint and gabled roofs there was evidence of a rich and varied culture , Gina observed , walking down the crowded cobbled pathway where restaurants and cafés spilled out towards the water 's edge . |
| 24 | Dressed in well-cut silver-grey trousers and a pale green shirt , open at the neck , a grey jacket slung casually over one shoulder , he could have stepped out of every woman 's dream . |
| 25 | She had made great capital out of a fortnight 's bus tour to Lake Garda . |
| 26 | Well , Mr Patten will do his best to make a silk purse out of a sow 's ear , and the audience will know it was not his idea . |
| 27 | It was all making a silk purse out of a sow 's ear . ’ |
| 28 | These farmers are obstinately trying , sometimes with help of subsidies , to make a living — a true case of trying to make an agricultural silk purse out of a sow 's ear . |
| 29 | Old Steenie , he 'd make money out of a kid 's conker match ; Nigel 'd close The Mousetrap within a week . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Like something out of a kid 's lesson book , is n't he ? ’ chuckled Iris . |