Example sentences of "out and [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ice crystallizes out and accumulates in a surface layer which thickens and consolidates ; on calm nights with air temperatures well below freezing point a layer 20 cm deep may form overnight and be firm enough to take the weight of a man by morning . |
| 2 | Leave to cool slightly in the tin before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 3 | Leave to cool slightly in the tin(s) before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 4 | Leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 5 | Other prisoners said that in Keraterm — a notorious PoW camp which they dubbed Auschwitz — prisoners were crippled by having the ligaments in a knee cut out and tied in a knot so they could not return to the fighting . |
| 6 | As he left the pitch he blacked out and fell through a glass door , cutting his hand . |
| 7 | He was in top form , witty and debonair , and the party continued until the next day when Modigliani , still in a happy mood , became so rowdy that he had to be thrown out and locked in a police cell all night . |
| 8 | Of these , five were killed by coyotes , which catch ferrets in the open , and one was dug out and killed by a badger . |
| 9 | A plan of this sort can always be worked out and imposed on a situation , but it is unlikely to work smoothly . |
| 10 | The surrounding buildings were two-storeyed , the upper built out and supported by a series of arched cloisters which every evening were thick with alpaca jerseys , rugs , cheap jewellery , bargain hunters and cloying money-changers . |
| 11 | Another potentially lethal hazard has been identified when baby-walkers are used ( Gray , 1987 ) ; it is easy for the child to reach out and pull on a kettle flex or iron flex which perhaps seemed safely tucked away and despite the apparent pleasure derived from baby-walkers , there is enough evidence of related accidents to recommend that they should not be used . |
| 12 | They argue that major innovations in products , or production techniques , are bunched together every fifty years or so and , when they occur , they have pervasive effects , generating a long boom which eventually peters out and turns into a slump . |
| 13 | The freshly opened colon was pinned out and examined under a Leitz dissecting microscope by two independent observers . |
| 14 | It poked out and wriggled like a slug . |
| 15 | Such bushes tend to wear out and detach after a period of use . |
| 16 | ‘ Obviously if all five of us went out and walked past a school at home time , we 'd be asking for trouble . |
| 17 | Eva moved out and went to a hostel . |
| 18 | If I 've a complicated feature to write , or a problem to solve , I usually duck out and go for a run . |
| 19 | If there is an existing fitting with a spare 50mm boss socket , this can be drilled out and fitted with a boss connector of the appropriate size . |
| 20 | He got out and knocked at a window . |
| 21 | Simultaneously , two overweight , breathless and slightly tipsy men who were descending the station steps saw the train moving out and broke into a run , during which they managed to overtake half of a 66ft. long Mk. 1 coach . |
| 22 | The injured man was supported by his colleague as they got out and fled through a security gate . |
| 23 | All kinds of things can be used as reflectors : projection screens ; aluminium foil which has been crumpled , roughly straightened out and stuck onto a sheet of hardboard ; or purpose-made reflectors bought from photographic dealers . |
| 24 | Colour a little remaining fondant red , and cut out and press on a numeral for the rocket . |
| 25 | There was an owl whose names was Blanche perch bravely on a narrow branch when she asked if she could fly , the others said into the sky high , high , high , so one fine day they came out and stood on a branch all big and stout , she jumped , she thought that she could fly |
| 26 | of light and dark , measured out and wasted in a sieve . |
| 27 | Leave in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 28 | hour 20 minutes in a 170°C ( 325°F/Gas Mark 3 ) oven , before turning out and cooling on a wire rack . |
| 29 | It concerns a Ship from another world landing on this planet , and strange creatures get out and say to a petrol pump , dustbin , slot-machine or similar mechanical device , ‘ Take me to your leader . ’ |
| 30 | His face shadowed by the dim light , he crept out and slipped through a door behind the bridge . |