Example sentences of "out and [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was going to cope , to face this , to brave it out and lay a certain ghost . |
| 2 | En route , I spotted a litter-bin on a streetlamp and I screeched up to it , jumped out and deposited the hollow copy of the Great Duke 's book . |
| 3 | It would be difficult to understand why an otherwise ordinary country woman should have been singled out and made the central character of the tradition if there was no truth in the story . |
| 4 | Beyond , it smoothed out and concealed the familiar features , the stone walls bordering the fields the stream on the valley floor , turning the whole scene into something unknown and exciting . |
| 5 | The Bears have had two of their scheduled fixtures washed out and suffered a heavy defeat at Edinburgh . |
| 6 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 7 | Then , a growing wonder filling his eyes , he reached out and touched the hanging chain . |
| 8 | Wu Shih reached out and touched the young T'ang 's arm . |
| 9 | It is about time that Government departments sorted themselves out and adopted the same approach to business taxation |
| 10 | Desmond reached out and laid a sympathetic hand on her arm . |
| 11 | She pulled her jumper off and handed it to him , then watched as he spread it out and laid the dead animal on it . |
| 12 | One night he heard a loud noise in the yard , looked out and saw a black person apparently being whipped — as he thought , to death . |
| 13 | Linda jumped out and went the few paces to the garage , unlocking the door and sliding it part way open . |
| 14 | He cleared the board and was about to play again when the boy 's hand reached out and took a white stone from the bowl to his left . |
| 15 | When the trucks paused while negotiating a particularly tricky turn , and Rain recognized where they were and that it was a good place to be , they climbed out and took a short route out of the old town and back to the hotel . |
| 16 | She jumped out and ran the few feet to where a man was struggling out of his jeep , which had tipped onto one side with the two left wheels suspended above the open gully . |
| 17 | Come out and had a nice can of beer . |
| 18 | Half an hour before the match started two tractors pulled up at the swing bridge , the drivers got out and had a short discussion and proceeded to plough up the field opposite my peg . |
| 19 | The management decision was that she should return home , but on condition that father moved out and had no further contact with her . |
| 20 | A light van drew up on the wharf , and a man got out and dropped a large quantity of cardboard boxes over the side of the wharf onto the deck . |
| 21 | After I heard it I went out and found an early news-stand . ’ |
| 22 | He reached out and stroked the little head . |
| 23 | At one gig in Cork they were so skint they could n't afford to buy beer , and instead took the crusty way out and raided the local mixture . |
| 24 | Isabel reached out and grasped the heavy chain attached to the drawbridge , fighting for breath and the strength to drag herself upright . |
| 25 | Then a shapely arm followed , and then the hamadryad leaned right out and grasped the astonished wizard firmly and , with that vegetable strength that can send roots questing into rock , drew him into the tree . |
| 26 | I went out and bought the best turntables I could afford . |
| 27 | I rushed out and bought the green suede baby shoes . |
| 28 | ‘ Wednesday : Lunch out and watched the new Murray Arbeid collection for Hartnell . |
| 29 | He reached out and caressed the tiny creature , and Robbie felt her insides quiver . |
| 30 | Suddenly she put her arms out and pulled the young girl to her ; and when Jessie 's sobs rose she warned her quickly , ‘ Be quiet ! |