Example sentences of "out on [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We buy two pints of Taylor Walker and take them out on to the rear balcony . |
| 2 | He went back into the kitchen and Alison unlocked the window , stepping out on to the clay-tiled terrace . |
| 3 | Making herself a cup of hot chocolate , Laura carried it out on to the small balcony overlooking the dark green water of the River Thames . |
| 4 | Carrie sighed in resignation as he carried her out on to the small landing and leaned his shoulder against the bedroom door . |
| 5 | I walk out on to the great parade-ground beyond , where the grandstands left over from Trooping the Colour are still displacing the more usual arrangements for Trooping the Parked Cars . |
| 6 | But at a time when incumbent leaders across the world are facing a recessionary backlash from their people , Mr Major can go out on to the international stage with enhanced authority . |
| 7 | If you do , the ants will climb out on to the upper surface of the block and you will not be able to replace the glass without crushing many of the ants . |
| 8 | Sara got up impulsively and threw open the french windows and stepped out on to the stone-flagged terrace . |
| 9 | The first time that the door opened and spilled yellow light out on to the dark afternoon street , it was the parson making a bid for freedom . |
| 10 | I took a file from Joe 's box of tools , and ran out on to the dark marshes . |
| 11 | On a raised dais in front of large windows looking out on to the agricultural college gardens sat the Inspector . |
| 12 | She looked across to where the lawyer stood , quietly detached by one of the windows of her large saloon , gazing out on to the extensive gardens . |
| 13 | When she woke , Sylvia bathed and dressed , and went out on to the busy streets of Paris as soon as the two Waffen SS officers had gone . |
| 14 | A sky-blue bus lumbered past , then they shot out on to the curving mountain road behind it , and a second later overtook it with a roar that must have terrified the already nervous passengers , as the buses always drove maniacally around these bends , desperate to stick to their schedule right down to the last fraction of a second . |
| 15 | In winter some continued ashore , reinforcing their tents and huts for extra warmth , while others moved out on to the inshore sea ice , living in snow houses and feeding mostly on fish and seals . |
| 16 | Past the security guard , up the ramp , out on to the dim street . |
| 17 | The clash of ginger on pink as a small skipper butterfly lands on petals of camp ion ; gorse pods popping in the hot sun ; small striped snails creeping out on to the wet path after a cloud burst ; soldier beetles gathered on the white umbels of wild carrot : these sights and sounds I can enjoy at my pottering leisure — whilst the hordes of laden hikers tramp by with stern faces and never a glance to left or right . |
| 18 | Carefully he began to follow it out on to the main road . |
| 19 | Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot . |
| 20 | He slid the car into gear and edged out on to the main road , waiting until he had overtaken a pair of cyclists before replying . |
| 21 | Rachel walked out on to the main road a few minutes later feeling overwhelmed with guilt . |
| 22 | Gradually the feeling lessened and she crawled out on to the open deck , peering about , and when nothing happened , grew confident enough to begin to explore . |
| 23 | The scientists pounded after her as she hurtled out on to the open floor , almost bumping into a pair of guards who were doing their rounds . |
| 24 | He kicked his st'lyan into motion and she trotted out on to the open plain . |
| 25 | I sat at the open window and looked out on to the purple dark . |
| 26 | Corbett just grinned over his shoulder and led them out on to the beaten track down to the village of Woodstock . |
| 27 | But Kraal only shook his head and stared mournfully out on to the lovely morning , seeing only a memory of an old eagle he had argued with but always loved and who would never come back . |
| 28 | Once , they exploded with a sound so terrifying that it brought all of us below instantly out on to the rain-drenched deck . |
| 29 | The window looked out on to the cobbled yard . |
| 30 | We walked out on to the large veranda and sat down with the lagoon spread out below and in front of us . |