Example sentences of "come out on to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the less than half light Owen saw that Georgiades had come out on to the gallery .
2 Then , not even glancing at the room beyond , or at a woman who had come out on to the stairs , she led him away to a small room of perfect luxury at the back of the house , which was clearly her own .
3 Jilly Jonathan was sitting just as she had been ever since they had come out on to the terrace .
4 Then my granny had to come out on to the verandah and interfere .
5 Later , when the Porter came out on to the platform , Peter asked about the white line .
6 All London came out on to the streets to watch when Essex and his men left for Ireland .
7 He came out on to the balcony with the bottle and sat down next to her .
8 The General rose from behind his enormous mahogany desk , without visibly gaining in stature , and came out on to the veranda to see us off .
9 The sound of the door opening and of voices as people came out on to the deck shocked her so much that she felt physically sick .
10 She came out on to the porch , lifting the lamp higher .
11 Mrs Pettifer came out on to the terrace with a tray , glasses and a big bottle of champagne .
12 The nearby door opened and two men came out on to the landing .
13 When she came out on to the landing , her grandmother called to her .
14 They had to walk down the long straight street past Shea 's pub with its sour smell of drink coming out on to the street from behind its dark windows , past Birdie Mac 's sweet shop where they had spent so much time choosing from jars all their school life .
15 Coming out on to the landing he was horrified to find Eleanor mounting the stairs , this time wearing a thick tweed trouser suit with a scarf wrapped round her throat , presumably as some sort of protection against the peasouper outside which he knew , to his cost , had already infiltrated his lodgings and was making him cough .
16 But why did he come out on to the moor ?
17 Come out on to the balcony , ’ he said .
18 The air is still cool when he comes out on to the street , and the sunlight has that soft , early-morning freshness which makes even the cars and buses seem alert and hopeful .
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