Example sentences of "they [vb base] out [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes a head-on collision with a lorry seems inevitable , but somehow at the last moment we or they swerve out of the way .
2 This is a pity , as it means that students find it harder to get their names known , and it means they lose out on a degree of publicity .
3 This type of alteration is called saussuritisation , and other similar types of hydrothermal alteration can be recognised in the other igneous rocks of the igneous complex of south Harris where they crop out in the thrust zone .
4 What they want out of a gang fight is a nice big bruise … that they can show around during the week . ’
5 ‘ We have to listen to what they want out of the Association .
6 They cry out for the magic of the modern movies .
7 His hobby was breeding bees and one day he brought them in in a glass cabinet and he was saying , ‘ These are the workers and this is the queen bee , and they fly out of the window and come back with pollen and they make honey . ’
8 " Were it not for what they receive out of the tax … they would not knit or spin for so small wages , as they receive for that work , because they would starve by it . "
9 Picture them , Tabitha Jute and Marco Metz , as they walk out across the spaceport tarmac this chilly Schiaparelli evening , to climb aboard the not-quite-redeemed Alice and take off into the Martian sky , bound on a journey that will take them to Plenty — and far , far beyond .
10 These days I forget what I prescribe and what people have got when they walk out of the surgery .
11 ‘ Oh , you can ‘ But , Daddy ’ at me all you like — it 's not going to bring you , or any of those amadans mocking the poor guard , back to life when they walk out under a ten-ton truck . ’
12 When they spot some promising zebras , or antelopes , they spread out into a line .
13 Here I feel awake and ready , compelled to be on my feet when the sun reaches us , and the cattle , fretful and peckish , are released in a torrent of bay and brown and white , their huge horns gradually unlocking and separating as they spread out into the plain .
14 As soon as more advanced types evolved in response to a stimulating environment , they spread out around the world , driving earlier , more primitive forms into marginal locations where they were able to survive for some time before extinction .
15 They spread out from the Thing like a tide ; panels lit up like little skies full of stars , big lights in the ceiling flickered on , there was a distant banging and fizzing as electricity was woken up , and the air began to smell of thunderstorms .
16 They wash out over a number of shampoos .
17 Then they speak out of the silence bringing their insights to the person .
18 All they care about is what they gouge out of the ground and grind into profit ’ .
19 Yes , so that until they drop out of the system erm , erm , a year from when that stage one decision was making , the teams over the sub teams overall stage one times are likely to be erm considerably higher than they will be in the month immediately after that er multiple has dropped out .
20 ‘ Amazin' how much bigger they look out of the water , ’ commented Billy .
21 They look out over the audience . )
22 They look out for the organisation of sites , quality of substructure and superstructure , the finish , external works and quality control .
23 They stand out in a city that seems , until one discovers its finer corners , architecturally roughhewn .
24 Can certain individuals be directed in such a way that they stand out from the mass because they are the tellers of the story , the chief exponents in the drama or theme ?
25 Either they jump out of the Cabinet , or they jump around in it .
26 Nobody listens but instead they stare out at the countryside , the classic English landscape .
27 She slumps , her legs sprawled , as they inch out into the traffic , heading for a place which serves Gascon specialities .
28 The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe .
29 But they set out for the Town Hall none the less .
30 They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon .
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