Example sentences of "out [prep] a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.

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1 I was told to look out for a redstart at the next bend , its black face and chestnut tail showing for brief moments as it darted into the open , out and back , fly catching .
2 He looked surprised at her request for a word in private , but readily agreed and led her across the hotel reception hall , out through a door at the rear of the building and into the garden .
3 WARSAW ( Reuter ) — Carmelite nuns denied a report that they had moved out of a convent at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz which has caused a row between Roman Catholics and Jews .
4 The goal of this chapter is to examine the importance of commitment and conviction and to analyse the doubt which grows out of a deficiency at the threshold of conversion .
5 He decided to feature John , who was out of a job at the time .
6 It 's only the ground floor , really , and it is set out with a bar at the back and refreshments like the old music halls used to be with every so often , every few seats there is a table so that it 's a thing to have your drink and refreshments to hand at the table .
7 The European Arts Festival which enlivened the scene throughout 1992 goes out with a bang at the Barbican Centre with an explosion of artistic events .
8 He swivelled from joist to joist , raker to rafter , feeling horribly like a monkey and getting very cold feet in the process even though he was breaking out in a sweat at the same time .
9 Broke out in a sweat at the very sight of it .
10 I mean , I lashed out in a panic at the last moment .
11 They want him in and out within a month at the very outside .
12 Putting down her cup , she reached for the silk robe laid out on a chair at the side of the bed .
13 Almost immediately after birth he was sent out to a wet-nurse at the nearby village of Syderstone , where he remained until he was weaned , at about 18 months .
14 Strong performances by most parts of the food conglomerate were largely cancelled out by a slump at the US subsidiary , Keebler , according to Sir Robert Clarke , the chairman .
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