Example sentences of "out on [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She stepped out on to a narrow cement path .
2 Wu Shih turned , leading them along the lang , the covered walkway , then up a twist of wooden steps and out on to a broad gallery above a concealed lake .
3 Through the large plate glass windows ( a pleasant feature of all Wildfowl Trust Centres ) we looked out on to a deep lagoon , dug especially to attract wild birds .
4 The next morning , as Harriet looked out on to a calmer sea , she switched on her wireless to hear that the Second Front had begun .
5 At the top of the atrium , the pitched-roof-profile roof-light was made larger than was strictly necessary in order to provide a conservatory complete with tropical plants ( Plate 48 ) which leads out on to a landscaped roof garden capping the western half of the building .
6 Turn out on to a deep-sided dish .
7 The expanse of beach was so denuded of any trace of the present century we might have stepped out on to a distant planet .
8 The Doctor found himself in a room bordered by folding screens which opened out on to a wide area which was covered by a light wooden roof supported by thin , widely spaced poles .
9 Bar/Breakfast room looking out on to a small patio .
10 This faces out on to a flooded water meadow full of grazing buffaloes .
11 Downstairs , the large kitchen looks out on to a spectacular garden , complete with fountains , a stream and sculptured bushes and shrubs .
12 Turn the rice out on to a cutting board .
13 Jess looked round the big kitchen ; at the dresser full of blue and white china ; the copper kettle hanging steaming over the fire ; the tubs and jugs and iron pans ; the rough whitewashed walls and the big sash window looking out on to a rising kitchen garden .
14 Round the back you would step out on to a paved patio , leading to a long garden overlooking a field .
15 Michele helped Luce out on to a paved patio .
16 6 Turn out on to a large plate and remove the paper .
17 At the post office there is a clear indication for the turn off to the left , which very soon becomes a forest track that comes out on to a metalled road after 10 minutes walk .
18 We buy two pints of Taylor Walker and take them out on to the rear balcony .
19 He went back into the kitchen and Alison unlocked the window , stepping out on to the clay-tiled terrace .
20 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 .
21 Carrie sighed in resignation as he carried her out on to the small landing and leaned his shoulder against the bedroom door .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 Slowly , with her fists clenched tightly and her lips pursed , she put one foot and then the other out on to the first stepping-stone .
25 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 .
26 Sara got up impulsively and threw open the french windows and stepped out on to the stone-flagged terrace .
27 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 .
28 On a raised dais in front of large windows looking out on to the agricultural college gardens sat the Inspector .
29 As she stepped out on to the third floor , her dark brows were drawn together in the beginnings of a frown because she was still thinking of that last conversation .
30 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 .
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