Example sentences of "it [vb past] out [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It arose out of a strike in July 1964 by ACTT television technicians claiming higher wages ( and an improvement in working conditions ) and it involved all the independent television companies , which included three for whom my firm acted . |
| 2 | Raising his voice a little , so that it cracked out like a whiplash , he said tersely , ‘ Off wi' thoo . ’ |
| 3 | But there it petered out in a welter of bloody , confused fighting . |
| 4 | A passer-by noticed the suspicious object strapped underneath the vehicle as it drove out of a car park last night , but failed in a desperate attempt to alert the driver . |
| 5 | She laughed shortly but it came out as a half-sob . |
| 6 | " Please — " I tried to formulate some plea in the middle of a pain , but it came out as a whimper . |
| 7 | I yelled … it came out as a croak only but it was a yell in my mind … |
| 8 | When the other hand came on her shoulder and turned into a grip , the ice in her body seemed to affect her , for it came out as a croak , saying : ‘ Da … |
| 9 | Lorton tried to laugh : it came out as a croak . |
| 10 | Er , I think it came out at a Trial Audit and we should have a job specification , even if it 's a generic job specification for every member of staff . |
| 11 | So it came out of a budget when we were all ratepayers , it did n't come out of poll tax payers ' budgets okay ? |
| 12 | Which was interesting at that time , since it came out of a tin and not out of an office . |
| 13 | Once she knew the other two women had talked , it came out like a flood . |
| 14 | It flowed out in a torrent . |
| 15 | It stuck out of a patch of sand , jutting at a steep angle , about a metre and a half of it exposed . |
| 16 | I scrambled to my feet , forcing the turban over my eyes and bending the feather till it stuck out like a pan-handle , went nervously into the comedy routine and finished by singing , ‘ If There 's a Wrong Way to Do It ’ and walking into the proscenium arch . |
| 17 | A tiny frog is in the hands of environmental health officers after it leapt out from a bunch of bananas , bought in a supermarket in the Forest of Dean . |
| 18 | Marcia Fleat , 39 , was going to work at an old folk 's home when her Vauxhall was hit as it pulled out of a junction . |
| 19 | It started out as a miracle of nature and was enhanced by the fine art of cultivation . |
| 20 | It looked out over a garden so long overgrown it was returning to jungle . |
| 21 | It literally came to light by accident when it fell out of a bag — it was God 's will , I suppose . ’ |
| 22 | It stood out like a beacon in that rather murky period . |