Example sentences of "was [v-ing] out [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reached up and ruffled Prentice 's hair in the semi-darkness ; the boy 's head was hanging out over the top bunk . |
| 2 | But Tsu Ma had turned already and was wading out into the deeper water . |
| 3 | The women were seated straight-backed on the edge of two big cane armchairs , and Robert , his back turned , was looking out of a high arched window . |
| 4 | In the back a woman was looking out of the open window , her chin propped on the heel of her hand . |
| 5 | He was going out with a silly cow of an art student and she lent him the book . |
| 6 | I nodded to her and to Aline , who was Franco-Vietnamese and engaged to Hugh Watt , one of Ashley 's multitudinous cousins from the branch of the family that seemed to favour consorts of an exotic provenance ( Hugh 's brother Craig was going out with a stunning , lanky Nigerian called Noor ) . |
| 7 | He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire . |
| 8 | Cos I was going out in the fresh air , I 'm alright when I 'm out in the fresh air . |
| 9 | Meg was pointing out towards the far shore . |
| 10 | Jarvis , who was getting out at the next station , asked where they would be the following night ; the man who said his name was Jed Lowrie told him the Metropolitan , the Hammersmith Line . |
| 11 | ‘ You see , Lewis , ’ began Morse , as the two strolled back to the front of the property , ‘ Kemp had grown tired of Sheila Williams and was starting out on a new conquest — the delectable Lucy Downes . |
| 12 | When he finally spoke , it was as if his voice was coming out of a large , brunette bush . |
| 13 | He was coming out of the rough and flying . |
| 14 | It seems that the Battler and Rico let fly at somebody who was coming out of the back door of the Regal Arms . |
| 15 | Not with the head injuries , no , it was a group of the and he was coming out of the just coming out some pub down in Conasquay and he was these lads were all singing , apparently this is what happened anyway , they were all singing and you know making merry and he said , what are you all so cheerful about or something ? |
| 16 | Faced with a whole series of books to write , Swainson had the choice of simply following Cuvier 's system , which was coming out in an English version at the same time , or of doing something new ; and he chose the latter . |
| 17 | The hour of acute awareness was running out into the usual hopeless analysis of a hopeless situation , the usual emotional slush . |
| 18 | He was staring out at the great dark sweep of the Edge , above the dale . |
| 19 | But when she saw what he was taking out of the inside pocket of the overcoat , she felt faint with fright . |
| 20 | Gazzer , moving cautiously , looking all about him , was creeping out of the left-hand tunnel and making for the entrance . |
| 21 | A small head was poking out of the topmost window . |
| 22 | I was born in May 1947 , when the whole of Britain was thawing out of a long , freezing winter made crueller by a fuel crisis . |
| 23 | Mrs Parvis was standing out on the front doorstep , pretending to watch out for something in the sky . |
| 24 | The German mortaring had suddenly stopped and the Brigade Major was standing out in the open talking to an Officer when , just as suddenly , the mortars started up again , sending their bombs swishing through the trees and sending the Brigade Major diving for cover . |
| 25 | The quay was deserted ; soon the Black Pig was floating out on the falling tide , and for once as they hoisted the mainsail the crew were well pleased to be going back to sea . |
| 26 | From a paper selling to dissident literati and the children of CND It was extending out to a new rock culture , and this accelerated the departure of the old American influences . |
| 27 | A band was playing out on the huge terrace and one or two couples were lazily dancing . |
| 28 | Other bits stayed where they were , making her look like something Special Effects was trying out for the next Dr Who series . |
| 29 | Nutty rode on hopefully , but when she got to the gate Mrs Smith was backing out in a large yellow Range Rover and glared at having to give way to a mere equestrian . |
| 30 | For Jezrael was striding out under the pink-brown dome of the sky , knuckling away the tears that spilled out from her protective lenses . |