Example sentences of "[adv] out to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And red-breasted merganser headed purposefully out to sea — as our four-hour boat trip came to an end . |
| 2 | Ruth looked doubtfully out to sea , wondering what he meant ; but then she began to see something , more with her mind 's eye than in reality , though she knew at once it was very real . |
| 3 | Mobility is repeatedly linked in Out to hypertrophy of the imagination which , like a prism , refracts the ‘ colourless ’ light of the protagonist 's civic identity into the protean kaleidoscopic images of his fantasy selves by means of the ‘ coloured ’ language of metaphor . |
| 4 | ‘ I think he 's finally out to lunch . |
| 5 | We whipped over the northernmost house , across the beach , and thus out to sea again . |
| 6 | The Me109s swept away out to sea and made no attempt to turn for a further attack . |
| 7 | But by the time they got to the beach , the ship was already out to sea . |
| 8 | The Marines were staring morosely out to sea , when a glimmer of unusual movement caught their eyes . |
| 9 | I shall , I 'm gon na take that letter on and come back here , just out to post |
| 10 | Guillemots and razor bills whirred rapidly out to sea , surface-dived for fish , and whirred back again to feed hungry chicks . |
| 11 | Christina struck out across the aquamarine water and swam quickly out to sea . |
| 12 | Only Røst lay further out to sea . |
| 13 | Here he was surprised and a little frightened to find that he was being carried further out to sea . |
| 14 | They 'd taken the motorised dinghy across to explore the fairy-tale clarity of the water in the natural sea caves of the Blue Grotto , then on Roman 's orders had spurned the small cove he 'd mentioned as too crowded , and returned to take the yacht further out to sea , choosing a peaceful place to drop anchor and eat the picnic he 'd stowed away as a surprise … |
| 15 | Even where the coast does not face directly towards the incoming waves refraction causes the waves to swing round and approach the shore less obliquely than they were when further out to sea ( Fig. 8.8 ) . |
| 16 | The wind was driving me further out to sea and my boat began to fill with water . |
| 17 | Originally it had gates and walls further out to sea . |
| 18 | In 1989 , for example , the problem of dirty beaches led to a government commitment to dump sewage further out to sea . |
| 19 | An oil rig tender also succeeded , after initial problems , in towing the tanker further out to sea to calmer waters , where the remaining oil was transferred to another tanker . |
| 20 | They also contradict the British government 's long-standing claim that pollution is worst along the coastlines and falls off further out to sea . |
| 21 | The extensive rescue operation involved the tanker being towed further out to sea , the use of powerful water cannons to cool the hull and the application of anti-flame foam . |
| 22 | He decided to live in Dorset and chose this site ( where an earlier house had been ) , because it looked for all the world as though , when the house was built , it could sail straight out to sea . |
| 23 | Flights of birds disturbed by the sound of turning wheels rose from their nests and flew straight out to sea . |
| 24 | ELISABETH DANZIGER STOOD AT THE OPEN window and watched the gulls swoop round the house , fly straight out to sea and then drop suddenly for prey . |
| 25 | When the tide flows out , the current often flows straight out to sea washing any distressed windsurfer with it . |
| 26 | He frowned and looked fixedly out to sea . |
| 27 | I said , that , erm , begrudgingly I must admit , I said , you gon na stay overnight , no , no , I 've come to take you both out to dinner . |
| 28 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 29 | The trade winds weaken , the waters off the Ecuadorian coast are not pushed relentlessly out to sea , there is no consequent need for any replenishment . |
| 30 | ‘ He was blue in the face and appeared to have collapsed , but the vessel had carried on out to sea . |