Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 However , outwardly cool , calm and composed , and trying to use up as many minutes as possible , she slowly got out of her car and , just as slowly , moved to the stout front door of the imposing building .
2 The two mills were thus run in tandem by Marling and Co from 1883 to 1920 , when they eventually sold out to P.C. Evans and Sons Ltd .
3 I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’
4 I only got out of the hospital because of an old unclosed file , and a doctor from the outside who took an interest in my case .
5 ‘ I suddenly got out of bed half naked .
6 Corbett walked across and was grateful when Selkirk diplomatically moved out of earshot .
7 If I suddenly swanned out of the bathroom in satin , Nick would have a fit .
8 ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would .
9 We only found out about it in the British press when we arrived in Wales .
10 They only found out about the marriage afterwards and used it to strengthen their case , which was , basically that the Archbishop could n't have someone teaching in a school in Clontarf who was the author of a banned book .
11 was also fully occupied , planning a surprise honeymoon to California , which only found out about when they reached the airport .
12 I only found out about the Japanese this morning .
13 I only found out about you when I saw his car parked outside that night . ’
14 And he only found out from one of his operatives who had seen Bernard at Beirut Airport last night . ’
15 But I mean , we only found out by accident yesterday !
16 Even though the wind kept the tops cool , the sun was relentless , and I foolishly changed out of my breeches into shorts for the remainder of the route .
17 The flagstones were slippery and so hollowed out by three centuries of passing feet that along some of the walkways the puddles had coalesced into shallow canals .
18 Tory asked suddenly , pointing down to a strand of granite pebbles by which a group of bright blooms apparently sprouted out of the shallow water .
19 Dunlop , giving his new Honda : which only came out of the crate on Thursday : its first run , finished second to Paul Harbinson in the first race before beating Stephen Farmer and Gary Dynes in the second race .
20 However , the approaches to its main executives only came out under aggressive press questioning of Mr Gatward after yesterday 's meeting which a handful of shareholders attended .
21 However , the approaches to its main executives only came out under aggressive press questioning of Mr Gatward after yesterday 's meeting which a handful of shareholders attended .
22 Mildred tried to shriek , but it only came out as a frenzied croaking .
23 Enough came out of that conversation to keep me brooding half the night .
24 The kitten lived to be nine , so came out of the whole business best , I suppose .
25 Luch hated that task ; Ranald loved it — he never seemed to get sick , though there was aye less came out of the bowl than went in .
26 He suddenly darted out from behind a metal ladder and Whitlock aimed at his legs .
27 A rat suddenly darted out from a hole in the side of the drum and she had to bite back the scream that rose in her throat .
28 Then , while the right hand wrote on , it conjured up the pack of cigarettes once again , conjured one out , and conjured a flame out of a butane lighter it suddenly turned out to be holding .
29 It suddenly happened out of thin air .
30 He only opened out to her slowly .
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