Example sentences of "[v-ing] out [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Her face is coming back to me yet again , reforming out of bouncing shadow .
2 The unknown is always the most fearsome , opening out into wide areas of conjecture .
3 They stretched on and on , one opening out into another round every corner .
4 Nevertheless , 1993 will see a number of opportunities opening out in both new geographical markets in South East Asia and West Africa and also as a result of our recently introduced Orion satellite positioning system .
5 ‘ I ai n't walking out on this , ’ I say .
6 Even contemplating walking out over such a small matter may seem ridiculous , but within the context of that small world , the dispute was a major one .
7 The Progressive Democrats had been on the brink of walking out of Prime Minister Albert Reynolds ' government team over an accusation of dishonesty he made against their leader , Des O'Malley , last week .
8 ‘ Just try walking out of that door with the intention of hitch-hiking and see where it gets you ! ’
9 She stayed in work until she was 29 walking out for five years with her fiance , an engineer 's blacksmith who was himself a great reader , while they saved up to marry .
10 ‘ Fine by me , but wo n't Bryant smell a rat when he sees me walking out with all this ? ’
11 Prime Minister Vitold Fokin , however , took the offensive at the parliamentary session on July 3 , condemning attempts by parliament to interfere in government affairs , threatening the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers , and walking out with all but two of his ministers .
12 If he had been walking out with any other girl in service in the town they could have stayed in on a wet night and talked by the kitchen range , but with the Hogans hovering around he had to bring Patsy out into the rain .
13 Very actressy — flinging plates , storming out of other people 's dinner parties .
14 ‘ I still expect ter see 'im come walkin' out o' that yard , ’ she said , nodding to the Galloway stables on the bend of the street .
15 There may even be some good reasons for keeping out of this no-man's-land .
16 As a result of this activity , a three-dimensional model of a tin mine can take on the appearance of a twisted mass of petrified spaghetti with shafts and tunnels splaying out in all directions .
17 If the bank mortgage form does not set out the precise amount of the home loan and the terms under which it is to be repaid , then it is important to ensure that the client receives a letter from the bank manager spelling out in precise terms the nature of the loan , the interest rate applicable to it and the regularity of the instalment payments .
18 Their sense of tradition is also very strong and instead of dying out in 1951 when enthusiasm was beginning to wane a little , it was revitalised when Stanley Robshaw took it in hand and set it firmly on its feet again .
19 " Is everyone bidding out of future pay ? "
20 Lancaster 's objections to the regime , however , were concerned just as much with domestic affairs : he criticized the queen for her greed and acquisitiveness , singling out for special mention her appropriation of the lordship of Pontefract which had been held by Earl Thomas in right of his wife , He complained that the treasure left by Edward II had been ‘ wastede and born away withouten the wille of Kyng Edwarde his sone , in destruccioun of him and of his folk ’ , and proposed that Mortimer ‘ shouldd dwelle oppon his owen landes ’ .
21 Mr Vernon added that , as though to celebrate the anniversary , the fund raisers had turned in record figures yet again , singling out for special thanks the branches and guilds new record of over £10m .
22 To be worth singling out for special attention , a semantic relation needs to be at least systematic , in the sense that it recurs in a number of pairs or sets of related lexical units ( it will be recalled that the expression lexical unit is used to refer to a lexical form together with a single distinguished sense ) .
23 And that 's the kind of singling out of one group of workers , and making a special case for them , that she really disapproved of .
24 ‘ Ghosts ’ at least demonstrates that the music does n't have to have the speed of a cocaine-snorting cheetah to create the energy and is worth checking out for this alone .
25 The Dodge mounted the kerb , headlights suddenly stabbing out on full beam .
26 Giving up with the Browning , Ace lobbed a grenade at the sedan chair , and was rewarded by the sight of Mait leaping out with surprising agility instants before the chair was blown apart .
27 He confesses this is why he 's started leaping out in uncharacteristic new directions which discomfit the regulars , playing with bright colours and polka dots when the world expects sludge and subtle stripes ad nauseam .
28 We almost convince ourselves that the music is created not by the orchestra but by the tip of the baton itself , rich sounds oozing out like some exotic genie .
29 The stereo cassette is an essential tool , with Queen blasting out at full volume while she produces her fine work .
30 I say to my rock-musician friends : ‘ What could be heavier than 15 people all together , blasting out on those bamboo tubes ?
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