Example sentences of "[v-ing] out at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was here that Minton , whilst sunbathing out at sea on a lilo narrowly escaped the shark which , tempted by a lump of goat meat on a steel hook , was hauled in the next day . |
| 2 | They spent their time hiding behind low stone walls and leaping out at motorists travelling in bus lanes . |
| 3 | Ferd seemed like the kind of creature who would know about leaping out at folks . |
| 4 | That was one of the reasons he liked living out at Little Knoll , so he could have his own life , his own place that none of them at school knew about . |
| 5 | It was as if you were swimming out at sea with a piece of string tied round your middle attached to someone on the shore . |
| 6 | Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times . |
| 7 | And we talk about standard light bulbs — the idea here is that take a terrestrial example again , suppose you 're looking out at night and you see a light approaching you , if it 's a cyclist with a very faint light then you 'll not see him until he 's quite close . |
| 8 | The original ‘ new ’ castle began here at the end of the sixteenth century ; developments a century later added the bow window in which Johnson stood looking out at Norway , and repeating the words of his ancient star , Horace — in the same room as Boswell wished for an introduction to the King of Denmark . |
| 9 | ‘ Someone 's been splashing out at Woolworths , ’ said O'Hara , tapping with his hook at the pearls . |
| 10 | It was monitoring by abolitionists which prompted the seizure by customs officers of a Spanish vessel fitting out at Gravesend for entry into the Cuban slave trade . |
| 11 | In 1940 U.556 had been fitting out at Hamburg at the same quay as the Bismarck and in return for borrowing Bismarck 's band for her commissioning ceremony , Wohlfarth , who was a skilled cartoonist , prepared a document , charred at the edges to show its age , whereby U.556 would ‘ adopt ’ Bismarck ( as towns in Germany and England then were adopting warships ) and protect her from harm in all the oceans , seas , lakes , ponds , puddles of the world . |
| 12 | December 1988 : The budget deficit for 1988-89 looks like turning out at £4m or £5m . |
| 13 | If you 're going out at night , make sure your parents always know where you are , who you are with and how to contact you . |
| 14 | After the discovery of the antique shop window , I started going out at night and looking for other window displays . |
| 15 | The attack left them with a fear of going out at night . |
| 16 | After the discovery of the antique shop window , I started going out at night and looking for other window displays . |
| 17 | Er and I always used to think it must be extremely , they 'd hear them going out at night and you know then count the planes coming back . |
| 18 | Jaime King says it will be good to get a break away … it is hard work because of the early starts there 's no going out at night … but she enjoys it |
| 19 | She 'll have to get used to going out at night again instead of sitting at home waiting for a husband who never shows up . |
| 20 | We got so that , I mean , especially if we 're going out at night and something 's |
| 21 | ‘ Yes ? ’ he said , peering out at Miss Honey . |
| 22 | After a year or two I was nipping out at lunchtime to pick up a new skirt for the office party , calling at the dry cleaners , handing in the photos to be developed and meeting friends for lunch with the best of them . |
| 23 | They live their first few months in the river , then migrate downstream to the sea ; they spend two or three years in feeding and growing out at sea , during which they cover thousands of miles ; and when mature , they migrate back to exactly the same river , and same tributary , as they were born in . |
| 24 | It emerged that chief executive Phillip Kaye has reduced his stake from 8m shares to 6m ( 3.2 p.c. ) , selling out at 59½p . |
| 25 | Tickets are fast selling out at £1 each . |
| 26 | It was Gazzer , still clinging on like a monkey and kicking out at Simon , who was dragging him back . |
| 27 | And Monica began kicking out at Alice 's legs , and beating about with her arms . |
| 28 | Sometimes , and Katherine did n't know which was worse , she would stamp round and rail , flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse . |
| 29 | ‘ And I continue briskly with my artistic career , Breaking Out at weekends it must be admitted — but in the main being the severe and collected Minton that you have come to expect . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Breaking out at weekends ’ had now become a pathological habit . |