Example sentences of "[v-ing] out [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your boyfriend certainly has a communication problem and walking out on an argument is very immature . |
| 2 | A notorious Australian criminal is behind bars again eight weeks after walking out of an open prison . |
| 3 | In the age of monumentalisation a new architecture is created , in a radically redesigned temple : a long , narrow room , its focal point a cult-statue at the back looking out through an entrance-porch at the east end . |
| 4 | Imagine you have an office with large windows looking out over an open-plan office ; through these windows you can see what your subordinates are up to . |
| 5 | I can also keep alive inside me an awareness of the delicate balance , looking out for an opportunity to support independent initiative within whatever restrictions are imposed . |
| 6 | You can tell how lively they are by the fact that they work not in great white north-lit drawing-offices , like the more fashionable and established groups , but in a few cramped rooms on the fourth floor of an Edwardian commercial block , above a tobacconist and an employment agency , mostly looking out on an airwell . |
| 7 | Much better than booming out in an intimidating voice , " We ca n't hear you ! " |
| 8 | The real problem when it comes to going out with an infant is the amount of clobber you have to take with you . |
| 9 | I was 33 by then and played till the end of the season , which was at least better than going out on an injury . ’ |
| 10 | We 're going out to an expensive restaurant , a very expensive restaurant , the sort of place Selina can dress up for |
| 11 | She started going through her bag , making sure she had everything , like a woman going out for an ordinary evening . |
| 12 | Are you going out for an evening meal , or ? |
| 13 | It covered the whole of her face , shaping to its contours and jutting out with an exaggerated jawline . |
| 14 | He came rushing out of an alleyway just ahead of me but he did n't see me . |
| 15 | She had been on a bus once and had seen Simon in a posh car pulling out of an ‘ executive ’ housing estate opposite the boating lake . |
| 16 | An inefficient management must either improve its performance , or face the consequences of the shareholders selling out to an alternative managerial team . |
| 17 | Not only that , but he had worked out in the gym that morning , then managed a half-hour nap before heading out for an unusually late lunchtime start from the VIP terminal at Heathrow . |
| 18 | He said Libya was not being ‘ stubborn ’ , but merely holding out for an honourable solution to the crisis . |
| 19 | Yet as was noted , inventions , like choices , are always constrained by social experiential factors such as available opportunities and knowledge of alternatives ; even the most ardent indeterminist would acknowledge such things ( while still holding out for an irreducible residue of free choice ) . |
| 20 | The rider had managed to keep a hold on one rein and the horse was masking him — hopping and kicking out in an effort to break free . |
| 21 | Drifting out of an open window , riding over a choppy bassline , comes the distinctive voice of Omar . |
| 22 | Then they heard Monks calling out of an upstairs window . |
| 23 | The chapter also discusses the UK Accounting Standard , the spreading of the original cost over the useful life of the asset and depreciation as a measure of the wearing out of an asset . |
| 24 | Founded by Muz Murray , who was featured on the first issue 's cover breaking out of an egg , Gandalf 's Garden distilled the essence of the time 's peace , love , mysticism , and delusion . |
| 25 | Package approval listings can be inspected by breaking out to an editor using PF1/1 . |
| 26 | The Fish-Boy knocked at the door , and a second later a large plate came flying out of an open window . |
| 27 | Figure 8.2 , starting at the centre of a circle and pointing out towards an indefinitely increasing circle , relates to the way in which all religions point towards Mystery . |
| 28 | Then an oak tree spiralled up , branching out like an exploding green rocket , and was in the middle of a venerable copse even before the tips of its aged branches had stopped quivering . |
| 29 | The basic tree consists of a network branching out from an initial decision of whether or not to undertake the project . |
| 30 | The basic tree consists of a network branching out from an initial decision of whether or not to undertake the project . |