Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] out to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put my hands out to the wall and , as I did so , the optimist still containing my legs , drifted away slowly , leaving my stomach sagging gracefully into the water . |
| 2 | Why did men always try and make their failings out to be her fault ? |
| 3 | But one can imagine that Nicky , by virtue of size and age alone , could scare away any hungry young men looking to pour their hearts out to the delicate seeming star . |
| 4 | ‘ Show them , Molly , ’ he said , and she held her wrists out to us . |
| 5 | This means that the value of a firm would indeed rise as it took on more debt because it was paying less of its earnings out to the taxman . |
| 6 | I took her things out to the Toyota . |
| 7 | She slammed down her wine glass on the table and held her palms out to him . |
| 8 | All sorts of people held their hands out to me but I do n't think I ever got anything . |
| 9 | Marian put her hands out to the flames . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , I 'm glad to see you , Karel ! ’ she said , holding her hands out to him . |
| 11 | She held one of her hands out to him . |
| 12 | She advises worried parents to take their children out to museums , the theatre and cinema , and to make sure that they are getting plenty of interaction with other children . |
| 13 | Many local authorities have moved ahead and are putting many of their services out to competitive tender . |
| 14 | If doing a deal with another company will help you to get their records out to people then I ca n't see why you should n't do it . |
| 15 | In order to economise , the officers of some parishes put their workhouses out to private contract ; this practice — an early example of privatisation — was known as ‘ farming the poor ’ . |
| 16 | He was taking a group of his own men plus dogs and their handlers out to the helicopter base where he could brief them together with the pilots . |
| 17 | The boy stretched his fingers out to their furthest limit and held his thumb back rigidly , at right-angles to his forefinger . |
| 18 | If he took all his clients out to expensive lunches , invited them to concerts … |
| 19 | He looks at me and nods , almost invisibly , then reaches his arms out to my son , who moves slowly , reverentially , forward . |
| 20 | Mark holds his hands out to Babur , justifying himself . |
| 21 | Slowly raise your arms out to the sides until they are horizontal . |
| 22 | Stand with feet comfortably apart and take your arms out to the sides . |
| 23 | Stretch your arms out to the sides , flex both hands , and draw small , quick tight circles round one way . |