Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] out to " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 2 | All had their sails up and all were looking out to the Solent , not back towards the red foils approaching them at 35 knots . |
| 3 | Her eyes were looking out to sea . |
| 4 | And then there was a study into and area of Belfast where most of the men were unemployed and it was the women who were going out to work in the factory and it was found to be the other way round , and the women spoke more of a non-standard than the men did when the men were staying at home . |
| 5 | Did he not know that 33 per cent of married women were going out to work , and that did n't mean they were competing to do Mrs Griffiths-Jones ’ dishes ? |
| 6 | Their parents were going out to drinks , there was no problem . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't realize you were going out to dinner . |
| 8 | Ken went to the man 's flat before they were going out to dinner . |
| 9 | Soon the calls were going out to groups all over the country . |
| 10 | And on , on erm Thursday Thursday evening before they were going out to Mark she came home at just about half one . |
| 11 | The British staff at Culham were pointing out to the eminent scientists that they are paid less than their colleagues from fourteen other European countries working alongside them . |
| 12 | Stressing CCETSW 's target annual figure would remain 5,000 students , she said evidence showed that some qualified social workers were losing out to other professional groups in the race for care management posts . |
| 13 | She wanted — needed him so much , in spite of everything , that it seemed as if her entire heart and soul were crying out to him . |
| 14 | But the shadows that were deepening over Europe were reaching out to " change everything " in lives across the world , and the Burrows family were to be no exception . |
| 15 | Eliot , as was to be expected , was particularly interested in the kind of propaganda we were putting out to Germany and Italy : for the propaganda war had already begun and was intensifying . |
| 16 | As Cole points out , the Pioneers ‘ were setting out to be at one and the same time a Producers ’ and a Consumers ' Society ; and this seemed natural to them because all their endeavours were meant to lead to the creation of a Co-operative Community on the Owenite model , in which the distinction between producers and consumers would not exist . ’ |
| 17 | In the next room half of Beverly Hills High was freaking out to The Doors . |
| 18 | I swear that dog was looking out to sea with his blind eye . |
| 19 | As we turned Bass Point with a good view of the Predannack helicopter base , my concentration was drawn by a helicopter which had lifted off and was heading out to sea , at our level and across our path . |
| 20 | A three-man crew from the independent Southport Lifeboat Service was called out following reports that a shrimp rig driven by Joe Ross was heading out to sea . |
| 21 | I knew what I was going out to and I was only concerned that there might be some hitch or delay , that I might get there and find that someone had made a mistake and I was n't due out for another six months — such was my anxiety to be released . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't know I was going out to dinner , ’ said Daisy defensively . |
| 23 | My husband was going out to Qatar , that pear drop of moonscape pitted with rich oases and edged with ancient trading posts , the Emirate that had refused at the last moment to join Sheikh Zayed 's dream of unity . |
| 24 | P.B. They might have changed their tune , they might have changed their job description , but the job description was she was going out to primary schools . |
| 25 | Minny : one day when I 'd been gushing about her dress when she was going out to a dance . |
| 26 | ‘ The version I heard-was that Lesley-Jane was going out to dinner with Michael Banks ‘ to go through his lines ’ . ’ |
| 27 | Maybe if she told him she was going out to Australia . |
| 28 | And it was Alice , right , and as I was going out to the door , she said to Alice , Alice must have said to her , are we going tonight ? |
| 29 | She was going out to a party , I got a bucket of water , threw it over her head ! |
| 30 | She was going out to a party . |