Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] sight " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other is to disperse them so that their unwanted presence may be put more or less out of sight ’ ( p. 280 ) . |
| 2 | But on the way home , the prospect of a day or so out of sight seemed a prudent thing to consider . |
| 3 | He smiled back at them , shifting his weight smoothly from foot to foot as he reversed , turned again and was off at an ever accelerating pace round the bend of the lake and swiftly out of sight . |
| 4 | Most often seen either as a long-winged rufous bird flying fast and twistingly out of sight among the trees , or in unmistakable territorial flight ( ‘ roding ’ ) . |
| 5 | He was close enough to hear the skid of rubber on tarmac , and then it was past the building and away out of sight . |
| 6 | Evans reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper , crumpled as though it had been thrust deeply and desperately out of sight . |
| 7 | The thread which joined them was as light and insubstantial as dandelion seed , and once out of sight of each other , the spell was broken . |
| 8 | If the unfallen state is being pushed further and further out of sight , it may eventually vanish into unreality . |
| 9 | My friend was about 50 feet above me and almost out of sight in the fog , when I heard him yell at me to ‘ come and see this ’ . |
| 10 | A couple of feet more water , and he 'd have gone on being carried along near the bottom , and safely out of sight . |
| 11 | His own car was a few yards ahead , and he could be in and started before they turned the corner — but not out of sight . |
| 12 | Then they walked down there , but not out of sight of the cars . |
| 13 | Parallel to the canyon , but just out of sight , was a wadi , along which there was a string of villages . |
| 14 | There was a grassy hollow nearby , not a totally private place but well out of sight of the farm . |
| 15 | " Ah , " he said , when almost out of sight , back in the depths of the room , not far from the small winding-stair he had entered the room by a few minutes earlier . |