Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] [prep] sight [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grain may be in a pocket , hidden inside a box , or out of sight above the horse on a bird table . |
| 2 | The blonde woman was always elegantly dressed and absolutely immaculate , even when she came off the beach , her hair neatly pinned up in a French pleat or out of sight under a chic floppy straw hat . |
| 3 | He says they do this ‘ to direct other horses to food and water , especially over distances where they were out of earshot and out of sight of each other ; or to split the herd in time of danger ’ . |
| 4 | The mayor 's stall is in the choir , so at the appropriate moment the civic party rise and are escorted from the nave to the choir — and out of sight of the members of the congregation . |
| 5 | He was Wearing a thick hedge of brambles and overgrown shrubs at the bottom of the shrubbery and out of sight of the house , slashing at them with a billhook while Alex and she dragged the freed branches clear ready to build a bonfire . |
| 6 | The vicarage , when she found it , was of grey brick in the middle of a flat field , far from the village and out of sight of the church . |
| 7 | The only option , as far as the doctor was concerned , was to get him into the local hospital where he would be well looked after and out of sight for the time being . |
| 8 | ‘ But what ? ’ wailed Holly , as Ruby floated down the room and out of sight on her way to the street . |
| 9 | Looking over the oak rails , I could see the gallery floor and , further below , the ground-floor area , the spectacular chimney continuing upward and out of sight above the sloping-beamed ceiling . |
| 10 | Then with his head low and his wings cast disconsolately down , Woil dropped to the floor of the cage , put a talon in the meat that the Man had dropped there when Creggan had made his attack near by , and pulled it back and out of sight in the cage 's shelter . |
| 11 | ‘ Again , in the event that planning permission is granted , they have indicated their intention of tunnelling into the mountain from behind , at a point which is uninhabited and out of sight from the road at least ’ . |
| 12 | Early in the morning , in the grey cold light that precedes the rising sun , he positioned himself in trees to the east of the lake but out of sight of it . |
| 13 | She suddenly realised that fitzAlan had turned his horse back into the forest , along a parallel course with the river , but out of sight of the small hamlet . |
| 14 | But out of sight at the other end of the course , Mr Hill had also come to grief . |
| 15 | But out of sight in the galley , she gripped the rail in front of the cooker to steady herself and choked back tears of rage and frustration . |
| 16 | Heads roll ( though out of sight of the passengers ) if the local bus is late or the agent is lost . |