Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] out to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would cram into the homely little Wesleyan building — and those fervent , melodic sankeys would waft challengingly out to sea . |
| 2 | Christina struck out across the aquamarine water and swam quickly out to sea . |
| 3 | Here he was surprised and a little frightened to find that he was being carried further out to sea . |
| 4 | ELISABETH DANZIGER STOOD AT THE OPEN window and watched the gulls swoop round the house , fly straight out to sea and then drop suddenly for prey . |
| 5 | The trade winds weaken , the waters off the Ecuadorian coast are not pushed relentlessly out to sea , there is no consequent need for any replenishment . |
| 6 | Except in very calm and clear conditions flocks of birds are not easy to detect on the sea at any distance , and this , coupled with the shallowness of the water which may enable birds to feed well out to sea , probably results in many species being under recorded . |
| 7 | The extensive rescue operation involved the tanker being towed further out to sea , the use of powerful water cannons to cool the hull and the application of anti-flame foam . |
| 8 | He decided to live in Dorset and chose this site ( where an earlier house had been ) , because it looked for all the world as though , when the house was built , it could sail straight out to sea . |
| 9 | Although fine material may be transported far out to sea in suspension , much of the coarser debris eroded from the cliffs or brought to the coast by the rivers accumulates on the beach , where it may be subjected to the constructive action of waves . |
| 10 | Instead , grounded women shade their eyes and look resentfully out to sea . |
| 11 | The Marines were staring morosely out to sea , when a glimmer of unusual movement caught their eyes . |
| 12 | Flights of birds disturbed by the sound of turning wheels rose from their nests and flew straight out to sea . |
| 13 | On goes the road in a series of turns and twists and interesting situations , with intriguing glimpses of the coast and the wide sweep of Eddrachillis Bay , and then the vast seascape is fully revealed as the road comes alongside the lovely Clashnessie Bay , bounded and sheltered in the west by a peninsula that thrusts far out to sea and ends at the rocky Point of Stoer . |
| 14 | The bomber dropped from formation with smoke pouring from it and disappeared slowly out to sea . |
| 15 | Ruth looked doubtfully out to sea , wondering what he meant ; but then she began to see something , more with her mind 's eye than in reality , though she knew at once it was very real . |
| 16 | The Me109s swept away out to sea and made no attempt to turn for a further attack . |
| 17 | Only Røst lay further out to sea . |
| 18 | He frowned and looked fixedly out to sea . |
| 19 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 20 | Visibility was very poor and having been warned that barrage balloons were hoisted over the Liverpool area which had very recently suffered heavily in bombing raids , we went well out to sea before turning in to Speke , only to get entangled in a coastal convoy flying balloons . |
| 21 | Across the cove , about three hundred yards away , the house on stilts looked blindly out to sea , giving no sign of life . |
| 22 | She had turned away at once and gazed again out to sea . |
| 23 | And red-breasted merganser headed purposefully out to sea — as our four-hour boat trip came to an end . |
| 24 | When the tide flows out , the current often flows straight out to sea washing any distressed windsurfer with it . |
| 25 | The Ranger got safely out to sea , with three prisoners aboard , some others who had been taken having been released , and by 6 am was making course for Kirkcudbright Bay in the Solway Firth . |
| 26 | Guillemots and razor bills whirred rapidly out to sea , surface-dived for fish , and whirred back again to feed hungry chicks . |