Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] out to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many a rainy day would he bring dreariness to an end , as his musical talents came out to the surface . |
| 2 | Now she found there was a window-catch ; she slid it aside and her feet whispered out to the balustrade , scarcely touching the ground . |
| 3 | Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved . |
| 4 | And the long-suffering elder , which always looks beautiful , graceful , however much you cut it , with its lacy plates held out to the sun . |
| 5 | Small boats came out to the liner , some bearing vendors of coconuts and bananas , others containing friends and relatives who shouted up names to the rail . |
| 6 | Men in regular employment found their real wages rising and many families moved out to the new housing estates , where evidence rapidly came to light of female depression arising primarily from physical isolation . |
| 7 | The punishments dealt out to the Morant Bay rioters were so hideous — it was reported , for example , that women were lashed on their naked buttocks , sometimes with piano wire — as to shock even lusty sexual flagellants such as Swinburne . |
| 8 | National income and national product , however , are both measured at ‘ factor cost ’ — that is , in terms of the sums paid out to the owners of factors of production — and this excludes indirect taxes and subsidies . |
| 9 | Everybody had known it would be a close thing , and the invitations sent out to the party that evening had hedged bets by inviting people to a ‘ congratulations/commiserations ’ party . |
| 10 | Immediately after the Last Supper , Jesus and his disciples went out to the Mount of Olives . |
| 11 | Stand with feet comfortably apart , arms stretched out to the sides . |
| 12 | She saw Tig standing on the enclosure wall , his arms stretched out to the sides , his head thrown back . |
| 13 | When the power rear doors opened , the men moved out to the left and right of their vehicles , into their battle positions , and began to shoot at the enemy . |
| 14 | In no time at all Travis had a good fire going , and the heat from it drew her to her knees beside it , hands held out to the warmth . |
| 15 | My thoughts rippled out to the airport , then to the bus to Chinchero , to the large numbers of people who were there , who must have seen what was going on , who did nothing . |
| 16 | The once prosperous and profitable industries of West Berlin have declined as young adults moved out to the West proper in droves . |
| 17 | Donna paid for the teas and the two women walked out to the Fiesta and got in . |
| 18 | In many areas even organised crime went unaffected , and the seasonal recreations of local people could pose a major threat only to be dealt with by the wholesale swearing-in of special constables , as the magistrates pointed out to the Home Secretary in 1835 : |
| 19 | A handful of snipers held out to the last , and received no quarter . |