Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] out [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
| 2 | The words which I have read are plain : it was Mr. Vanbergen who said he was going down to Eastbourne , that he was going down as part of his business , and that he did not think he would be getting back after his business on Thursday in time to pay it on Thursday , and the concession arose out of the question whether or not the debtor could be back in town in time to bring it himself , because he frankly said he was trying to get a little more time . |
| 3 | The case arose out of a letter sent by the Attorney General in the summer of 1988 to booksellers handling Spycatcher warning them they were in contempt of court , because an injunction had been obtained to stop publication of extracts of the book in several national newspapers . |
| 4 | The case arose out of a fatal road accident in Illinois , the plaintiff 's parents having been killed as a result of a head-on collision between their Volkswagen Rabbit and another vehicle . |
| 5 | The case arose out of the Executive Agreement concluded between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran which led to the eventual release of the hostages detained in Tehran from November 1979 to January 1981 . |
| 6 | ‘ When the woman driver got out of the car she went to intervene between the two men . |
| 7 | The driver got out of the car . |
| 8 | The back door of the kitchen led out onto a slate-paved path at the foot of three steep terraces giving much lebensraum to many varieties of voracious weeds and scrubby elder bushes . |
| 9 | I wonder how Manzoni must have felt as he gazed out of his window at the Palazzo Belgioioso and the comings and goings of Prince Albercio ; the Prince rode out of the square each day on a horse , dressed in a bright general 's uniform , in order to review the private bodyguard he equipped and maintained . |
| 10 | The administrator kept careful account of money laid out from the estate . |
| 11 | Putting down her cup , she reached for the silk robe laid out on a chair at the side of the bed . |
| 12 | Like the malarial swamps out of which the Most Serene Republic rose , we have seen that human altruism , communal feeling and social responsibility arose out of the egoistic , sadistic and erotic drives with which nature had endowed man . |
| 13 | In the store room next to the kitchen were a long table and shelves always covered with all sorts of provisions ; large earthenware jars full of confits of pork and goose , a small barrel where vinegar slowly matured , a bowl where honey oozed out of the comb , jams , preserves of sorrel and of tomatoes , and odd bottles with grapes and cherries marinating in brandy ; next to the table a weighing machine on which I used to stand at regular intervals ; sacks of haricot beans , of potatoes ; eggs , each one carefully dated in pencil . |
| 14 | The lords in parliament , and in the courthouse and the castle , they do not know how we live — they know nothing about us , except that we will die for them , to protect their forts in India and in Scotland ’ — his voice sharpened suddenly , his arm swung round and pointed north and a gust of response rose out of the crowd — ‘ we have always been good at that , their demands can never be satisfied , regiments for the colonies , indentured servants and labourers for the plantations , they have scoured Scotland like a killing wind and the men have been whirled away in the blast of it . |
| 15 | Her older brother and sister found out about the situation and teased her unmercifully . |
| 16 | One participant has to describe a route traced out on the map so that both speaker and listener follow the identical route . |
| 17 | Higher the Suzuki climbed , and higher , until the lane petered out into a dirt track and gradually the trees became fewer . |
| 18 | To Harry 's left , the lane petered out in a gravel track curving round past the garden hedge to serve the jetty . |
| 19 | As we heard a description of a day in the life of the mayor , a Sikh in a green turban wandered out into the garden , brushing his teeth . |
| 20 | There was a soft ‘ plop ’ and the blue light welled out of the mantle as he closed the door , deftly trapping the light inside . |
| 21 | The flame winked out with a suddenness that was almost as startling as its arrival . |
| 22 | The action arose out of a Privy Council hearing of his appeal against his dismissal from the Singapore bar following his conviction for fraud , when the Privy Council had found that he had been the victim of " grievous injustice " and expressed " deep disquiet that by a series of misjudgments [ he had ] been fined , imprisoned and publicly disgraced for offences for which [ he was ] not guilty " [ see p. 37086 ] . |
| 23 | The plan to make unions responsible for unofficial action arose out of the strikes in the summer on the London Underground , where an informal group of drivers and guards led a long series of stoppages over pay . |
| 24 | And the other group of ten have another ten pounds , and so you 'd get , each group of ten would have one pound shared out between the ten of you . |
| 25 | A familiar figure got out of the bus and walked straight to the cab rank . |
| 26 | Chant got out of the car and opened Estabrook 's door . |
| 27 | John Monie , Wigan 's new Australian replacement , received the first raised eyebrows since his arrival this week when his side tumbled out of the Lancashire Cup , a trophy practically screwed to the Central Park sideboard during Lowe 's three-year reign . |
| 28 | Chant peered out of the window . |
| 29 | Our car conked out on the way to school . |
| 30 | Amenities include a sun terrace built out above the lake , garden , lounge , bar and table tennis . |