Example sentences of "[vb base] out on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Light from the desk-lamp fell on his hands spread out on the blue blotting-paper , thin hands with thin fingers , only half the size they would become . |
| 2 | The rest of the section were standing in the rain with all their clothes spread out on the wet grass because he had not wanted to admit that he was ill . |
| 3 | For hours he would sit by the window , and look out on the empty , Sunday street , as the church bells tolled dismally from different points in the town . |
| 4 | ‘ The marshal , ’ complained one of his officers even before they set out on the futile march to Carlisle , ‘ is infirm and peevish … both in body and mind , forgetful , irresolute and perplext . ’ |
| 5 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 6 | Set out on the Great Package Tour of the Skies . ’ |
| 7 | There was a damp start for fund-raisers yesterday , when walkers set out on the annual march from Cultra to Bangor to raise funds for the Northern Ireland Hospice in Belfast 's Somerton Road . |
| 8 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 9 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 10 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 11 | With a crew which included seven Fairbridge trainees from Strathclyde and East Lothian , Spirit of Scotland was one of the scores of sailing ships which set out on the 1993 Tall Ships Race when the starting cannon fired at Newcastle . |
| 12 | Set out on the white lace tablecloth were matching cups and saucers , and a plate with bread and butter and teacakes on it . |
| 13 | Caroline Flint says the change does n't address the real problem : that all women lose out on the right level of postnatal care . |
| 14 | What else could I do , I replied — bale out on the Iraqi trenches ? |
| 15 | ‘ We go out on the last night , ’ said Rodney . |
| 16 | YORKSHIRE today start out on the last day of their annual visit to Middlesbrough but will it also be their final championship appearance at Acklam Park ? |
| 17 | So the best thing is to put the piece of paper in in a wadge and then come out on the outside and pack it vertically and put them next to each other like that . |
| 18 | Shop and office workers who miss out on the best of the day only have their lunch breaks to enjoy the brief British summer . |
| 19 | ‘ Dead-end ’ partnerships evidently bring little reward to women who miss out on the normal progression from junior to senior status and the accompanying benefits . |
| 20 | Orthega and Paschero , however , consider all diseases to be due to environmental causes and miss out on the inherited factors present in the cause of the disease . |
| 21 | If we talk to people only enough to get the job done , we miss out on the added pleasure we can get from developing relationships at work . |