Example sentences of "[v-ing] out [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unknown is always the most fearsome , opening out into wide areas of conjecture . |
| 2 | She stayed in work until she was 29 walking out for five years with her fiance , an engineer 's blacksmith who was himself a great reader , while they saved up to marry . |
| 3 | As a result of this activity , a three-dimensional model of a tin mine can take on the appearance of a twisted mass of petrified spaghetti with shafts and tunnels splaying out in all directions . |
| 4 | If the bank mortgage form does not set out the precise amount of the home loan and the terms under which it is to be repaid , then it is important to ensure that the client receives a letter from the bank manager spelling out in precise terms the nature of the loan , the interest rate applicable to it and the regularity of the instalment payments . |
| 5 | Mr Vernon added that , as though to celebrate the anniversary , the fund raisers had turned in record figures yet again , singling out for special thanks the branches and guilds new record of over £10m . |
| 6 | They may have had a function in aiding the picking out of broken threads on the loom . |
| 7 | The aristocrat , bowing out after five years as chairman of the building society , made reference in his address to the headline of the AGM press release , which ran ‘ Record results as Lord Ridley retires as Northern Rock chairman ’ . |
| 8 | There were thin elegant ones for the most delicate of lines ranging out to thick ones you could grip hard and slosh around in bold , creamy-coloured strokes . |
| 9 | A herd of cows had been standing on the other side , and Blunt watched them stampede away , fanning out like clumsy messengers with news for all parts . |
| 10 | He warned the Conservatives and Labour that ‘ from the ancient bastion of liberalism , the flames are fanning out in all directions , consuming your shabby campaigns , your out-of-date policies , your visions of the future ’ . |
| 11 | And as you 'll see , Dawn proved to be a remarkable student , passing out with flying colours . |
| 12 | Control — such as it had been — was passing out of British hands . |
| 13 | In the hypothetical case of his son and daughter Gandhi would consider that he was acting out of moral considerations in taking his son 's life in order to save him from unnecessary suffering , and his daughter 's life in order to save her from the threat of violation . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , by late May the Armenian CP was reported to have been evicted from virtually all of its premises throughout the republic , and was operating out of three rooms in the Yerevan print works . |
| 15 | This found insignificant levels of cyanide but ‘ very significant levels ’ of lead , averaging out at 5700 parts per million , a lead content of 0.57 per cent . |
| 16 | To take a single example , it is reported that the grandchildren of the first European colonists of North America already had eyelid-shapes tending towards those of the Red Indians , which were better adapted to looking out over vast spaces in bright sunlight . |
| 17 | This refers to concentrating on and looking out for specific details in the world around you . |
| 18 | There was something of the Regency dandy in the way he trailed his cane and rotated his globular head , as if looking out for fellow beaux to salute . |
| 19 | ‘ My mother ’ , Ivy said , ‘ told me that when I was a child , she spent all the year looking out for small things to put in my stocking . |
| 20 | Secondly , you are looking out for minor defects which will cost you time and money — plumbing , heating redecoration , bathroom and kitchen fittings , replacement windows , floor finishes , insulation etc . |
| 21 | Study this example : unc We can save rewriting by looking out for common factors above and below the division line . |
| 22 | looking out for hidden signals . |
| 23 | One of my favourite places for working was on the roof tops , drawing city views , or by high open windows , looking out at architectural details . |
| 24 | We might indulge in ‘ feeling guilty ’ about having a lazy Sunday in bed , splashing out on new clothes , making love , eating a large slice of chocolate gateau with lashings of cream , and other completely harmless and enjoyable experiences ! |
| 25 | Most shoppers were splashing out on practical items and steering clear of the luxury goods , he said . |
| 26 | Certainly there is Biblical precedent for splashing out on special occasions — Martha 's anointing of Jesus with the expensive ointment could easily be used as a justification for spraying around a little champagne to hansel a special occasion . |
| 27 | Station commander Wing Commander Stewart Blackburn confirmed that most of the work , apart from some specialist fitting out of new hangers , would go to local contractors . |
| 28 | Men are the root cause , always searching out for sexual adventures . |
| 29 | When he started going out with other women , she refused him sex . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm going out with some friends — from work , ’ she added , then had the uncomfortable feeling that her mother knew exactly whom she was going out with . |