Example sentences of "[v-ing] out into the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He left her , lying disordered on the sheepskins ; and after all left a coin beside her , walking out into the night .
2 Then the dome was echoing with the last anthem : she was walking out into the September sunshine on João 's arm ; the crowds were cheering in the streets , gasping at the splendour of her dress and showering her with flowers and petals .
3 The lettering on the bag looks too garish for the occasion , but at least wo n't get out of the car and find the remnants of her life spilling out into the gutter .
4 Taking a deep breath and straightening her slumping shoulders , she pushed open the back door of the colonel 's house , and as she saw the dim light from the lounge spilling out into the hall she walked in that direction .
5 Street activities have increased by 60 per cent in Moabit and there is evidence elsewhere too of cafés , shops and restaurants spilling out into the street .
6 The club , by now had spilled out into a sort of annexe conservatory at the back of the room and by the time the summer arrived , people were spilling out into the garden and , in fact , used to come into the club by this route illegally .
7 Janet , tiptoeing out into the hall when Penman had opened the door , said that Aunt Emily was resting and would come down at tea-time .
8 ‘ You did n't think of opening your door and looking out into the corridor ? ’ she asked .
9 She was looking out into the vault of air above the sea .
10 Fiona kept her face away from him , looking out into the night , watching the vertical bright line of light the car threw onto the serried mass of dark conifers .
11 With a keener sense of danger than the others , and finding it exhilarating , as they certainly would not , he had noticed at once that something was wrong , even before he had rubbed a clear patch on the steamy windows and , looking out into the night , had seen the horizon slowly rising , inch by inch .
12 He seemed agitated , restlessly pacing about , looking out into the crowds , then drawing back into the shelter of the arcade .
13 She was breathlessly aware of him and she walked across to the fence that faced the field she could see from her room and stood there looking out into the distance .
14 When Hari returned she saw that Craig was standing at the window looking out into the darkness .
15 After looking out into the daylight , it took my eyes a few seconds to adjust .
16 He was sitting in his small house , looking out into the garden .
17 Donna hesitated on the steps of the library , looking out into the rain , seeing people caught in the downpour hurrying past .
18 This was sheer luxury after years of stumbling out into the dark at all hours , forcing our eyes to stay open , and yawning fit to split our faces in two .
19 Then they played it over these big speakers , and the doors of the van were open , so my song was booming out into the neighbourhood .
20 They were turning out into the village street again now , leaving behind them the stone ranks of the dead , with their propitiatory offerings of flowers and foliage .
21 I 'm going out into the river and I 'll be back for you very soon . ’
22 ‘ I think I can hear Edwin and Daisy at the door , ’ said Sophia in a relieved tone , going out into the hall .
23 Lots of chemists have made very good chartered accountants , for example , but I would like to see very many more — let's say science trained people going out into the professions , particularly into politics .
24 I did n't like going out into the yard when she was there . ’
25 It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally .
26 ‘ You are n't thinking of going out into the jungle to exercise for old times ’ sake ? ’
27 They do not see women going out into the world and doing .
28 They were going out into the world though none of them knew quite where until it was announced in public at their Commissioning Service it , the Albert Hall .
29 He got up and went back down the stairs , going out into the gathering darkness , across the priory grounds behind the chapel from where he could hear the sweet , melodious chant of the nuns as they sang the first psalm of Compline .
30 ‘ Saturday 's situation appears to have been caused because people delayed before going out into the rain . ’
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