Example sentences of "[vb past] out [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the pioneers of a new level of development were given the chance to flourish , they radiated out into a whole range of orders and families to take advantage of all the various possible means of gaining a livelihood . |
| 2 | Viscous liquid oozed out like an alien blob and slowly enveloped the dented car . |
| 3 | Matusow was one of those lucky , and curious , souls who surfaced out of a curious past — like Michael X/Malik/de Freitas — in those fragmented times . |
| 4 | Speaking of all things Mexican , our ragga tipping acquaintances SL2 did n't have the best of times when they headed out for a Big Rave in the land of tequila . |
| 5 | ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would . |
| 6 | Ockleton described a sweeping circuit of the room , missing all the many obstacles in his path without apparently noticing them , and finished by the window , where he peered out for a full minute or so at the view it commanded of a blank gable-end and half the dome of the Radcliffe Camera . |
| 7 | He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray . |
| 8 | Over the past year , many a fund manager has had his confidence shattered as supposedly reliable shares that were the solid core of his portfolio — IBM , Merck , Kellogg , Philip Morris — crashed out of a clear blue sky . |
| 9 | ‘ The worm ! ’ she shouted out in a hoarse voice that was still barely her own . |
| 10 | It was but a village , and four small sailing boats , sails drooping and oars plying , moved out from a tiny wooden jetty as we moved in . |
| 11 | Individuals doing their own thing does not work , as Jacques Chirac found out at a 1988 Paris rally . |
| 12 | Klondyke Trading Co are responsible for providing a variety of straps for both the home market and the world , but as I found out on a recent visit there 's more to making one guitar strap than meets the eye , let alone producing thousands . |
| 13 | The tent is extremely stable especially in very high winds as I found out on a few wet and wild nights . |
| 14 | CCG staff on site helped out with a weekly briefing . |
| 15 | Although confined to a wheelchair for most of her life , Violet was active in church life and helped out with a local Brownie pack . |
| 16 | ‘ About time she helped out like a dutiful daughter . ’ |
| 17 | The technical process by which items are selected and tried out on a large group of children is referred to as the process of standardisation and the group of children is referred to as the standardisation sample . |
| 18 | Then I branched out into a new area . |
| 19 | A silver cup whizzed an inch wide of her father 's ear ; her eldest brother caught it just before it sailed out of an arrow-slit window . |
| 20 | She had always lived in a crowd , other people 's dramas and her own played out through a thin wall for the benefit of anyone who chose to listen . |
| 21 | MODERN EXISTENTIALIST thriller played out in a ghoulish horror setting . |
| 22 | Volkov had the article in his pocket , the pages scissored out of a famous art magazine . |
| 23 | The man lashed out with a rusted chain but Whitlock managed to roll clear before it struck the ground where he had been lying . |
| 24 | One had overturned and they stared in amazement as a swarthy-featured European lashed out with a thick bamboo cane at what they first thought was a small animal collapsed between the shafts . |
| 25 | Summer 's approach spelt out in a breezy spin on Paisley . |
| 26 | She drove out for an early lunch at a small diner down the road and was back at the cabin by half past twelve . |
| 27 | They drove out to a delightful restaurant , and Alyssia made a pig of herself . |
| 28 | Music and laughter wafted out like an invisible cloud . |
| 29 | Once rescued , Eric dried out in an old sweater , and was reassured by owner Stephanie Webb . |
| 30 | The ketchup bottle cascaded out into a million glass fragments which showered down in slow motion ; floating and turning lazily like snowflakes , the light shivering in them like jewels . |