Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] out to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was blue in the face and appeared to have collapsed , but the vessel had carried on out to sea . |
| 2 | Here he was surprised and a little frightened to find that he was being carried further out to sea . |
| 3 | The trade winds weaken , the waters off the Ecuadorian coast are not pushed relentlessly out to sea , there is no consequent need for any replenishment . |
| 4 | The extensive rescue operation involved the tanker being towed further out to sea , the use of powerful water cannons to cool the hull and the application of anti-flame foam . |
| 5 | Although fine material may be transported far out to sea in suspension , much of the coarser debris eroded from the cliffs or brought to the coast by the rivers accumulates on the beach , where it may be subjected to the constructive action of waves . |
| 6 | Mobility is repeatedly linked in Out to hypertrophy of the imagination which , like a prism , refracts the ‘ colourless ’ light of the protagonist 's civic identity into the protean kaleidoscopic images of his fantasy selves by means of the ‘ coloured ’ language of metaphor . |
| 7 | The Me109s swept away out to sea and made no attempt to turn for a further attack . |
| 8 | And red-breasted merganser headed purposefully out to sea — as our four-hour boat trip came to an end . |