Example sentences of "[noun pl] stick out [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The climbing was superb , with pitches of about Very Severe and many of the larger pebbles sticking out of the rock create great hand holds . |
| 2 | The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky , moss-bedecked flints sticking out of the ground like primitive blades . |
| 3 | ‘ The beds are unmade and there are dirty knickers sticking out of the washing machine . |
| 4 | These punishments include having ‘ the throat cut across , the tongue torn out by the root ’ and being ‘ buried in the sand of the sea at low water … ’ — this explains why you tend to find heads sticking out of the beach who refuse to tell you that they 're up to . |
| 5 | Agnes is losing patience and revenue , I 've practically got my legs sticking out of the Boomerang window , when there 's this heavy handslap on the roof of the car . |
| 6 | They were all sitting , legs stuck out into the path , backs against the cliff , munching on sandwiches and swigging from plastic cups . |
| 7 | Little red huts stick out in the sea , the backdrop is spiky Snowdon-sized mountains straight up , and the place is deserted . |
| 8 | ‘ Any wires sticking out of the chair are strictly HMG 's parsimony nothing to do with your heartbeat or perspiration rate . |
| 9 | There 's like two pieces sticking out at the back you could ge get your foot on it and pull a a this hundred weight er piece of coal off ran up with it ! |
| 10 | I could see her paws sticking out through the wire door and she was making one hell of a racket . |
| 11 | Carlie was still looking at him , eyeing the casts , his toes sticking out at the end . |
| 12 | Officials claim there is an accident risk at the site because the pumps swing out over the pavement and delivery tankers stick out into the road . |
| 13 | He said the two spotted fins sticking out of the ground . |
| 14 | Sometimes a few stones stick out of the grass to indicate this , but clumps of nettles give a general indication of former areas of occupation and of dung in houses and farmyards , because of the build up of phosphates in the soil . |