Example sentences of "out [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Main Line 's lawyers said during a trial in state court that Basinger suffered from an ‘ ego run amok ’ and that her backing out led to a year-long delay and a loss of between £3.3m and £6.6m . |
| 2 | Once it was dark , Jane went out to sit on a low wall where she could have a good view . |
| 3 | We may set out to search with a tight specification of what we want to find . |
| 4 | The discovery was made by a farmer 's son , Euan Baird , 16 , who was out walking in a private forestry plantation near the family farm at Scotston , Auchterhouse , a few miles north of Dundee . |
| 5 | Most of the enemies of these insects are small birds out searching for a tasty meal . |
| 6 | It seems businesses have never set out to choose in a deliberate and disciplined way which technique or techniques are likely to be the most effective , given the circumstances and the resources available . |
| 7 | Those setting out to look for a new home after April 4 will have the questionable benefit of the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 , which comes into force on that day . |
| 8 | I hope Wilko cuts his losses with our Brian and then goes out to look for a decent striker . |
| 9 | Strach played his heart out typified by a hilarious diving header to save the ball going for a throw ( unfortunately Kelly then kicked the ball straight out of touch . |
| 10 | There was the Masters ' Room on the ground floor — they took it out to put in a new directors ' lift — and whenever one of our ships docked in London her master would come for a drink and a chat with Mr.Andrew — like a sort of club , it was . |
| 11 | To see her at work during the day , with her hair pulled straight back and no makeup on , and to hear her ticking off her girls if they were slacking , you would n't dream it was the same girl who was out dancing with a different partner every night . |
| 12 | She was out cruising for a bruising from morning till night , and when she was apprehended soliciting for trade up the high street and gated for the evening , she spent it flat up against the back room window , flashing her underparts at any passing Harry , Dick or certainly Tom , and making the most loud and ear-curdling noises by way of enticement . |
| 13 | A GIRL on an evening out died in a freak accident by just tripping over a kerb . |
| 14 | Councillors heard that Homesmith had a good self-build record , but agreed any contract should be put out to tender at a later stage . |
| 15 | Their decision to speak out coincides with a hard-hitting national campaign which begins on television tonight . |
| 16 | Back in the village , she pulled up outside the paper shop , which turned out to double as a general store , and went in . |
| 17 | He was taken to the local police station , charged and bailed out to return at a later date . |
| 18 | Will it not turn out to reside in a strange mixture of particle-like and wave-like behaviour ? |
| 19 | But no , The Day Leeds Won The Title they were n't there , apart from one fat bloke called Jimmy who 'd gone out hoping for a quiet drink … |