Example sentences of "out and [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't go out and carry on like I used to .
2 And you might even find the James of both doctors scratched out and substituted more than once , such was the atmosphere of indecision which gripped the enclave .
3 If there were games to be played or work to be done or stories to be read it was always to Rachel that she would turn ; Rachel who went out and came in when she said she would and said ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ , not from whim or temper , but with authority .
4 The leisurely lunch is over and you can now stretch out and do just as you please .
5 Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control .
6 Is the policy still to sit it out and wait rather than try and force your way into the prison ?
7 They do this mainly as eggs , and then hatch out and develop rapidly once it rains and a pool forms .
8 That afternoon , as they moved from church to market square and strolled admiringly past rows of handsome eighteenth-century houses , greedily Robbie recorded every second , every sight , every sensation , building up a store of precious memories to take out and brood over when this time out of reality — as it must — came to an end .
9 How dare this man demand his credentials as if he were some arriviste from the Colonies whose background had to be sniffed out and tracked down because his foreground was presumed to be so suspect !
10 Every one had to be taken out and held down while we picked off the ants that were sinking their jaws between the scales .
11 In the gloom I felt I was in some kind of an enclosure and told the rear gunner to get out and find out where we were .
12 They played a lively game of Hide ‘ N ’ Seek , where the little hedgehog would crawl away to hide in the weeds or under pile of leaves and the big beast would seek her out and bark loudly when he found her .
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