Example sentences of "out and [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he pulled out and flung on the bed were garments of his own : a thick jacket and breeches and boots . |
| 2 | And he went on gazing out of the window , drawing on it with his finger until Mrs Hollins came out and rapped on the glass . |
| 3 | A major rationalisation exercise was carried out and resulted in the creation of a single Head Office at Nailsea which now undertakes all the accounting and administration for Wimpey Hobbs , Wimpey Asphalt and the Overseas Contracting activities . |
| 4 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
| 5 | Remembering the cheque , she went upstairs to get it , she flattened it out and stared at the signature . |
| 6 | She bought potatoes and carrots and apples and bananas and oranges and every time she lifted her bag an orange fell out and rolled on the floor . |
| 7 | The bags were of that thinner kind of plastic they use for the bags that they give away at the supermarket , the free ones ; and now one of the bags in her right hand split and she just stood there helpless to stop them as three cans fell out and rolled across the concrete . |
| 8 | I was waiting for him to say he went out and rolled in the snow because that 's the proper end is n't it ? |
| 9 | School dinner lady Linda Ellis , 32 , and nurse Marie Fisher , 38 , saved Tom Friday after he passed out and toppled into the pool at the Ty Mawr Holiday Camp , in Towyn , near Rhyl , North Wales . |
| 10 | He put his hands out and fell to the floor , as if to do fingertip push-ups . |
| 11 | Grace swung her handbag in recognition , and a ball of wool jerked out and fell to the gutter . |
| 12 | A jet of flame shot out and fell upon the cross , which caught light immediately . |
| 13 | This old lady came out and said about the cough — she gave me a dose of cough medicine . |
| 14 | The two women jumped out and sprinted for the front door of the cottage , Donna struggling with the key . |
| 15 | His fingers came out and hovered at the side of her head . |
| 16 | that bellowed out and belonged to the melting air ? |
| 17 | Ward got out and strode down the mud-sodden road to join them . |
| 18 | He got out and strode into the reception office without waiting for her . |
| 19 | ‘ Here … mister , ’ he yelled out and struggled to the front . |
| 20 | With one final corkscrew twist the path came out of the woods , flattened out and meandered along the edge of a lush expanse of green lawn . |
| 21 | ‘ I backed the car out and drove past the police station . |
| 22 | Alone , she reached out and clung to the wooden balustrade . |
| 23 | Just then Boldwood came out and walked to the gate . |
| 24 | I looked out and saw for the first time the main street of Koraloona 's largest town , Anani : a dusty white strip of road , a long row of assorted shops , a few cars . |
| 25 | The improved colt quickened well to take it up over two furlongs out and went to the line clear of the dead-heaters Steinbeck and Wilde Rufo , with the latter subsequently disqualified when jockey Richard Quinn weighed in 6lb light . |
| 26 | Lorton showed them out and went to the kitchen to pour himself a drink . |
| 27 | She stumped out and went to the bathroom to cry , holding Mo tight against her until he squeaked . |
| 28 | Jim slid out and went to the gate , brandishing a £20 note and his American Express card . |
| 29 | She got out of bed and went out and went through the churchyard and went into the church and started feeling in the dark with her hand |
| 30 | The girl dived out and ran towards the hotel . |