Example sentences of "out and [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Then in typical fashion the sun came out and dried the heather till it crackled and Scotland recorded the highest temperature in the British Isles .
2 He went out and returned a moment later with a metal bucket and spade .
3 Next , I went out and surveyed the garden .
4 She climbed out and rapped the knocker on the black wooden door .
5 And he went out and defied the Count and slew him , and smote off his head and carried it home to his father .
6 Then he came out and played the whole set again , miraculously cured , singing brilliantly .
7 A few yards down , the passage broadened out and became a mezzanine .
8 It is said that the blood of the dragon flowed out and made the hill-top sterile .
9 While they were an exceptionally well-balanced side , it was their superior bowling that stood out and made the difference between them and England .
10 She stuck a piece of adhesive tape round it to stop the needle from coming out and hung the bottle on to a hook just over the dog .
11 Most of us took the easy way out and accepted a helicopter ride back to Kleine Scheidegg , but Drummond and eight others stayed on top for an all-night vigil .
12 Hamish got out and speared a map on to a couple of bonnet spikes .
13 Von Lemke got out and crossed the road and went into a field .
14 He opened his front door , walked out and crossed the road .
15 And some sneaky feller who was in the promotion stakes as well , he found this out and passed the word on and they laid a trap for three fellers , one night after twelve .
16 He just blazed out and killed the rest of the field .
17 After a little , it drifted to the bank and El-ahrairah dragged it out and waited a while before pushing it in again .
18 So I went out and brought a will form .
19 And certainly you know I mean Yona 's list now of support for this next rally we 've got on March the first is huge I mean it 's sort of and that 's not gon na go away is it you know I mean next year I do n't know what we 're gon na be up to but hopefully we 'll be supporting somebody else in their er struggle for fair play and that network will obviously come into play you know I mean I 've we 've been South Wales have said , Oh you know these are all our contacts you know some of the women in South Wales and in Deeside they 've said these are all our contacts and these are the people that were good and did the work and got the leaflets out and brought the money in you know and it 's as simple as that really you know .
20 ’ He reached out and touched the metal plate on the back of Ebert 's head , then moved back again .
21 He reached out and touched the surface of the water but the reflection shimmered and disappeared .
22 The murderer came out and sniffed the air temporarily .
23 He went out and unlocked the church and checked that all was well .
24 It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot .
25 She got it out and wiped the blood off , but in vain ; it appeared again in a moment .
26 He got a cricket protector , the sparks says , and cut the front bit out and stuck a tea-strainer down it .
27 I went out and slammed the door behind me , turning the key in the lock as if I wanted to safeguard the proof of the crime and its only witnesses , repeating the same English phrase , over and over again , ‘ Just you wait and see . ’
28 A low hissing filled the room as she bolted out and slammed the door .
29 She grabbed the front door catch , blinded by infuriating tears as she dashed out and slammed the door resoundingly behind her .
30 She turned her little car precisely into a parking place in the hospital car park , climbed out and slammed the door .
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