Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At the first opportunity Sarah went again to the Foundling Hospital , but she did n't approach by Guilford Street in case the porter came out of his lodge and recognized her .
2 He was prepared for a battle if the porter turned out to be as difficult a customer as his wife .
3 However , you can opt to have the income paid out to you every six months , currently in May and November [ subject to the Terms and Conditions ] .
4 My eyes were open , just able to discern the tent staked out over me .
5 Passera responds solemnly that there had been the opportunity to sell out to AT&T Co at a very good price , and that option had been rejected .
6 Once NT is installed in a NetWare LAN , Microsoft will have the opportunity to point out to users that NetWare ( especially pre-version 4 ) is largely superfluous . ’
7 finally , when both my parents were away somewhere , I took the opportunity to draw out of the Post Office bank all the very modest amount of money that people had given me on special occasions like my christening .
8 At the same time schools are being placed in the front line of accountability by the proposal to give headteachers and governors direct control of budgets and the opportunity to opt out of LEA control .
9 The 1988 Housing Act , as we have seen , offered tenants the opportunity to opt out of local authority control .
10 We now have the opportunity to move out of the hotel and to rent the house of a Professor of Biology , and thus to save on the high cost of the hotel .
11 IF you have ever wondered whether or not you would enjoy a canal holiday , a Cheshire boat operator is offering the opportunity to find out on short cut-price ‘ taster ’ breaks .
12 But Kate took the opportunity to slip out past the young man , even though her boss yelled at her to stay .
13 A.3.2 If the Vendor notifies the Purchaser of a ‘ breach ’ prior to completion but the Purchaser decides to proceed nonetheless ( ie he does not rescind ) then the Vendor should not still remain liable for damages ; the Purchaser has foregone the opportunity to get out of the deal if he does not like it any more .
14 Their long carrot-coloured hair had been fought into plaits while the remainder stuck out in frizzy uncontrollable waves .
15 He added : ‘ It seems a bit of a nonsense to struggle to provide a good service and then for compensation awarded by the Ombudsman to come out of the money provided for the work in the first place . ’
16 She laughed , and the veil blew out like a flag .
17 I wonder how Manzoni must have felt as he gazed out of his window at the Palazzo Belgioioso and the comings and goings of Prince Albercio ; the Prince rode out of the square each day on a horse , dressed in a bright general 's uniform , in order to review the private bodyguard he equipped and maintained .
18 The Prince pulled out after aggravating a back strain playing polo but the Queen Mother 's surprise absence was put down to her age by Royal aides .
19 Would I mind taking his photo on this slab with the ridge spreading out behind him ?
20 The buttons popped and the shirt tore out of her waistband .
21 Mick was there first and climbed onto the tailboard to pull out for the rogue two of Paddy 's cans ( a fact which Paddy was slow to forget ) .
22 The writer writes out of his own wounds and in doing so he enables his reader to experience emotional change , emotional growth , healing without having to suffer the same fate as his character .
23 As the Board pointed out in its second report :
24 Instinctively drawing in his limbs and curling his long back , the Perk sailed out of her grasp and over the edge of the steps like a furry stone in a leather jerkin .
25 I hated pushing the medicine dropper in between the rows of teeth , now permanently bared , and the hot dry lips , and watching the milk dribble out at the comer because it would n't swallow .
26 When Millie knelt by the bed and the mattress seemed out of reach , she had to raise her clasped hands head high to rest them against it .
27 This week the company went into receivership and the heart went out of the British fashion industry .
28 Her appointment in the afternoon turned out to be with a specialist dealing solely in her particular problem .
29 THE Queen 's 40th anniversary on the throne turned out to be one she christened ‘ annus horribilis ’ — horrible year .
30 Came a day when the man revealed that he had kept an exact account of all the money laid out on him , and could now , in his unexpectedly good situation in life , Pay every penny back to his benefactor .
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