Example sentences of "were [verb] out into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't mention him again ! ’ he said thickly , and a moment later they were stepping out into the sunlight at the Royal Hong Kong Cricket Club , the colonial sanctuary of Hong Kong Island with its Tudor pavilion , sweeping green lawns and the Union Jack flying against a halcyon blue sky . |
| 2 | So , despite the loss of the temple , and its intricate system of worship and sacrifice , the hereditary priesthood had a role — a role which expanded , in fact , as the People themselves were thrust out into the world . |
| 3 | The club , by now had spilled out into a sort of annexe conservatory at the back of the room and by the time the summer arrived , people were spilling out into the garden and , in fact , used to come into the club by this route illegally . |
| 4 | They were turning out into the village street again now , leaving behind them the stone ranks of the dead , with their propitiatory offerings of flowers and foliage . |
| 5 | The travellers were heading out into the empty desert . |
| 6 | And now they had left the city behind and were heading out into the open country . |
| 7 | They were going out into the world though none of them knew quite where until it was announced in public at their Commissioning Service it , the Albert Hall . |
| 8 | and you were going out into the |
| 9 | He wore a black leather jacket heavily embossed with metal studs and his legs , which were stretched out into the aisle , were wrapped in an assortment of rags and torn denim . |
| 10 | And then it was over , and they were coming out into the grey , windy day , the mothers trying not to look at the white-capped sea beyond the point , the boys suddenly gruff and silent now that the moment of parting was come . |
| 11 | Shield-hung hurdles were brought out into the field , and bowmen and slingshot-throwers behind them began to shred the trees with a descending curtain of missiles . |
| 12 | After her coy glances and generous cups of wine , they were lured out into the dark so Rachel might speak where no spy could overhear . |
| 13 | When it jerked to a stop they were led out into a narrow carpeted passage . |
| 14 | When starting out in the aircraft spares business , twenty Tiger Moth wings were acquired , which after a period in storage were deemed to be taking up too much space , so reluctantly they were taken out into the back yard and burnt . |
| 15 | They were taken out into the grounds , weather permitting , otherwise ‘ they spend most of their day in this ward , which is a day-and-night nursery combined . |
| 16 | Portuguese protests seem to have crushed an attempt by two Englishmen , possibly with Spanish support , to secure a foothold in the Guinea trade , and around the same time , in 1480 and 1481 , Bristol ships were exploring out into the Atlantic in search of the ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ ( 45 , pp.19–23 , 187–9 ) . |
| 17 | Three years ago they went through a ‘ cultural revolution ’ like Mao 's in China : Personnel apparatchiks were sent out into the field to become generalists , with only dotted lines back to their personnel masters . |
| 18 | We therefore know that there was long-distance transport of stone axes in prehistoric Britain , which may have begun with carriage of axes from the axe factory to a secondary distribution centre , from where they were traded out into the surrounding area . |