Example sentences of "were out [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In turn I told her a little about my own background , as though we were out on a first date . |
| 2 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 3 | The Firth was much broader here than at Dalmeny and , if it had not been a clear day , Corbett could have almost believed they were out on the open sea . |
| 4 | They were out on the anonymous A40 ; George pulled into a lay-by and gingerly fingered through the wallet with renewed twinges of horror . |
| 5 | Estates like ours were out on the urban edge , the new boundary between town and country . |
| 6 | Look them two women up at Malden and , and , and the bloke came in and they were out on an extra |
| 7 | Each night the teachers had to take turns checking that the students were in their dormitories , and the lights were out at an appropriate time . |
| 8 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 9 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 10 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 11 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
| 12 | It seems clear that , with careful safeguards , we need some legal machinery , similar to the provision of Place of Safety Orders for children , by which an old person could be received into residential care for their own protection , at least for a limited period of time , which would afford a breathing space for all concerned and enable a proper assessment to be made of the situation — including the wishes of the old person once they were out of the violent or neglectful environment . |
| 13 | In fact , the coach — drawn by two grey horses — was only called into service once the couple were out of the public gaze . |
| 14 | Before they were out of the English channel a severe storm washed a man overboard and left Mrs Dutton so ill she had to be taken ashore in a pilot boat when the storm dropped . |
| 15 | Down there in the dunes , they were out of the offshore breeze and out of the sun . |
| 16 | Both Benjamin and I wisely kept our mouths shut until we were out of the main hall . |
| 17 | By 1971 , the tension was so great that Kapwepwe broke with Kaunda and formed the United People 's Party ( UPP ) which depended on a flimsy alliance between the Bemba and other tribal groups who at that time felt they were out in the political cold . |
| 18 | Once they were out in the fresh air , away from this green tomb , their blood would cool . |
| 19 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 20 | If things were out in the open — and St Mirren did offer to meet any condition if I would stay — then I could make an honest decision about my future . |