Example sentences of "were out [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They were out on the anonymous A40 ; George pulled into a lay-by and gingerly fingered through the wallet with renewed twinges of horror . |
| 4 | Estates like ours were out on the urban edge , the new boundary between town and country . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In fact , the coach — drawn by two grey horses — was only called into service once the couple were out of the public gaze . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Down there in the dunes , they were out of the offshore breeze and out of the sun . |
| 9 | Both Benjamin and I wisely kept our mouths shut until we were out of the main hall . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Once they were out in the fresh air , away from this green tomb , their blood would cool . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |