Example sentences of "out [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Ah , yes , of course , the live-in nanny to look after her while you 're out enjoying the high life . ’
2 On Thursday we were taken out to see a revolutionary opera , and it was quite an experience , especially as we were sitting in the 2nd row of the stalls , within ear-splitting distance of the gongs and drums which play a large part in the orchestral accompaniment .
3 ‘ Of course nothing can be formally arranged just at this present , ’ went on Miss Merchiston , and Theda almost laughed out to see the burgeoning hope in the poor man 's face , ‘ for with dear Mama in this sad condition , I could not reconcile it with my conscience to leave her in the care of other hands .
4 On the way , I remember Aunt Rachel telling me that a station was Rugby , which meant that we were then right in the centre of England , whilst a bit later on , I was told to look out to see the Welsh mountains .
5 He discovered that a glass-enclosed lamp with small openings at the top and bottom to let the air in and the smoke out made a safe lamp .
6 Driver Mr Alex McClymont got out to report a faulty signal by telephone .
7 It pulled up exactly where they intended to and out got a drenched Barbara Coleman who scuffled through the nearest doorway .
8 For Yorkshiremen the meeting was like the town turning out to greet the local boy who scored in the Cup Final .
9 The whole population turned out to greet the local heroes at the village hall for an equipment check .
10 While not in a heat Jan would be out encouraging the other competitors .
11 ‘ The facts you have set out make a sorry tale indeed . ’
12 He told the packed church : ‘ The gunman went out to kill a British soldier and he missed .
13 When using stripes of weaving , the design should be fairly simple , like Card 1 or Design 1 ( above ) or carefully worked out to include the blank areas .
14 MERSEYSIDE Olympic hero Chris Boardman today set out to spearhead a new drive for better health in the region .
15 The first two were closed already , but Boy looked in the windows anyway ; when he was out journeying the whole point was to stop and look at everything .
16 They were supposedly going out to hit the high spots together , leaving me to throw some things into a bag and drive down to the cottage .
17 At first I had suggested that I should keep her company but she dismissed the idea at once : ‘ I am not a child , and I refuse to be treated as one ’ , and I guessed she wanted to be alone rather as a young girl might who sets out to post an imaginary letter , hoping to meet on the way the person for whom she has made herself beautiful .
18 Concurrently two commissions were sent out to conduct a searching investigation into the condition of the southern forests ; the articles of their inquiry followed the usual pattern of those of the Forest Eyre .
19 Out goes the bottom name , Sean Gael , and all his votes are shared among those voters ' second choices .
20 An unconventional method of producing reasonably bounce-free switching may be carried out using a small amount of water in an egg-cup .
21 The introduction of computer support could have had significantly different effects on the service providers and on the users , and the Needs Analysis was carried out using a different questionnaire for each generic group .
22 Assays were carried out using a radiolabelled restriction fragment containing the anti- met- box construct ( 00186 ) .
23 After selection , both these systems are manually pumped out using a fore-and-aft lever beside one 's right thigh with an extending red-topped handle like a heavy walking stick .
24 She worked that one out using the combined thought that J. Arthur had to mean the movie mogul J. Arthur Rank and that what her brother really was doing was using a convenient form of rhyming slang .
25 Research grants were worked out using the national research ratings published by the University Funding Council last year .
26 A whole cupboard may be turned out to find a forgotten toy and then the clearing up , sorting and re-packing becomes an activity in itself .
27 Armed with this hypothesis , they set out to find a convenient way of reducing carbon monoxide that might avoid the expensive catalysts and energy intensive conditions of Fischer-Tropsch chemistry — an industrial process that converts carbon monoxide and hydrogen synthesis gas to mixtures of organic compounds .
28 She was Tim 's first choice when he set out to find the perfect engagement ring for the woman he loved .
29 The white veins in the pink marble tremble and nod , they sway and stretch out to catch the excited atoms .
30 Opting out has a short term attraction because it will bring in cash … but the feeling is will be little use in the long run .
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