Example sentences of "out [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | It had started out as a ship 's boiler but Selwyn had acquired it some years before to ensure a plentiful supply of soft water for his garden . |
2 | Queen fans were devastated when Barcelona — a Top Ten hit when first released five years ago — was controversially elbowed out as the Games 's theme song by Amigos Para Siempre ( Friends For Life ) . |
3 | Pearson 's book publishing companies shone out as the group 's star performers last year . |
4 | Most of the events classified as severe could be interpreted as involving some kind of loss or threat of loss : finding out about a husband 's unfaithfulness , a life-threatening illness to someone close , or redundancy from a job held for many years . |
5 | To return to the shareholder example , having raised the point that it is in shareholders ' interests to ensure their returns are reasonable , it logically follows that there will be an incentive for them to spend a certain amount of time and money finding out about the firm 's activities and performance . |
6 | The advantage of finding out about the pupil 's present level of visual functioning is that it can be considered as a starting point . |
7 | They held their automatic rifles across their midriffs , four friends out for a day 's sport . |
8 | I spotted several club professionals , who were clearly delighted to be out for a day 's entertainment at the expense of one of the manufacturers . |
9 | I looked hungrily around , drinking in the sights of London : the beaver hats , lined with green velvet , of the wealthy merchants , the shabby caps of the artisans and , above all , the ornate head-dresses covered in clouds of gauze of the court ladies stepping out for a morning 's shopping . |
10 | If ever a house cried out for a woman 's hand , thought the lady dramatically , this was it ! |
11 | An architect on holiday in the Scottish Highlands was out for an afternoon 's hill walking . |
12 | ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen . |
13 | The European Commission has accepted the first set of standards worked out for the EC 's ecolabelling scheme , which aims to inform consumers about the environmental impact of particular products . |
14 | Ward was on his feet in a flash , his gloved right hand reaching out for the other 's arm . |
15 | Over in Cheltenham , 6 teams of 4 turned out for the day 's main event , won by the team from the St James Hotel . |
16 | Interviews carried out for the project 's research paper indicate that many prostitutes ‘ just want to settle down and have a family ’ . |
17 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |
18 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
19 | The 16-year-olds could play for the juniors at the same time as their fathers turn out for the club 's over-35s team in a national competition . |
20 | When I got sent down the judge said , ‘ You should be out for the baby 's birth ’ , but I was n't . |
21 | The girl and her family were ushered out through a judge 's exit before reporters were allowed into court . |
22 | You must tell them that the balance of the first year 's payment will be taken out through a banker 's order . |
23 | When the fungus is finished with its host , large club-shaped fruiting structures punch out through the insect 's exoskeleton , leaving the lifeless husk grotesquely studded with bizarre outgrowths . |
24 | Ten minutes later a small party , including a highly suspicious private detective , made its way out through the tradesmen 's entrance , escorted by Auguste . |
25 | He could have been anyone or anything stepping out after a night 's wining and dining . |
26 | He had finally petered out after a lifetime 's toil at the loom . |
27 | It was Round Two in a bitter Battle of the Bills which broke out after the couple 's wedding last May . |
28 | Behind the beautifully restored façades of the buildings with their smart paint and gabled roofs there was evidence of a rich and varied culture , Gina observed , walking down the crowded cobbled pathway where restaurants and cafés spilled out towards the water 's edge . |
29 | Dressed in well-cut silver-grey trousers and a pale green shirt , open at the neck , a grey jacket slung casually over one shoulder , he could have stepped out of every woman 's dream . |
30 | She goes on : ‘ The problem with taking a management decision out of a farmer 's hands as an economic decision and putting it into conservationists hands is that the conservationists do n't always agree . |