Example sentences of "out at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | When he had finished , Bicker strode to the window and looked out at the tumbled clouds of the late day and the gathering darkness of the deserted hills . |
2 | The bill had arrived just before our fifth wedding anniversary , celebrated with a rare night out at the Working Men 's Club with my in-laws and Pam and her first husband , Gordon . |
3 | The enquiry looked at 1208 people who , in the application year ending 31 March 1980 , enquired , submitted application forms or dropped out at the various stages of the process of seeking to be matriculated , as well as those who matriculated and graduated . |
4 | Sadly , it has been our experience in the past that the most specialised work carried out at the Atomic Weapons Establishment leads scientists into a cul-de-sac of research that has little , or no , relevance to science as practised in civilian life … |
5 | A disconsolate group of climbers sitting round a kitchen table all lean forward and peer out at the iron-grey clouds rumbling past . |
6 | I mean it 's going in and out at the right places but it 's also to do with childbearing O K. So George is changing the subject there completely kind of off the wall is n't he , er this comment ? |
7 | While McClure basks in his double glory , spare a thought for Lisnagarvey 's Noel Graham , who missed out at the semi-final stages in pairs and fours . |
8 | While McClure basks in his double glory , spare a thought for Lisnagarvey 's Noel Graham , who missed out at the semi-final stages in pairs and fours . |
9 | In the first car Sarah sat dry-eyed , staring out at the passing roads . |
10 | Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson is hitting out at the dirty habits of the British public ; he says mountains of litter dumped along motorways is forcing the government to spend £3 million a year cleaning it up . |
11 | On this day , her mother always took an interest in the weather and the direction of the wind , and almost every year would look out at the white-capped waves and mutter about how the wind and sea looked much the same as it had on the day she lost her Sam . |
12 | And what a month it 's been , ’ mused Breeze , and she made a peep-hole too , and looked out at the sodden fields where leggy lambs were standing in groups , obviously wondering what had become of the lovely sunshine their mothers had told them about . |
13 | She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees . |
14 | At Birlik ( Unity ) , a radical nationalist movement , they are forced to camp out at the decrepit Writers ' Union building , where rotting rubbish is piled high in the corridor . |
15 | The electronic strains of a synthesized choir could be heard above the rumbling exhausts and Harry , gazing out at the tinsel-hung shopfronts , wondered if it was this jangling ubiquity of Christmas spirit which made his fellow men and women seem so dismally ignoble . |
16 | Elisabeth knelt on the window-seat and looked out at the ancient trees through the columns of the colonnade . |
17 | Each of the ten matings ( the lights black out at the crucial moments , of course ) is a vignette illustrating the transience of human relationships and the inequality which exists between uncommitted sexual partners , as passion , love , lust and power are unevenly distributed , invariably resulting in unhappiness . |
18 | His astonished gaze was fixed on the second familiar face staring out at the public floggings from amid the crowd of frightened coolies on the first truck , a face he had n't seen for even longer — that of his own father ! |
19 | Instead , she went over to the window and stared out at the bright flowers , the trees , the green of the grass and the hills that rose up gently all around the house . |
20 | There he lifted a corner of the curtain to peer out at the bright patches of daylight filtering through the trees . |
21 | The gulls were in good voice , however , soaring and shrieking overhead in a fickle , shifting breeze , and Harry was surprised how contented if not downright happy he felt , sitting in the shelter nearest the clock and gazing out at the white horses in the bay . |
22 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
23 | Charlie stared out at the open fields that must once have been productive farmland . |
24 | The islands were well-known for their beauty to the passengers of the steamships passing up and down the Straits , but few of those who leant on their ship 's rail on sultry moonlit evenings , gazing out at the serene islands could ever have conceived that they were to be the site of some of the most catastrophic events that the world has ever seen . |
25 | He looked out at the green fields and trees . |
26 | Chuck hesitated and peered out at the teeming streets of Cholon , which they were entering . |
27 | ‘ If we are to reach our destination and fulfil the objectives set out at the United Nations National Conference , we need firm and committed leadership , ’ he said . |
28 | The move means that the league and the end of season play-offs now need sponsorship as the company will bow out at the British Championships at Wembley in April . |