Example sentences of "out over the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wine spilled out in a small pool , red and dark , like a bloodstain creeping out over the burnished timber . |
| 2 | we shuffle out over the frozen ground ; |
| 3 | We stood on the top step , an icy wind driving any sleep from our eyes and faces , staring out over the snow-carpeted grounds . |
| 4 | As young men , they managed to avoid falling out over the tendentious terms of their father 's will . |
| 5 | From Middenheim 's many tall towers it is possible to look out over the Great Forest to the south and the Drakwald to the west , a carpet of treetops stretching in every direction save eastwards , where the rising Middle Mountains burst from the forest floor , tall and jagged , and the colour of thunder clouds . |
| 6 | The proposed site is virtually on the shoreline in the centre of the bay , with a superb vista out over the Small Isles . |
| 7 | We climbed the low hills northwest of the loch and lay in the long grass under the pines and the birch , looking out over the small glen to the forested hill on the far side where the old railway tunnel was . |
| 8 | He is standing as he must have stood that afternoon on the shore of the Gulf of San Miguel , four-square and haughty , bucklered , helmeted , spurred , and looking out over the greatest ocean in the world . |
| 9 | Angelica 's thinking that a bag of garbage has probably been carried along on the night swell and has become caught up amongst the pillars and the metal cross-tics ; there will always be somebody who 'll think that a couple of heavy stones and a drop out over the deepest part of the lake are an adequate way of disposing of all their empty cans and peelings and plate-scrapings . |
| 10 | I got up and , sitting at my window , looked out over the still-sleeping city , and wrote my first poem to this unknown god : |
| 11 | Garvey was holding Izzie out over the lower trapdoor , one arm round her waist and the other across her throat . |
| 12 | Then , as now , it looked out over the broad creek and the gunmetal-coloured mud with the eaten-looking wreck of an old fishing boat sticking out of it . |
| 13 | As he looked out over the familiar landscape that spring day , the poetic miracles which had begun in the lime-tree bower were coming to an end . |
| 14 | I nod at Andy , taking yet another opened magnum and leaning out over the glass-stacked table . |
| 15 | The APU surveys , carried out over the five-year period 1978–1982 , monitored the attainment and attitudes of large numbers of 11 and 15 year old pupils . |
| 16 | When our turn came , I could see the rifles and guns lying on the table and the long queue of lorries , leaving the land of oranges far behind and spreading out over the winding roads of Lebanon . |
| 17 | They were sitting quietly together , looking out over the peaceful valley . |
| 18 | Overcome by emotion , she turned away , gazing out over the black waters of the reservoir . |
| 19 | Every brook coming down from the heights was swollen into a torrent , every valley river gulped these tributaries into its heart , and burst out over the narrow meadows into languid shallows , while in the centre it rushed ahead with treacherous force . |
| 20 | At intervals , a whistle rings out over the dark lake , giving the all-clear . |
| 21 | Richard , wearing the new dressing gown and slippers that had been his mother 's practical present , stood at the window , looking out over the bare countryside . |
| 22 | His hand slid down over her back , his fingers splaying out over the firm swell of her bottom , pulling her body closer still to his . |
| 23 | Once , moved beyond composure by something he heard or saw , he rose abruptly and stood with his back to them , facing out over the sodden countryside . |
| 24 | Assessment of progress will be carried out over the two year period and will be based on the completion of design notebooks , workbooks , pattern drafts , knitted samples and garments and finally a written examination . |
| 25 | ‘ I think that is a just reward for the work which has been carried out over the two years following our restructure . |
| 26 | Looking out over the snow-covered park , she could still see her brother 's reflection in the glass . |
| 27 | He was sitting quite still in the golden glow of the sunset , staring out over the Grand Canal , Cas and Poll in his lap . |
| 28 | Finally we sat in the hide open to the general public and looked out over the wide expanse of water at Low Ellers . |
| 29 | Looking out over the silvery water , she wondered whether it really was Robert who had been a spectator of what was apparently a passionate embrace . |
| 30 | creating a polymer film at the air-tear interface which supports or drags a layer of water along with it as it spreads out over the ocular surface with each blink . |