Example sentences of "out to [noun] like " in BNC.

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1 There were only two other cars at the front and they rolled to a stop alongside the plinth on which the antique cannon stood pointing out to sea like some deep-chested mongrel .
2 Beachcombing soaks up the hours , punctuated with crisp swims during which my scarf unknots itself from my breasts and drifts out to sea like a directionless jelly fish .
3 Th the crime problem , as we 've already said is n't too , too great here but er nevertheless it 's important that we , we er keep our eyes open and try and keep crime out because some of these people that erm are living in the bigger cities that are criminals are now starting to discover that it 's easier to come out to places like Farnsfield and commit the crime , because we , we 're not experienced at it .
4 Out of the fullness of our hearts , praise flows out to God like a river in flood .
5 But getting out to MPs like erm John Prescott the energy spokesperson for the Labour Party and so on .
6 ‘ The nine of us were put out to jobs like this : two were on the shoeing — two more were brought in if there was a rush ; the guv'nor would be making mill-bills — a tool for trimming a millstone ; two were on farm-work , sharpening the tines of harrows , mending ploughs and so on ; the last four were normally on outside jobs , on pumps for wells — outside work of all kinds .
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