Example sentences of "shutting out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning on Mungo , Mr Cottle paused to blow his nose , a signal for the trees to edge in on all sides , shutting out the sky . |
| 2 | He closed the door again with a soft click , shutting out the room 's light and plunging the hallway back into blackness . |
| 3 | He carefully locked the door behind him , shutting out the world again . |
| 4 | Sampras took both the tie-breaks with superb aces , shutting out the raucous cheering that greeted every Becker winner . |
| 5 | His coarse epistles , his tuneless serenades beneath her casement windows , obliging her to have them closed , shutting out the cooling breeze . |
| 6 | The mist shone round them , shutting out the world . |
| 7 | Ruth obeyed , shutting out the rainy evening . |
| 8 | The doors moved towards each other , shutting out the stars . |
| 9 | of the hearse door shutting out the light |
| 10 | PFK TIP : Covering the sides of the tank as well can add to the effect and reduce any algae by shutting out the unwanted sunlight . |
| 11 | It can also revive memories of childhood tantrums and distress , locking oneself in the lavatory or bathroom and shutting out the adults who came battering at the door . |
| 12 | Perhaps partly because of the decay , the garden had retained the atmosphere of enclosure and secrecy — that feeling of shutting out the world beyond — essential to any walled pleasure garden . |
| 13 | ‘ The murderer staggering backwards to the wall and shutting out the sight with his hand , seized a heavy club and struck … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Not since I realised how it was reared , think of shutting out the daylight all their lives . ’ |
| 15 | When I turn the car and drive past the house , on my way to the main road , I can see Susan drawing the curtains in the bedroom , shutting out the street . |
| 16 | For even when the proportions are beautiful and unusual , the view stupendous , the privacy assured , a window covering is still the most practical way of shutting out the depressing sight of rain , avoiding too much heat loss , preventing draughts in winter and the discomforts of too much sun in summer . |
| 17 | Mrs Richards pretended to sleep , but Shelley could tell by the tightly closed eyes and the hard lines at the corners of her mouth that she was shutting out the world because it was hurting again . |