Example sentences of "was [v-ing] out to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the next room half of Beverly Hills High was freaking out to The Doors . |
| 2 | I swear that dog was looking out to sea with his blind eye . |
| 3 | As we turned Bass Point with a good view of the Predannack helicopter base , my concentration was drawn by a helicopter which had lifted off and was heading out to sea , at our level and across our path . |
| 4 | A three-man crew from the independent Southport Lifeboat Service was called out following reports that a shrimp rig driven by Joe Ross was heading out to sea . |
| 5 | I knew what I was going out to and I was only concerned that there might be some hitch or delay , that I might get there and find that someone had made a mistake and I was n't due out for another six months — such was my anxiety to be released . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't know I was going out to dinner , ’ said Daisy defensively . |
| 7 | My husband was going out to Qatar , that pear drop of moonscape pitted with rich oases and edged with ancient trading posts , the Emirate that had refused at the last moment to join Sheikh Zayed 's dream of unity . |
| 8 | P.B. They might have changed their tune , they might have changed their job description , but the job description was she was going out to primary schools . |
| 9 | Minny : one day when I 'd been gushing about her dress when she was going out to a dance . |
| 10 | ‘ The version I heard-was that Lesley-Jane was going out to dinner with Michael Banks ‘ to go through his lines ’ . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe if she told him she was going out to Australia . |
| 12 | And it was Alice , right , and as I was going out to the door , she said to Alice , Alice must have said to her , are we going tonight ? |
| 13 | She was going out to a party , I got a bucket of water , threw it over her head ! |
| 14 | She was going out to a party . |
| 15 | The nuthouse was turning out to be quite cosmopolitan with a Cockney and a German as well as the locals . |
| 16 | It was turning out to be a day unlike any other he had spent at Gibbet Hall . |
| 17 | He also called for a full investigation into Orkney 's Social Work Department , and the RSSPCC whose involvement was turning out to be very much more fundamental than had at first been supposed . |
| 18 | Amazing , when you thought about it , but it was turning out to be an amazing war . |
| 19 | They may have been glad , since she was turning out to be hard to amuse , that she slept deeply in the early afternoons . |
| 20 | Dorrainge was turning out to be very meddlesome . |
| 21 | Being an artist 's model was turning out to be somewhat more traumatic than she had anticipated . |
| 22 | It was turning out to be quite a good day . |
| 23 | Stef was turning out to be very trying ; she seemed unable to accept that one love can finish just like that — poof ! — and a new one begin . |
| 24 | Quite glad to abandon what was turning out to be a very wet hunt , she walked with the little girl back to the hotel . |
| 25 | The evening was turning out to be much more enjoyable than she 'd anticipated . |
| 26 | This assignment that , initially , had seemed simple and straightforward was turning out to be no such thing . |
| 27 | The young man looked startled that what he 'd thought was just a speck in his eye was turning out to be something much more serious . |
| 28 | Before she reached my name I had chosen the wife for Old Red ; when Gwenellen Jones answered I had also chosen my bridesmaid 's dress , asked Matron for an extra holiday , coaxed our fare money out of my father , and was flying out to Singapore with Dickie . |
| 29 | It was ridiculous , because Fiver was calling out to everybody . |
| 30 | Suddenly Angela , who was gazing at the red mack her mummy was holding out to her , gave a gasp . |