Example sentences of "out [coord] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some geldings will ‘ tease ’ mares , and so can be a danger if on the other side of a wire fence , as a mare may strike out or kick at the gelding and injure herself in the fence . |
| 2 | Vast fortunes and vast debts exist only in green digits displayed on a video screen , to be wiped out or distorted at will . |
| 3 | A hand reached out and snatched at his head . |
| 4 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
| 5 | Remembering the cheque , she went upstairs to get it , she flattened it out and stared at the signature . |
| 6 | No more people left out and laughed at for being different . |
| 7 | His fingers came out and hovered at the side of her head . |
| 8 | He had now completed the leprechaun shoemaker , whose hammer could be taken out and replaced at will . |
| 9 | He stared down at his knees , then stretched his legs out and gazed at his calves and feet . |
| 10 | She held the seahorse out and gazed at it , as if searching its curves for an answer . |
| 11 | Purely in the spirit of scientific advancement , I quote this line from a sleeve-note : ’ … closing the gap between songs and instrumentals towards a point at which the listener could trip out and boogie at the same time ! ’ |
| 12 | A CIA man rushed out and roared at them angrily , and they had to put the fire out . |
| 13 | She pulled it out and looked at it . |
| 14 | He pulled it out and looked at it blankly , then slipped it into his pocket . |
| 15 | Sometimes he took it out and looked at it . |
| 16 | A boy came out and looked at me , a bit suspicious , and I felt a fool , but that boy took me back thirty years . |
| 17 | He pulled it out and looked at it . |
| 18 | It is just conceivable that the Inland Revenue , thicketed about with legislation and case law , might think these provisions of the Income Tax Acts had some concern for a transaction of that nature , but that is hardly a view which could be shared by one who got out and looked at the wood as a whole . |
| 19 | Bassetja led from half a mile out and looked at one stage like winning the race as the favourite Velma appeared to have it all to do . |
| 20 | and it was just a case of erm pot luck , I would sort of brought it out and looked at it and , er no it was n't cooked , it was cooked on the edges so I turned it over and turned it round and put it back in again . |
| 21 | They were fed , cleaned out and exercised at least twice a day . |
| 22 | This puts me in mind of the last Top of The Pops I watched , a show replete with beflared , poncho 'd , kaftan 'd persons doing psychotropic ‘ dances ’ , tripping out and boogieing at the same time . |
| 23 | He got out and knocked at a window . |
| 24 | Two gunmen leapt out and fired at least 12 shots . |
| 25 | The hummingbirds become particularly hostile , buzzing around the big bird 's head , as close as 2 inches from its face , calling out and jabbing at its eyes . |
| 26 | One Sunday in four he refused to go out and stayed at home to read and write . |
| 27 | He cried out and grabbed at a nearby wall to steady himself . |
| 28 | Her mother came out and stood at the gate waving until Caro had walked out of sight , and Caro had to force herself not to run to escape that imploring cloying gaze . |
| 29 | Did you go out and play at lunchtime ? |
| 30 | At the sound of her flying footsteps , a small dog trotted out and barked at her , and a woman emerged from the farmhouse itself , shading her eyes against the sun . |