Example sentences of "were [v-ing] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here and there lumps of metal were sticking out of the masonry . |
| 2 | The mangled remains of a bicycle were sticking out of the windscreen of the lower car . |
| 3 | And her outdoor boots were sticking out from under the bed . |
| 4 | At the drink-up after their New York appearance , the band were hanging out with ex-Nymph INGRE LORRE , who invited them all back to her mother 's house for a Halloween party ( surely an offer not to be passed up ) . |
| 5 | I was pretty odd for Blackheath but not in comparison with the people who were hanging out at the It office . |
| 6 | Certainly Russia has openly intervened with military force to control its satellites like Hungary and Czechoslovakia when it thought they were stepping out of line and also supported the introduction of martial law in Poland to curb industrial unrest . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't mention him again ! ’ he said thickly , and a moment later they were stepping out into the sunlight at the Royal Hong Kong Cricket Club , the colonial sanctuary of Hong Kong Island with its Tudor pavilion , sweeping green lawns and the Union Jack flying against a halcyon blue sky . |
| 8 | She shrugged ruefully , and ten minutes later they were speeding out of the village . |
| 9 | She looked as if she was not entirely sure she was a cat , as if , thought Henry , one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight of her nine lives were oozing out of her like blood from a wound . |
| 10 | Suddenly , all the other Minpins , men , women and children , were climbing out of their windows and making their ways towards Little Billy . |
| 11 | Some of the dogs , too , had slithered down from the bank and were swimming out towards the boar . |
| 12 | It was as if you were swimming out at sea with a piece of string tied round your middle attached to someone on the shore . |
| 13 | The year was 1956 and teenagers were hatching out into fashion peacocks , no longer content to follow blindly in the footsteps of their sober-suited parents . |
| 14 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 15 | All had their sails up and all were looking out to the Solent , not back towards the red foils approaching them at 35 knots . |
| 16 | Her eyes were looking out to sea . |
| 17 | Vangmoor came up on the screen as if they were looking out of the window , but Vangmoor in summer without the wind and with leaves on the trees . |
| 18 | ‘ We were living out of a hat dramatising dirty jokes . |
| 19 | The club , by now had spilled out into a sort of annexe conservatory at the back of the room and by the time the summer arrived , people were spilling out into the garden and , in fact , used to come into the club by this route illegally . |
| 20 | My head popped outside ; five young men were bounding out of the darkness from a car on the road . |
| 21 | Even before the holiday season , banks and building societies were splashing out on brochures offering fancy loans with the chat-up line : ‘ Now that interest rates are falling … ’ . |
| 22 | Most shoppers were splashing out on practical items and steering clear of the luxury goods , he said . |
| 23 | In 1988 , 30–40 Spanish vessels were operating out of Algeciras and Almeria , and according to some estimates , as many as 800 Italian and French drift-net vessels , with a total net length exceeding 15,000 km ( about 10,000 miles ) , were fishing in the Mediterranean . |
| 24 | When I opened an upstairs window and looked into the ravine ( this was in winter , so it was easy to see the tracks ) , Zverev 's works , and those of some other artists , were lying out in the snow . |
| 25 | It is obvious to see from the photos that nuff of them were rushing out of their heads ! |
| 26 | At the time a lot of people felt we were selling out at the bottom , but I have n't heard that accusation recently . ’ |
| 27 | What you were measuring out with ? |
| 28 | Buddleias were growing out of the gutters and doves watched her stone-still , looking like part of the masonry . |
| 29 | It did not so much contest with the establishment as succeed in areas like the mining districts of Cornwall , Kingswood and around Newcastle , where there was no contest in the sprawling villages which were growing out of the reach of a moribund parish structure . |
| 30 | Too much was happening that he could n't explain , things were spiralling out of his control . |