Example sentences of "out [prep] the whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The beauty of this system is that you do n't have to leave your desk to find out about the whole wealth of information we have at hand . ’ |
| 2 | Because I had n't sorted myself out about the whole thing properly , my feelings while waiting were a complete tangle — although I did n't want to see him , I did desperately want him to want to see me . |
| 3 | This type of analysis can be carried out for the whole country showing that there are a number of areas which are prominent in the consumption of the imported goods and which may have been developing centres of political and economic power ( Huggett forthcoming ) . |
| 4 | She had told no one that she would be out for the whole night ; the only person who had known had been Luke Calder . |
| 5 | Whenever we 're out together they wo n't go near a food shop , even if we 're out for the whole day . |
| 6 | Well , the thing I mainly notice when last week when Paul was home , not last week , the week before last I had Paul solidly at home , he moved himself entirely in lock , stock and barrel at the weekend , he was then with me waiting for his job and he went out every day and did little bit 's of shopping for me , got him from under my feet , saved me money , cos I was only buying what I absolutely needed , and the amount of time that I had , I mean I was able to go out for the whole day with Peggy on Wednesday , I was able to get food prepared and , admittedly I did n't manage to get as much done as I thought I was going to do , but then I think that 's with most people in life , |
| 7 | I compared my yardages with a wheel once , and we were no more than two paces out for the whole course . |
| 8 | Remembered the horrible , fair , insinuating Frome sidling up to her at the counter and suddenly , unexpectedly , braying out for the whole shop to hear in exaggerated cockney : ‘ Better not fatten him up too much , love , or he 'll be too heavy to baby-snatch . ’ |
| 9 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 10 | Whereas the Natural History Museum ( the V&A 's neighbour on the other side of Exhibition Road ) attempts to justify admissions charges through an energetic advertising and marketing campaign promoting the idea of the museum visit as an entertaining-cum-educational day out for the whole family , the ‘ national Museum of Art and Design ’ must work to counteract the potential elitism implicit in its status as an institution of cultural as opposed to ‘ natural ’ history . |
| 11 | This exercise is a refinement of the one carried out for the whole district in that it takes more account of local needs and provides additional information over and above the grades of staff required . |
| 12 | 6 weeks on , he can last out for the whole lesson . |
| 13 | There is no reason why , out of the whole Universe , it should be us at the centre . ’ |
| 14 | Using the time after one has gone to bed can avoid interruptions ; 10–15 minutes per child is only a small time out of the whole day and it needs to be given high priority . |
| 15 | Two courses out of the whole menu would be more than enough . |
| 16 | Struggling into yet another of the brief garments bought for her by Ross — her trembling fingers fumbling awkwardly with the small scraps of material — Laura dearly wished that she had the courage to chicken out of the whole affair . |
| 17 | Out of the whole mess , Curtis took consolation from two factors — wounded and losing blood , the bastard would n't get far on foot , and into the bargain he had lost his knife — already on its way to Forensic , who would doubtless prove it to have been the murder weapon with which he had butchered his victims . |
| 18 | And yesterday the International Cricket Council astonishingly copped out of the whole issue . |
| 19 | Instead of staying carefully on his side of the screen — ‘ She goes left , I go right ’ — he suddenly stepped forward , centre stage , out of his position , out of the whole plot of the operetta , threw out his arms in the great expansive sexual gesture that never failed to work with the audiences , and began to sing in front of Therese , ignoring the screen , ignoring the action , making a total mockery of the whole theme of a bride and groom who marry without knowing who they are . |
| 20 | But you ca n't back out of the whole rehearsal |
| 21 | How interesting it was , thought Dyson , how extraordinarily intriguing , to find that out of the whole team the only one who was actually turning up trumps was himself . |
| 22 | The God of this mountain is the God who saved only Noah and his family out of the whole world . |
| 23 | Ingratiating smiles and words were threaded in and out of the whole whirl of busyness . |
| 24 | Out of all Europe , out of the whole kingdom of Alba and Cumbria , out of all Moray and Caithness and the myriad islands of Orkney , his father was here , only here , and alone with himself . |
| 25 | She was getting a kick out of the whole thing , I 'm sure of it : her big cow eyes were bright and she was all breathy when she talked about it . |
| 26 | The kitten lived to be nine , so came out of the whole business best , I suppose . |
| 27 | WELLA 'S Lockwell Acid perm takes the stress out of the whole process by minimising the swelling of the hair cuticle and gently forming hair into long-lasting curls . |
| 28 | As a world-wide Church we are sent out into the whole world — we are not just a localised unit of believers . |
| 29 | When Aldrich handed it to him there were only three crossings out in the whole thing . |
| 30 | The house was pink like her mother 's dress , and sat high on Beverly Hills with a view out over the whole sprawl of Kingston to the hazy bay beyond . |