Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] out [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 A hare appeared on the opposite verge , quivered for a second , then ran swiftly up the road only to leap sideways out of the path of the approaching French infantry .
2 ‘ What 's the matter , San ? ’ the fat woman asked for about the fifth time since they had all trooped in out of the cold .
3 Why , after two years , should he suddenly zero in out of the blue ?
4 Some , like Lucie , were confident that Death had long since moved on out of the village .
5 The Warlords had already marched right out of the arena .
6 It was partly the comment itself , partly the way it had been delivered , dead pan , a little gem just plucked unwittingly out of the air .
7 Under the new captaincy of Ken Mentle , the club decided not to go all out for the title but simply to consolidate their Premier Division status .
8 … which soon flies right out of the window ! . 40%
9 FOR reasons that go deep into its past , Hungary has not done well out of the twentieth century .
10 We keep ourselves to ourselves , Joan and I. There was a frightful nosy American in the summer who just turned up out of the blue and told us how honoured we must be , having the old bat 's relics up here .
11 Jack wrote a poem to Warnie , urging him not to look back out of the car window as it hurtled away , leaving their childhood behind them .
12 He just showed up out of the blue one day while Nathan was working .
13 I was in London when they happened — I just walked straight out of the Tube station and I was in the middle of a mass demonstration . ’
14 I was in London when they happened — I just walked straight out of the Tube station and I was in the middle of a mass demonstration . ’
15 The beats are almost always found well out from the margins .
16 Sgt. Bamberger then spotted four more coming down out of the sun ( these were likely to have been four of the original six , making their second swoop ) .
17 Her good humour rapidly dissipated once out in the restaurant .
18 Bessie nodded , glad for the chance of making her views known to the young mother , and she quickly flounced off out of the kitchen .
19 He probably lies somewhere out on the Steppes , together with so many of his companions .
20 The public , as ratepayers , should realize that not only is all compensation paid out of the land-drainage budget , but that the fees of the landowner 's agent are also financed entirely out of the public purse of the water authority or other public body carrying out the scheme .
21 Our confidence thus bolstered , we were now stepping eagerly out of the tent bound for Ancohuma .
22 These measures caused economic chaos ; in particular , 80 per cent of inter-island traffic had been carried in Dutch ships which now moved hastily out of the archipelago .
23 It 's a taste that seems to be catching on in Japan , replacing a traditional fancy for whale meat , which is now priced well out of the range of most Japanese pockets .
24 They were relaxed and puffing on cigarettes ; it was clear that any responsibility for the inert procession which now crocodiled back out of the village failed to bother them .
25 Some are busily scribbling down every word she utters , others are watching her quizzically , chewing the ends of their ballpoints , and those who looked bored at the outset are now staring vacantly out of the window or diligently chiselling their initials into the lecture-room furniture .
26 After well over an hour the race was abandoned as the fleet slowly drifted backwards out of the harbour .
27 Oh they were kicking up an awful fuss and I thought to myself now a cat 's tearing one to pieces , that 's the way it , what it sounded like , or two and they were , I could n't see quite out of the window but they were making a fuss on the wall by Diane 's
28 Lisabeth 's mouth dropped open and she swooned slightly against Fenella , who cunningly stepped forward out of the way so Lisabeth had to right herself .
29 Mrs Hawkins said : ‘ It does n't take long out of the workplace to lose confidence .
30 It did n't seem absolutely out of the question .
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