Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] outside the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stella crossed the street and loitered outside the store window displaying haughty mannequins flaunting swagger coats . |
| 2 | ‘ I drove up and parked outside the office door . |
| 3 | It was the last age when the railway station was an essential ingredient of every traveller 's itinerary : point of departure , point of arrival , point of contact en route with everyday life as it teemed and flowed outside the protective cocoon of the train . |
| 4 | Over a thousand students left their dormitories and protested outside the campus administrative building by putting up posters and calling for the resignation of key officials who had little understanding or sympathy with their plight . |
| 5 | Secondly , a number of views of this procedure can be considered relevant , eg from the point of view of the individual who is concerned with the speedy settlement of claims , the administrative assistant who checks the claims for errors , and the boss who is concerned with the effect on his status if a large number of false claims were to be made , and discovered outside the section . |
| 6 | She tiptoed upstairs and listened outside the door of Peter 's room . |
| 7 | You then followed me to the ticket reservation counter , chatted up the girl afterwards , found I 'd booked a Business-Class seat to Brussels , did the same yourself and waited outside the final departure lounge until you saw me boarding . ’ |
| 8 | I went across the clattering , windy linkage space between the dining and dome cars and stood outside the toilet room . |
| 9 | ‘ And stood outside the Tube station rattling a tin for the RNLI a couple of weekends ago . |
| 10 | In some ways it is a useful term , for it suggests , correctly , that the USA avoided any " entangling alliances " with other powers , and remained outside the new League of Nations . |
| 11 | The pack was released each night after ten o'clock curfew , after which time anyone who disobeyed orders and remained outside the safety of the house , did so at their own peril . |
| 12 | When they had finished several hours later I felt confused and sat outside the room to smoke a cigarette while the Sergeants deliberated . |