Example sentences of "[vb past] out at [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The drummer lashed out at Tom and caught him a glancing blow on the jaw and Tom had to be held back by Ollie to prevent him retaliating .
2 One victim having failed to dislodge the vandals by pouring petrol into their tunnels , crept out at dawn and fired a shotgun into a mole then constructing a hill .
3 Most people , when they went out at night or approached another village , carried a stick or a handful of stones ; if one or two dogs in a pack had been wounded the others would pick up the aggressive intention and drop back sullenly .
4 So the woman from the first House went out at night and burnt the rival House to the ground .
5 ‘ Bill , what would you do if one of the gang went out at night and told someone all about us , and what we 'd done ?
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