Example sentences of "out [conj] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping the thumb in this position gives strength to the fist and prevents the thumb from sticking out or catching on something during a fight , and fracturing or breaking . |
| 2 | It is unnecessary to add much to what has been said already about the horn , except to point out that owing to its conical mouthpiece and bore it is unable to produce such a loud and brilliant tone as the trumpets and trombones , which are played with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and have a cylindrical bore over the greater part of their length . |
| 3 | Sir Neville Cardus , another great music critic writing about the history of music , likened the image of great composers such as Bach , Mozart and Beethoven as , ‘ Looking at a range of mountains , those names are on the summits then one comes to a plateau — and there standing out and rising from it is the cathedral of César Franck . ’ |
| 4 | I try to go to keep-fit as often as I can , and I also enjoy knitting , listening to music , going out and looking after my son . ’ |
| 5 | The hummingbirds become particularly hostile , buzzing around the big bird 's head , as close as 2 inches from its face , calling out and jabbing at its eyes . |
| 6 | He gripped the sides of the pulpit between fingers crooked as claws and leaned out so far over the congregation that he was in danger of falling out and landing on his head . |
| 7 | The sowing of the seed of the gospel does not happen just with a look , any more than the sowing of barley occurs by the farmer going out and smiling at his field . |
| 8 | His reasoning being that when the clarion call is sounded on Resurrection Day and the whole world is turned upside down , he would be the first one out and standing on his feet . |