Example sentences of "out [conj] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | What he pulled out and flung on the bed were garments of his own : a thick jacket and breeches and boots . |
2 | And he went on gazing out of the window , drawing on it with his finger until Mrs Hollins came out and rapped on the glass . |
3 | A major rationalisation exercise was carried out and resulted in the creation of a single Head Office at Nailsea which now undertakes all the accounting and administration for Wimpey Hobbs , Wimpey Asphalt and the Overseas Contracting activities . |
4 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
5 | Remembering the cheque , she went upstairs to get it , she flattened it out and stared at the signature . |
6 | She bought potatoes and carrots and apples and bananas and oranges and every time she lifted her bag an orange fell out and rolled on the floor . |
7 | The bags were of that thinner kind of plastic they use for the bags that they give away at the supermarket , the free ones ; and now one of the bags in her right hand split and she just stood there helpless to stop them as three cans fell out and rolled across the concrete . |
8 | I was waiting for him to say he went out and rolled in the snow because that 's the proper end is n't it ? |
9 | School dinner lady Linda Ellis , 32 , and nurse Marie Fisher , 38 , saved Tom Friday after he passed out and toppled into the pool at the Ty Mawr Holiday Camp , in Towyn , near Rhyl , North Wales . |
10 | He put his hands out and fell to the floor , as if to do fingertip push-ups . |
11 | Grace swung her handbag in recognition , and a ball of wool jerked out and fell to the gutter . |
12 | As he left the pitch he blacked out and fell through a glass door , cutting his hand . |
13 | A jet of flame shot out and fell upon the cross , which caught light immediately . |
14 | This old lady came out and said about the cough — she gave me a dose of cough medicine . |
15 | The two women jumped out and sprinted for the front door of the cottage , Donna struggling with the key . |
16 | His fingers came out and hovered at the side of her head . |
17 | that bellowed out and belonged to the melting air ? |
18 | Ward got out and strode down the mud-sodden road to join them . |
19 | He got out and strode into the reception office without waiting for her . |
20 | ‘ Here … mister , ’ he yelled out and struggled to the front . |
21 | With one final corkscrew twist the path came out of the woods , flattened out and meandered along the edge of a lush expanse of green lawn . |
22 | It poked out and wriggled like a slug . |
23 | ‘ I backed the car out and drove past the police station . |
24 | Alone , she reached out and clung to the wooden balustrade . |
25 | ‘ Obviously if all five of us went out and walked past a school at home time , we 'd be asking for trouble . |
26 | Just then Boldwood came out and walked to the gate . |
27 | I looked out and saw for the first time the main street of Koraloona 's largest town , Anani : a dusty white strip of road , a long row of assorted shops , a few cars . |
28 | Eva moved out and went to a hostel . |
29 | The improved colt quickened well to take it up over two furlongs out and went to the line clear of the dead-heaters Steinbeck and Wilde Rufo , with the latter subsequently disqualified when jockey Richard Quinn weighed in 6lb light . |
30 | Lorton showed them out and went to the kitchen to pour himself a drink . |