Example sentences of "was out [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 31 | They had been sitting at home ( unheated , before Anna put in the plumbing and the armchairs ) with cousins and priests coming to black coffee now and then while the prince was out on his horse or at the club . |
| 32 | ‘ It is to Foinavon 's eternal credit that he did not refuse either at the melee when he had every excuse to or when he was out on his own especially when he was tiring , ’ Buckingham said . |
| 33 | Another time he was out with his watercolour box and a horse suddenly bolted , dragging a coal cart from the entrance to Ryn station at a mad gallop . |
| 34 | The following morning a person who was out with his gun , in expectation of falling in with some sort of wild fowl , perceiving an appearance rather uncommon , ventured to approach the spot ; upon his coming up the dog got off the body , and after repeatedly shaking himself to get disentangled from the accumulated snow , encouraged the sportsman ( a Mr. Finch ) , by actions of the most significant nature , to come near the side of his master . |
| 35 | Sean Dodds , for Kelly , said he was out with his girlfriend for the first time since the birth of their baby . |
| 36 | Last night Richard Bond , 27 , was out with his float collecting milk money and gifts from people on his round who have agreed to help out with the appeal . |
| 37 | Paul Sheldon , 20 , was out with his 18-year-old brother , Peter , and a friend , Tom Cole , when he was stabbed to death in a quiet residential street in Edinburgh . |