Example sentences of "[adv] out [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody suggested that the Parliament at Westminster did not have the authority to pass such legislation , perhaps out of a feeling that Britain was paying enough for the defence of America to be entitled to impose a unified industrial policy , possibly more out of a feeling that it would be hard to enforce . |
| 2 | At the same time , blink once or twice , change eye focus , look into the distance — perhaps out of the window — then look down to the floor . |
| 3 | Erm very successful priced basically out of the price the market eventually . |
| 4 | Fishbane 's bedroom is somewhat out of the way and near the lift , so that the ladies can be discreetly smuggled up there by Ramsbum . |
| 5 | But then , at first glance , Vic was somewhat out of the ordinary . |
| 6 | Huy looked thoughtfully out through the curtains of the litter at the night sky , bright in the silence with the light of a million stars . |
| 7 | Sally was looking thoughtfully out of the hotel window and at the steady procession of passersby , a good proportion of whom were visitors , to judge by the number of cameras to be seen . |
| 8 | He is also replacing his receiver and turning to gaze thoughtfully out of the window . |
| 9 | Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall . |
| 10 | In business it is not uncommon for a seller ( X ) to sell large quantities of a commodity to a buyer ( Y Ltd. ) in the knowledge that Y Ltd. will be able to pay for them only out of the proceeds of re-selling them . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's easy ; my affections have been rejected by the one I love and her carnality is being most thoroughly investigated by my elder and smarter brother on a more or less hourly basis , so I am spurned and she is spermed ; my father believes his children should be free to make up their own minds , but preferably only out of the spare-parts that he provides … |
| 12 | Others even claim that the present knowledge of man and his mind is nil and that real culture will arise only out of the knowledge of the sequence of human DNA . |
| 13 | Dio Cassius describes the difficulties with which the Romans subdued the ancient Britons , who hid in the marshes ‘ with their heads only out of the water ! ’ |
| 14 | This presumption can be rebutted by any words indicating that the preferential dividend for a year is to be payable only out of the profits of that year . |
| 15 | A herd of deer on the African plains may feed undisturbed when a lioness walks among them , if they perceive that she is only out for a stroll . |
| 16 | Cassie dropped her pen and moved swiftly out of the room and down the steps onto the landing . |
| 17 | He motioned with his head to Antony , who nodded and went swiftly out of the room and up the stairs . |
| 18 | The sight had brought her as swiftly out of the house as a child who sees the ice-cream van . |
| 19 | She swung round and walked swiftly out of the office . |
| 20 | About now , the first Hooray of spring can be seen stepping gingerly out of The Admiral Codrington and standing with his G 'n' T in the middle of the road . |
| 21 | She sat for maybe ten minutes staring gloomily out at the rain , which gave no sign of abating , knowing her options were limited to a choice of one . |
| 22 | He lit a cigarette and sat staring gloomily out of the window . |
| 23 | Sometimes , before their numbers were made up , one or two of them would come to the edge of Steep Ridgery and look gloomily out over the sea of greenery as though wondering whether they dared set out without waiting longer . |
| 24 | Most of the year , the matrons of Tollemarche regarded their husbands as nuisances better out of the house , but the ball was an occasion for which husbands , sweethearts , even brothers , were in great demand . |
| 25 | Teddy all made up to go out was a cross between Ginger Rogers and Rita Hayworth — her red-gold hair a mass of curls , false eye-lashes long enough to sweep the streets , face entirely out of a box ( courtesy of the American PX ) , and fully fashioned grey silk stockings which were strictly not Waaf issue . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , whilst a joint campaign with the Communist Party and other political organizations was entirely out of the question , the Labour leadership felt compelled to adjust its policy with regard to Spain . |
| 27 | Your financial situation can improve , but you may have to wait until next year before you are entirely out of the woods . |
| 28 | But in order to convince the public of what it really amounts to , I decided to do something entirely out of the ordinary , that is , to get Wolfgang to write an opera for the theatre . |
| 29 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
| 30 | Over the crest at the High Cross , erupting suddenly out of the declivity beyond , and certainly from the Welsh gate , the hard drumming of hooves burst upon their ears , coming at a gallop . |