Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] out a [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 You will need to work out a menu for yourself to follow , using the Stage I menus as a guide , but adding your own safe foods and drinks .
2 Our findings appear to rule out a role for CREM but do suggest that ATF1 is a candidate for ICR .
3 She came up once and tried to get out a cry for help to the others standing there , but the laughing gripped her lungs and they thought she was fooling .
4 Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost .
5 ‘ Then as long as that 's quite clear I 'll see what I can do to plan out a program for you .
6 When Sir Keith Joseph approved the rebuilding of St Augustine 's School , officers of the county council were still attempting to make out a case for the sale of the site based on their assessment of demand for places .
7 After 20 minutes the officers accepted a glass of wine from their enforced hostess and one , until restrained by the other , even began to write out a receipt for what had been taken .
8 Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children .
9 When he got his breath back he told Sutton it was imperative they sat down that night , the next night , the night after — however long it would take to thrash out a plan for the paper .
10 So set yourself the task of suggesting a simple argument or answer and then you can try to make out a case for it .
11 He also tried his hand as a film director , though less successfully , and wrote a play about a German who sought to take out a patent for gas ovens , which was staged to scant acclaim at the Arts Theatre in 1965 .
12 ‘ Especially , ’ Angelica said , ‘ when you 're trying to make out a form for somebody whom you know wo n't appear anywhere in the records . ’
13 Despite the apparent gentleness of the Glancy approach to the sensitivities of staff at Friern , when the members of the authority attempted to work out a process for implementing its recommendations , they ran into considerable difficulties .
14 Because of socialisation it is only rarely that we have to puzzle out a meaning for an action which we come across in our normal social encounters — most actions seem perfectly intelligible to us the moment they occur — because we have learnt the rules by which others are playing the ‘ game ’ .
15 An added advantage is that you have a mortgage already in place if you later need to take out a loan for house repairs .
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