Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [be] [v-ing] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German soldier was holding out a box of cigars . |
| 2 | Desert Orchid was beaten , but ahead of him two brave steeplechasers were fighting out a stirring finish , and fifty yards from the line the no-hoper , the candidate for last place rather than first , stuck his plain-looking chestnut head in front and kept it there . |
| 3 | The French government is holding out an olive branch to the drivers by offering to negotiate how the new traffic laws are applied . |
| 4 | Eleven laboratories in eight countries are carrying out the first stage , synthesising new compounds for tests . |
| 5 | You and the bloody telly , he sat there with the ashtray in his hand and all bloody ash is falling out the bottom ! |
| 6 | In the RSPB 's biggest-ever reedbed rescue , a mechanical digger is digging out the surface of the entire 55 acres of fen and volunteers are carrying out strenuous scrub clearance . |
| 7 | The low point was sitting out the European contests with a broken arm . |
| 8 | And last night the Prime Minister 's despairing supporters were trotting out the ‘ back him or sack him ’ line that Mrs Thatcher used to fall back on when she was in trouble . |
| 9 | The fact that this singular , somewhat oppressive female was seeking out a religious man seemed absurd . |
| 10 | Moreover I can reveal that the findings of the Committee were certainly not those indicated in this letter ; we found that Derry Corporation had for many years been carrying out a policy of anti-Rome Catholic discrimination in employment and rigid segregation in housing . |
| 11 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 12 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 13 | The present government is carrying out a review of navigation authorities , the results of which are unlikely to be known before the election . |
| 14 | Bad news about Eastern Europe is drowning out the good news . |
| 15 | Another Herefordshire company , Bailey 's Traditional Interiors is fitting out the bathrooms . |
| 16 | Pressures for increased production are forcing out the naturally regenerating forests as commercial propositions , though very specialized woods are difficult to grow otherwise . |
| 17 | While the BARB meters can record whether the VCR or an on-air programme is being watched , there is no way of telling whether people watching a time-shifted programme are cutting out the commercial breaks — or , indeed , what programme they are watching . |
| 18 | The fat boy was holding out a pile of thin plastic diskettes . |
| 19 | ’ He sounded quite excited and Folly found herself smiling at the way his dramatic gesture was bringing out the little boy in someone as sophisticated as Luke . |
| 20 | Almost before the mooring was completed the beaching party were towing out the beaching legs in order to get the aircraft into the hangar as soon as possible . |
| 21 | We knew the RAF , and Allied friends were seeking out the launching sites of these monstrosities , and wiping them out where they could . |
| 22 | Lucifer 's atmospheric corona was blotting out the stars again , and voices were babbling in his ears . |
| 23 | Jaguar talks : Jaguar and General Motors were thrashing out a deal to protect the luxury car maker from rival US motor giant Ford . |
| 24 | Leaving out white and black American Christians is leaving out a lot . |
| 25 | My superior self was working out a way to approach and make myself known . |
| 26 | As they drove past a massive fallen jak tree a man and his two sons were digging out the trunk . |
| 27 | they were , they were doing a play or something and it , it mentioned about er , erm , what did it mention ? , it was a bit rude any way this play and it oh it was on about an erection or something and Geoffrey said his trousers his new trousers were sticking out a bit peculiar |
| 28 | She wished the man would hurry up ; he did n't seem to be objecting to the way the young assistant was dragging out the transaction . |
| 29 | A major problem the country has right now is an economic one ; the Soviet Union is pulling out a lot of its aid programmes and has obviously bankrolled the Country since nineteen seventy nine , so there 's a tremendous economic problem added to the er battles of the Khmer Rouge are causing the government to fight . |
| 30 | The secret of both recipes is bringing out the natural fruit flavours — why not try them soon ? |