Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] out the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I , I , I did it , but I only missed out the two people that were away . |
| 2 | Looking up , she slowly spelt out the faded letters on the broken-off arm of the signpost , and then she had a shock . |
| 3 | They even escorted me to the school gates sometimes — and I just bunked out the other way . |
| 4 | Even though it was high morning , the light was dim and artificial outside as acres of arched roof far above kept out the Canadian weather . |
| 5 | When the tape finally ran out the eight members present were silent with shock . |
| 6 | Hyacinth , quieter now , glanced around the room in embarrassment and her mother at once shooed out the smaller children . |
| 7 | Orwell has left us with a graphic description of a typical reader , the elderly lady who always took out the same books , year-in year-out — a thing not possible incidentally in today 's rapid-turnover public libraries — with the word , ‘ I do love a drop of Dell ! ’ referring to the popular writer Ethel M. Dell . |
| 8 | When staff at the hospital realised their mistake they quickly brought out the right baby . |
| 9 | He finished , face raised and eyes closed , and at once gave out the final psalm . |
| 10 | I quickly trod out the flickering twists of paper , and scrambled across to the door . |
| 11 | In her room , she sat on the bed and opening her travelling bag carefully took out the satin-lined box . |
| 12 | He reiterated the major points made in his ‘ Notes of An Economist ’ — of which more later — but also sketched out the political implications of his earlier essay . |
| 13 | Barbara not only acted as secretary to a succession of senior managers including Harold Worland and Raymond Anderson , she also carried out the secretarial work for the Board for many years . |
| 14 | From this , I learned more about leys and immediately got out the local map to try and find one for myself . |
| 15 | After breaking ahead of his experienced Brazilian rival , Jose-Luis Barbosa , he simply stretched out the five-man field , only stepping on the accelerator off the last bend to hold off comfortably the late surge of runner-up , Belgian Luc Bernaert . |
| 16 | He even sounded out the Israeli authorities on the chance for local autonomy , making ( for him ) the dramatic statement that ‘ Jordan is not authorised to decide the future of the Palestinian population on the West Bank ’ . |
| 17 | There was none at all in the subsequent Financial Services Bill and the accompanying paper from the SIB , Regulation of Investment Business , which simply set out the proposed clauses to be enacted and the regulatory framework to be adopted without any attempt at justification . |
| 18 | particularly pointed out the flanged bearing and said , You know that does the flanged bearings do n't you ? |
| 19 | Agriculture was beginning to change dramatically as well and after two hurricanes which almost wiped out the flourishing egg industry many farms built more substantial hen houses out of concrete blocks and the poultry were kept inside all the time in what was known as deep litter houses . |
| 20 | Everyone else went ahead on the basis of the animal data , and then found out the hard way that if it 's taken during pregnancy you get damage to the foetus . ’ |
| 21 | Mark out the same sized area on the floor , then lay out the various items , juggling them around until you are satisfied with the positions . |
| 22 | Maxim wrote down the names , then took out the new camera and fiddled with it ; presumably the gravestone was evidence of a sort . |
| 23 | Without any regard for his own safety , Andrews climbed onto a wing of the blazing plane , and kicked frantically at the toughened perspex of the cockpit canopy until it shattered , then dragged out the semi-conscious pilot . |
| 24 | Turner was arrested after the first offence but released on bail and then carried out the second offence . |
| 25 | And Alana Jeanette also told the jury how Darren Nichol had unsuccessfully tried to make love to her just hours before he allegedly carried out the frenzied sex attack on Josephine Chandler . |
| 26 | In New York , Robert Schwartz , chairman of the Tarrytown Group of New York , offered $10000 to the person who actually carried out the best test of the hypothesis . |