Example sentences of "out a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaders on Capitol Hill virtually put all other business on hold as it sought to hammer out a debt ceiling increase . |
| 2 | They accept all too easily the public/private distinction and so rule out a consideration of those " privately " made decisions in the economic sphere that have profound implications for the life chances of millions of people . |
| 3 | The Shy One hardly ever speaks , partly due to nerves but more usually because he thinks more slowly than his colleagues , and by the time he has thought out a contribution someone else has already said it . |
| 4 | Clare Murphy , garden centre department manager , comes inside from the damp outdoors to check out a feature new to Homebase . |
| 5 | Whatever the lecturer 's technique , start your course by writing out a title-page summary of what the syllabus lists . |
| 6 | Nor all your tears wash out a Word of it . |
| 7 | Maura could see Terry 's lips moving but could not make out a word . |
| 8 | A master might also hit you with a pencil box on the buttocks , if you had n't learnt your " verbs " and I was once shaken so violently for crossing out a word in my exercise book when I had been told not to , that I nearly fell down with giddiness . |
| 9 | Nor Daz nor Bold wash out a Word of it . |
| 10 | The " moving finger " of the dynamic tectonic situation " writes " the stratigraphical record for us , and only the erosional " tears " accompanying subsequent uplift can wash out a word of it . |
| 11 | And he said what they 're tr er what they want to do is erm pick out a word pick out a word and then in a conversation they would fi find out how many meanings to that one word . |
| 12 | And he said what they 're tr er what they want to do is erm pick out a word pick out a word and then in a conversation they would fi find out how many meanings to that one word . |
| 13 | They only pick out a word word here and there see |
| 14 | The very worst time to take out a bond is when rates are low but then rise dramatically and unexpectedly , as they did at the end of the 1980s . |
| 15 | The very worst time to take out a bond is when rates are low but then rise dramatically and unexpectedly , as they did at the end of the 1980s |
| 16 | He and Stefan had worked out a performance programme so that Ingrid would n't have to sing two big roles on consecutive nights . |
| 17 | Citrine 's policy was the standard one : to hammer out a consensus by discussion . |
| 18 | Now he 'd have to pick out a tie . |
| 19 | picks out a cable running close alongside . |
| 20 | Ladbroke 's had a book open on whether he would get round inside the distance but the far spicier price would be odds against him in bawling out a porter in Bangkok . |
| 21 | No child will gain pleasure or motivation from a chart if a parent is half-hearted in giving out a sticker or says , ‘ I have n't got time to think about that now ’ . |
| 22 | ( 17 ) Using a computer interrogating a database ; consulting a viewdata programme ; carrying out a simulation of some kind ; inputting data onto a database ; using word processing packages to produce written work for history ; using a computer to generate barcharts , graphs , etc. ( 18 ) Watching video or film . |
| 23 | But where thousands of claimants did not receive repayments to which they were entitled because of errors of local officials the Court of Appeal held that the Minister was not obliged to carry out a fullscale review of files . |
| 24 | ‘ He said that one should always sort out a bolt-hole for oneself . ’ |
| 25 | Considerable skill in getting plants established was also required — it is only too easy for gaps to appear , or for an odd man out in flower colour to pop up , as anyone who has ever tried to grow a complete row of vegetables or lay out a bedding plan , will know . |
| 26 | This was a peculiar thing to do , because in 1963 in the House of Lords the Lord Chancellor had ruled that a free pardon wiped out a conviction and all its consequences , and the accused was to be regarded as having been acquitted . |
| 27 | She bent down and picked out a fragment of Quimper from the dustpan . |
| 28 | A third held out a crucifix . |
| 29 | A Medic plucked out a needle-pistol and fired with splendid accuracy at Bjortson 's muscle-corded neck . |
| 30 | A protagonist asked to play out a scene from her own life in a psycho-drama session may be too anxious about what will emerge to ‘ play the game ’ spontaneously . |