Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] out the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were due to try out the show at Farnham , a 400-seater theatre , less than an hour from London . |
| 2 | The appeal hinged on an earlier ruling that magistrates were right to throw out the case of a man accused of failing to provide samples because the sheet was ‘ bad for duplicity ’ . |
| 3 | They were glad to get out the houses I think . |
| 4 | Having no foothold on power , they could offer no inducements to moderate reformism ; they were unable to hold out the prospect of even limited concessions to peasants and workers . |
| 5 | Furthermore , the mutated oligonucleotides were unable to compete out the complexes formed by the wild type sequences , even when a 500 molar excess of competitor was used ( data not shown ) , reinforcing the conclusion that the protein-DNA complexes were mediated by the mutated guanine residues . |
| 6 | The dense blackness lifted a little and they were able to pick out the skyline and the dim glow of white-edged pavements and white-ringed lampposts . |
| 7 | They were able to make out the locomotive 's smoke-box and cab , and the glare of the fire reflecting through the spectacle plate on the cab front . |
| 8 | And , along with their male counterparts , they were ready to carry out the purpose of the meeting which , in the words of Douglas Kinnaird of PA Consulting , brought in as one of the UK 's top headhunters to chair it , was ‘ not to provide answers but raise comments , views — even whether or not it is a concern ? — and pick out perhaps one or two opportunities . ’ |
| 9 | Gerry Crawley , a NALGO finance spokesman , said the council was prepared to sit out the strike , but that stance was creating a nightmare scenario for the tax which would take years to clear up . |
| 10 | He was beset by difficulties ; it was impossible to carry out the perambulations during the harvest season . |
| 11 | The air was so full of flying stones , pieces of metal , swirling dust , that it was impossible to make out the markings on the car which had ended up skewed across the track , but it looked very much like a Dalgety . |
| 12 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 13 | ( iii ) The occupier must take reasonable steps to check that the contractor was competent to carry out the work . |
| 14 | Sam recovered in the third set from 1–3 to lead 5–4 , but she was unable to close out the match against a tough opponent who rarely deviated from her game plan of staying back and slugging it out from the baseline . |
| 15 | Above all , he was concerned to root out the evil of popery and overcome the influence of ‘ evil counsellors ’ close to the king . |
| 16 | Once the Zodiac was in motion he was able to ease out the sheet . |
| 17 | Owen was able to pick out the speaker . |
| 18 | That the Thatcher Government was able to spin out the dispute into a second year was seen by many as an indication that teachers were somewhat irresponsible . |
| 19 | Fortunately , being so close to the bathroom , I was able to rinse out the plastic waste-basket he was forced to use whenever his cramps got too bad . |
| 20 | Bach classified these bacteria into seven different groups , from each of which he prepared a vaccine , and he was able to work out the temperaments associated with each group . |
| 21 | It was her left arm , however , so she was able to write out the application to my dictation , and I got someone else to type it . |
| 22 | During the inquiry , Lord Romsey promised he would spend £9m on urgent restoration work on his estate , but that the income from visitors to Broadlands was insufficient to carry out the renovations . |
| 23 | There were no windows on the first-floor landing , and in the dark it was difficult to make out the numbers on the doors . |
| 24 | In the dim light it was difficult to make out the illustration . |
| 25 | In this chair , it was convenient to carry out the shaping and moulding of the parts before fitting the arms . |
| 26 | He had implicit trust in the righteousness of the ‘ movement ’ , and was eager to carry out the orders of its leader . |