Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [to-vb] out the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no interest in charitable works , or in clubs devoted to flower-arranging , debating futile motions or even poetry-reading , seeing such activities as being designed to fill out the time of future ladies of leisure . |
| 2 | The performance of dance and drama attended during the inspection of Matagalpa Prison was a good testimony to the efforts being made to draw out the creativity and self-expression of the prisoner . |
| 3 | This afternoon frantic efforts were being made to sort out the confusion . |
| 4 | The twist mop is a modern development of the socket mop with the handle being twisted to wring out the mop . |
| 5 | The lay judges , like Stanhope and Stirling , on the other hand , must have been well aware of the realities of the situation , and that there was little chance of the prize-winners being commissioned to carry out the work . |
| 6 | Only by having fought every battle and won can we be free from the constraints of being used to act out the wheel of life and be truly ourselves . |