Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] [verb] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moustaine walked through the ranks , stuck his fingers into Haines 's mouth and proceeded to pull out the half-chewed food , before hitting him hard in the solar plexus . |
| 2 | She reached across the desk , grabbed the instrument and began tapping out a number with the angry , impatient air of someone who has been kept waiting for an unacceptably long time . |
| 3 | However , by the time the CPAG came to give evidence to the Select Committee it had taken on board the idea of women 's financial dependency in marriage and had carried out a survey to discover the extent of mothers ' dependence on family allowance for their own and their children 's survival , irrespective of the level of their husbands ' earnings . |
| 4 | So then , with no better grace and without even a passing thought for Josie 's safety , Lucy pinned back her own hair and began to carry out the makeup job that she 'd undergone so many times before . |
| 5 | I helped myself , and when I had finished , I went up on deck and began sorting out the rigging . |
| 6 | Judith rolled up her sleeve and commenced to clean out the hen 's entrails preparatory to stuffing the carcass . |
| 7 | He spread the trousers carefully on the large deal table , put the towel with which he 'd been drying the luncheon dishes carefully on top of the faded tweed , smoothed it into place and began to poke out the creases with an old iron . |
| 8 | Without waiting for an answer , she walked round to the boot and began to take out the luggage . |
| 9 | Jack put down the phone and began to lay out the tea . |
| 10 | She rubbed out the H with a single furious sweep and began to write out the entire alphabet in order , one impeccable letter after another . |
| 11 | I left my blanket roll by the door and went around behind the counter and started making out a passenger list and tickets . |
| 12 | Voters indicated a single preference and had to spell out the name of their chosen candidate , rather than mark a box . |
| 13 | If he was n't , he was a bloody good con man and had rented out an office in Love Lane nick under false pretences . |
| 14 | Then he had deposited the champagne bottle on a small occasional table , next to a sleek ivory-coloured object that Folly had just about recognised as a phone , and she had watched in horrified fascination as he 'd picked up the receiver and started to tap out a number . |
| 15 | She trudged slowly behind Evelyn , who took the cloth and started to rub out the first word with painstaking precision . |
| 16 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 17 | He established territory over a cave roof in the middle of the tank and proceeded to carry out a reign of terror that had the other residents hugging the ends of the tank in various stages of nervous collapse . |
| 18 | She had her handbag open on the table and had taken out a small leather wallet with several plastic pockets in it , for cheque cards and the like . |
| 19 | He picked up the envelope and began to take out the sheet of paper inside . |
| 20 | One night I dreamt about it : about the dog going over to look at it , as it sometimes did , and instead of sniffing it and walking away , it tore open the anus and started to pull out the innards . |