Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] out the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forgive my curiosity to see her : I prodded the ball of workers with a long stick , in a vain attempt to flush out the queen . |
| 2 | People close their windows at night in a vain attempt to shut out the sound of sirens and gunfire . |
| 3 | Some water companies might let you have a meter in kit form , but you will have to ask locally , because most prefer a professional contractor to carry out the installation in case of possible back-siphonage or other problems . , . |
| 4 | By taking a four-month period to flatten out the effect of the usually low total in August and the correspondingly high one for September it calculates the increase on the previous four months was four per cent and the year on year growth at 11 per cent . |
| 5 | Personalities , presentational skills , prejudices , and political dogmas all play their part , but the working of the market-place helps the coinage of sound argument to drive out the counterfeit of special pleading . |
| 6 | The Evening News summed up the affair by calling for greater public vigilance to root out the canker of immorality : ‘ England has tolerated the man Wilde for too long … he was a social pest , a centre of intellectual corruption … who attacked all wholesome , manly , simple ideals of English life . ’ |
| 7 | Then someone would have to wade into the mouth of the tunnel with a hooked stick to pull out the blockage so that the blood could run away freely . |
| 8 | Failing that , it should at least be standard practice to carry out the voters ' register check to show whether or not the information concerns a different person , if different-name information is passed : and we recognise that this alternative might be cheaper . |
| 9 | Only in this case Italians do not want to stop the flood — on the contrary , it is seen as the first real chance to clean out the corruption which is endemic in the system . |
| 10 | With dowel joints , use abrasive paper wrapped round an pencil or similar object to clean out the dowel holes . |
| 11 | Use the following information to work out the value of sales : |
| 12 | You can now use straightforward mathematics to work out the distance between your finger and your face . |
| 13 | Robert Naish was surely surprised at the apparent ease with which he not only achieved support but in so doing effectively acquired the Committee 's crucial agreement to buy out the bondholders ! |
| 14 | Now the next interpersonal-organizational skill comes into play : the ability to build a working team to carry out the idea . |
| 15 | In social research we should be trying to carry out objective research to find out the truth of the matter . |
| 16 | There may either be a personnel officer who interviews all staff for a fairly large company , or there may be one person who will be so closely involved with the new employee that she/he seems the inevitable person to carry out the interview . |
| 17 | Then he would remember he was being watched by Morris , and he would frown , and stuff his finger into his left ear to keep out the noise of the typewriter . |
| 18 | HOT SUNNY DAYS AND WARM EVENINGS ARE THE IDEAL TIME TO BRING OUT THE BARBECUE . |
| 19 | It is a good opportunity to point out the differences between the two species , and we drift in until the seals get restless ; it is the grey who rolls into the water first . |
| 20 | Like someone drowning , she fought for air , gasping and retching , covering her eyes in a futile attempt to blot out the memory of the crushed skull , the shattered features and the foul , oozing stain . |
| 21 | The Israeli Defence Forces ( IDF ) , moving beyond their self-declared " security zone " in southern Lebanon , entered UN-patrolled areas with tanks and troops on Feb. 15 in a widening attempt to wipe out the forces of militant Shia guerrilla organizations . |
| 22 | However , a sympathetic and patient GP would not have required great imagination to point out the disparity between such claims by these women and their ability to perform family and household tasks based on the evidence of their behaviour . |
| 23 | She felt a renewed desire to seek out the prophet Resenence Jeopardy . |
| 24 | She 'd booked in to a hotel on the Place Gambetta , had a leisurely bath to iron out the kinks of the journey , then followed the receptionist 's directions to the old part of the town , a maze of narrow streets where old timbered buildings leaned amiably towards each other . |
| 25 | In so far as attention was given to foreign affairs , there was a powerful inclination to test out the potential of the United Nations . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd think fifteen grand was a good reason to call out the dogs , or does n't it work that way ? ’ |
| 27 | Although such overtures to work the mines were directed at the Lord of the Manor , really at this time the landowner was not it , a proper legal position to let out the veins on his land where these Carried the Royal Minerals , gold and silver . |
| 28 | So , now is a good time to try out the zoom controls while watching the effect in the viewfinder . |
| 29 | Type-cases too were heavy , and if one fell it took a long time to sort out the type again . |
| 30 | John used chalk to mark out the lines of his clip , and then was away — almost . |