Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] out the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew her against him , his lips seeking out the smooth plane of her cheek , the full , ripe curve of her mouth . |
| 2 | He was trembling now , his back still against the door , his eyes searching out the ill-formed contours within the room . |
| 3 | You could already see those vipers sorting out the Ambre Solaire . |
| 4 | Mr Saunders goes on to admit that broadcasters are not entirely blameless in this respect : ‘ More should no doubt have been done at an earlier stage in development of RDS to give the receiver manufacturing industry some guidelines setting out the minimum levels of RDS performance that should be achieved ’ . |
| 5 | USL and SunSoft have spent the last few months working out the commercial implications of the ABI on delivery schedules and compatibility issues . |
| 6 | The German sights in particular — torchlit orgies of Nazi triumph , Hitler ranting in Stuttgart , storm-troopers stamping out the last flickers of academic freedom in Freiburg — showed him what lay in store for Europe and are vividly recounted here . |
| 7 | Each cubicle was a treacherous no man 's land , now braved by only a few passengers seeking out the dozing heat of the restaurant car which , nearing the end of its journey , had little to offer . |
| 8 | Small companies combined to survive until they became vast conglomerates squeezing out the smaller shops . |
| 9 | Yeah well the thing is that something 's got ta shift because we 've got we 've got all these bloody flights going out the same time |
| 10 | You will recall that we have set a target date of 31 December 1987 for all submissions setting out the perceived needs of governing bodies of sport for national and sub-national facilities , to provide the basis of a 12-year implementation programme . |
| 11 | There is , however , one compulsory element : where a number of properties are insured under a block policy it will not be possible to insure some of the buildings and not others — the additional cover must be taken out on all , with landlords apportioning out the additional costs . |
| 12 | She worked on automatic pilot , hands carrying out the necessary movements , her brain active elsewhere . |
| 13 | Scottish police carrying out the criminal investigation on Lockerbie had earlier been authorized to interview the suspect , named as Mohamed Abu Talb , who had worked under various identities for Palestinian groups in Egypt and Lebanon , but his lawyers refused to agree to interrogation procedures . |
| 14 | Church bells ringing out the old year from the tower at Over Stowey probably formed a distant accompaniment to Coleridge 's first night in the Lime Street cottage . |
| 15 | I do not wish to gloat about the sad decline this season of Darlington , but I have written several letters pointing out the probable outcome relegation . |
| 16 | He said the case was a one-off , but he 's writing to a Government committee on the safety of medicines pointing out the potential dangers . |