Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] out a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as observing the score 's incredible organization of its thematic riches — ‘ I tried to work out a little table of leitmotifs and I got past 70 , which is amazing in an opera ’ — Maazel discovered in rehearsal just how well thought out Puccini 's orchestration actually is . |
| 2 | I tried to work out an obvious connection between scholarship and cocaine and could not , but knew better than to ask . |
| 3 | The first year of my research made up my pilot study and from that I decided to carry out a full scale research project . |
| 4 | ‘ So you got to try out a few of these nice new cars yourself . ’ |
| 5 | She spoke about her life and at the end of the day she offered to iron out a last minute hitch when the pianist failed to turn up . |
| 6 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 7 | We had to work out a short monologue in the voice of a character , and then afterwards we sat around and were asked who would volunteer to stand up and read their piece . |
| 8 | This decided them that more work was needed to verify whether there was indeed fusion , and so they began to plan out a detailed strategy and designed an experiment — ‘ scaling it ’ in the sense that Fleischmann had learned in his days at Imperial College . |
| 9 | I can , yes I can remember having this sort of question about people with jugs and they wanted to measure out a certain amount , but they have n't got any markings for this certain amount and that awful |
| 10 | Martin 's solicitude made Nick ashamed : it seemed to point out a certain coldness in his own heart . |
| 11 | The dog 's tail speeded up till it seemed to thump out a quick cloud of dust from the rag rug . |
| 12 | In vain he hoped to carve out an alternative career as a journalist and cricket writer . |