Example sentences of "he [verb] out a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kendo then took the prey from Fitz , having let him tear out a large piece of the monkey 's intestines . |
| 2 | She watched him draw out a hot dog , place it on a bun . |
| 3 | He made out a clear case for embalming all bodies and for treating them all similarly , bearing in mind the long incubation period and uncertain diagnosis in HIV infections . |
| 4 | On it he laid out a simple grid of streets with a central site for the new church of St Thomas , surrounded by 61 1 house plots . |
| 5 | He jumped into the shower and felt a little better when he got out a few seconds later . |
| 6 | Deprived of royal favour , and hounded from Radnorshire politics by his great rivals the Harleys , he sought out a new patron , Thomas Grey , second Earl of Stamford [ q.v. ] , a new parliamentary seat ( first for Breconshire and then as Stamford 's nominee for Bere Alston ) , and a new reputation as an energetic House of Commons man . |
| 7 | This gallant officer , the colonel assured the regiment , careless of his own safety , continued the attack after Lieutenant Harvey had fallen , killing several German soldiers before reaching their dugouts , where he wiped out a complete enemy unit singlehanded . |
| 8 | He holds out a sunburned arm . |
| 9 | Every once in a while he holds out a small portion of meat , which the Skeleton chews furiously and swallows , with the same lack of success as before . |
| 10 | The shaking of the head became a violent fit of denial , and he let out a strange sob , knowing back his head as he did so . |
| 11 | He let out a deep sigh . |
| 12 | He let out a deep breath . |
| 13 | He let out a long-held breath . |
| 14 | He let out a long breath and raised his hands to cover both ears . |
| 15 | He let out a long breath then turned to look at Hitch . |
| 16 | He let out a long breath . |
| 17 | He let out a tired sigh . |
| 18 | Suddenly he let out a huge sigh , as though the air was being forced out of him . |
| 19 | Instead , he let out a terrified scream . |
| 20 | He let out a short breath . |
| 21 | When he put his nail to the edge , it sprang open like a locket and he drew out a concertina-folded strip of paper . |
| 22 | He drew out a monstrous iron calliper . |
| 23 | He writes out a generous cheque and sends it off . |
| 24 | He sketches out a domed mountain with a pair of high corries and ledges that seem to form eyes and eyebrows , and a vertical crest of rock running down between them , passing a snowfield on either side … |
| 25 | He lifted out a white silk blouse trimmed with fine lace , felt the fabric and handed it to the sales assistant who stood behind them . |
| 26 | He poked out a grizzled head . |
| 27 | He spelt out a clear conception of force as the cause of acceleration rather than motion , a conception that had been present in a somewhat confused way in the writings of Galileo and Kepler . |
| 28 | His face was grave for a moment and then , unexpectedly , he roared out a great shout of laughter |
| 29 | ‘ Plays funny tricks on you , does the mind , ’ Haverford said as he poured out a final nightcap of Chianti . |
| 30 | In a literary career lasting only some twelve years , he poured out a steady stream of sermons , pamphlets and books , some under his own name , some with symbolic pseudonyms . |