Example sentences of "as he [verb] out the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His heart hammered as he choked out the words : ‘ Drowning … . |
| 2 | As he sorted out the porter with amazingly fluent Spanish , Perdita noticed he was wearing a bomber jacket with US Open printed on the back . |
| 3 | Carson hoped not , as he made out the shape of something like Liawski 's diaries over by the skirting board of the opposite wall . |
| 4 | He held a copy of Milton 's works in his hands , but whenever he quoted from the poet he held the book aloft , like the Gospel at High Mass , sometimes going so far as to wave it to and fro behind his head as he chanted out the words . |
| 5 | Hardy had urged as he signed out the gun and ammunition to Denis . |
| 6 | She remembered the smell as he tipped out the bag of manure he got from Tandy 's every now and then , and the way she would hold her nose and shout ‘ Pooh ! ’ , and he would laugh and call her Miss Dainty Socks . |
| 7 | He could see Edgar Lustgarten narrowing his eyes threateningly at the camera , as he paced out the length of Maple Drive . |
| 8 | Metal pinked against metal as he opened out the roll , and a sheaf of little plastic cards fell out of the middle . |
| 9 | As he turned out the gas jet he whistled to himself . |
| 10 | Silas 's eyes reflected something more than mere appreciation but he said nothing as he pulled out the chair for her to sit down . |
| 11 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
| 12 | His name was Joe Jack , and after my first visit I went back many times to hear him talk as he carved out the shape of a leather sole or polished a repaired shoe on his rotary machine . |