Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] out the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerry Crawley , a NALGO finance spokesman , said the council was prepared to sit out the strike , but that stance was creating a nightmare scenario for the tax which would take years to clear up . |
| 2 | He was beset by difficulties ; it was impossible to carry out the perambulations during the harvest season . |
| 3 | The air was so full of flying stones , pieces of metal , swirling dust , that it was impossible to make out the markings on the car which had ended up skewed across the track , but it looked very much like a Dalgety . |
| 4 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 5 | ( iii ) The occupier must take reasonable steps to check that the contractor was competent to carry out the work . |
| 6 | Sam recovered in the third set from 1–3 to lead 5–4 , but she was unable to close out the match against a tough opponent who rarely deviated from her game plan of staying back and slugging it out from the baseline . |
| 7 | Above all , he was concerned to root out the evil of popery and overcome the influence of ‘ evil counsellors ’ close to the king . |
| 8 | Once the Zodiac was in motion he was able to ease out the sheet . |
| 9 | Owen was able to pick out the speaker . |
| 10 | That the Thatcher Government was able to spin out the dispute into a second year was seen by many as an indication that teachers were somewhat irresponsible . |
| 11 | Fortunately , being so close to the bathroom , I was able to rinse out the plastic waste-basket he was forced to use whenever his cramps got too bad . |
| 12 | Bach classified these bacteria into seven different groups , from each of which he prepared a vaccine , and he was able to work out the temperaments associated with each group . |
| 13 | It was her left arm , however , so she was able to write out the application to my dictation , and I got someone else to type it . |
| 14 | During the inquiry , Lord Romsey promised he would spend £9m on urgent restoration work on his estate , but that the income from visitors to Broadlands was insufficient to carry out the renovations . |
| 15 | There were no windows on the first-floor landing , and in the dark it was difficult to make out the numbers on the doors . |
| 16 | In the dim light it was difficult to make out the illustration . |
| 17 | In this chair , it was convenient to carry out the shaping and moulding of the parts before fitting the arms . |
| 18 | He had implicit trust in the righteousness of the ‘ movement ’ , and was eager to carry out the orders of its leader . |