Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] out the [noun sg] " 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 | ( iii ) The occupier must take reasonable steps to check that the contractor was competent to carry out the work . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Above all , he was concerned to root out the evil of popery and overcome the influence of ‘ evil counsellors ’ close to the king . |
| 5 | Once the Zodiac was in motion he was able to ease out the sheet . |
| 6 | Owen was able to pick out the speaker . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In the dim light it was difficult to make out the illustration . |
| 11 | In this chair , it was convenient to carry out the shaping and moulding of the parts before fitting the arms . |