Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [to-vb] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But this is the bit that took me longest to work out . |
| 2 | It did n't take me long to find out otherwise . |
| 3 | Besides , it did n't take me long to figure out I was wrong . ’ |
| 4 | But there was nothing around that moved me enough to go out and change things . |
| 5 | ‘ Nothing especially to look out for ? ’ |
| 6 | Now if you wanted to sleep with someone just to find out about it , I can understand that , but surely you are … beyond that stage ? ’ |
| 7 | One of the biggest problems in desktop publishing is that to archive a finished newsletter or whatever takes up an entire floppy disk for one issue — and it 's even worse if you want to squirt the thing down the wire for someone else to print out . |
| 8 | We will send someone else to clear out the site . ’ |
| 9 | Burning brands from the huts and from two galleys the MacIans had fired were seized and thrown into the MacIans ' own ships , to draw some of them away to put out the fires . |
| 10 | After I have cut , straightened and sharpened the stakes I put them away to dry out and stiffen — to season — before they are used . |
| 11 | I found it very difficult for the first few hours , but after watching the robots and using my skill at cheating I was able to watch somebody else to find out how to complete each screen , of which there are lots . |
| 12 | An affected young man with acne ordered me curtly to get out . |
| 13 | It is essentially a melodic instrument and , though holding-notes in music of light calibre are charming in effect ( especially from or thereabouts with the exception — save in the hands of first-class players — of C ) it can not efface itself sufficiently to carry out the menial task of ‘ filling in notes of the harmony ’ in block writing . |
| 14 | I am sure I can rely on you both to carry out my instructions — my wishes . |
| 15 | Erm , can I ask you please to point out to anybody who is n't here , which I guess is quite a number of people , there 's probably six or seven people who 're not here , er that the test is in fact next Tuesday , that 's February the twenty second , is it ? |
| 16 | We want you there to check out what the hell has happened . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , those of you yet to take out a home-loan but thinking of doing so might be better off going for the repayment version where you pay off a little bit of the loan and interest as you go along . |
| 18 | Are we simply to chuck out these extra six constituencies and say no to the French , we 're not going to agree to extra silly expenditure or are we in fact going to cave in as we 've done so often . |
| 19 | There is still something there to listen out for . ’ |
| 20 | They said a , a normal person living on their own is only entitled to thirty nine pound sixty a week and that 's what I 've got in that book , but I do n't think they realise that I I 'm on me own and I 've got a gas , electricity and everything else to pay out of that |
| 21 | Infuriated , she forgot herself sufficiently to reach out and prod his knee . |
| 22 | Typically of experienced teachers recognising the potential weakness of the whole venture ( it will in fact only succeed if the pupils are determined to make it succeed — not something one can often rely on ! ) , precautions were adopted such as warning them beforehand to mark out the route they take , and ( the final card up teacher 's sleeve as pupils start to get killed all over the place ) to come in as narrator saying , ‘ Suddenly , for no apparent reason , the danger passed and the members returned to safety ’ ! |
| 23 | But it did not take him long to sort out what was wrong with it . |
| 24 | It had n't taken her long to clear out her room at the nurses ' home this morning , and her father had come over at lunch to take several boxes of things back to his suburban home for storage . |
| 25 | Perhaps , but it had n't taken her long to work out what the boy really was . |
| 26 | It did not take her long to work out that the meal was going to cost her considerably more than she 'd saved by spending a rather miserable night in rue Roland . |
| 27 | we 'll talk to Sue Dave that needs to be , to find out if we can , what 's happening elsewhere cos she can through her colleagues and I will also I I do n't think I 'll ring Margaret but I 'll give Terry a ring Morden who 's the record of achievement guy there and get on quite well with him just to find out what sort of tap they 're taking on it cos er yeah , I I take very much what Sandra 's saying as do n't want our youngsters to be disadvantaged in anyway if others are lies , damn lies and |
| 28 | On his initial visit to the home of the bereaved he would feel that he had a very short ti me indeed to set out his wares and try and convince the family to buy the package . |
| 29 | Her bowels opened like a tulip , but there was nothing there to come out . |
| 30 | 1 Try reading it aloud to work out what the words mean . |