Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] out [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the shopkeepers , including Debbie Pitman , have issued writs against the developers , claiming that they failed to carry out agreements to promote the docks . |
| 2 | The government tried to drive out inflation by announcing that it was prepared to exchange paper money for specie . |
| 3 | With his moral support a group of nobles and clergy from both sides tried to work out peace terms . |
| 4 | Before the Old Trafford Test , West Indies had four games and won them all , one of which involved bowling out Yorkshire for 90 when only 110 were wanted to win . |
| 5 | ‘ That would be the end of me , I 'd be nothing then , ’ he would mumble , and once Nathan tried to tap out code on his hand , so that he would understand messages in the event . |
| 6 | In fact , it barely sufficed to keep out reconnaissance sorties by the handful of French planes which had been in Verdun at the outset . |
| 7 | To this end , all washing powders contain one or more chemicals called ‘ surfactants , ’ designed to lift out dirt from fabric and ‘ hold ’ it in the washing water . |
| 8 | The impression arose , in his view , not because of anything ministers said , but because the Government began privatising and stopped handing out subsidies to smokestack activities , so that its role in running industry diminished . |
| 9 | The problem was later dealt with in the Commons , and now people caught digging out badgers have to prove it was a mistake . |
| 10 | But stand-in skipper McAllister took all this flak in his assured stride and said : ‘ That 's two weeks running we 've been rubbish because Graeme Souness tried to make out Liverpool were the better side after the Charity Shield . |
| 11 | STEVE COPPELL last night tried to stamp out speculation that he may quit Crystal Palace by vowing that he would see out the remaining 18 months of his contract . |
| 12 | Young found that the harder the police tried to stamp out drug use the more it grew , becoming a symbol of defiance for hippies . |
| 13 | The Premier 's success in his role as President of the European Community came as America prepared to carry out threats of trade sanctions on EC imports . |
| 14 | Read out aloud , it seemed to bear out word for word what Alfred Wells had recalled on oath in court . |
| 15 | The giants washed their breakfasts down with immense tankards of mead and ale and grunted and were inclined to be morose , which seemed to bear out Caspar 's remarks about them not being morning people . |
| 16 | He had read it out to him but he knew that he 'd missed out bits . |
| 17 | She said to Rourke , ‘ You wanted to know if I 'd lent out keys to anyone — the telephone engineer , you said , and the man who came to see to the new extension around the back . ’ |
| 18 | We compared drop out rates in the two arms of the trials and analysed the main subjective reasons given by patients for discontinuing therapy ( inefficacy and side effects ) when available . |
| 19 | They 'd staked out Culley 's flat for half a day and most of the night . |
| 20 | She blinked rapidly now ; then , her face becoming suffused with an anger that seemed to send out rays of heat towards him , she cried , ‘ Yes , I hear you . |
| 21 | In the dimness , his tousled hair seemed to send out rays of its own brightness . |
| 22 | However there was a y'know significant minority who were not media sensitive , who seemed to send out messages pretty well at random erm they 'd use whatever medium they happened to think of at the t off the spur of the moment rather than actually relating the medium to the message if you like . |
| 23 | They 'd found out MacQuillan was buying guns for terrorists , so they decided he was to be stopped . ’ |
| 24 | It seemed to hold out hopes of relief for Scottish businesses — and lawyers themselves . |
| 25 | Mr Walsh 's murder came just 11 hours after the UFF shot dead four Catholics and injured a fifth man as they arrived to carry out building work on houses in Castlerock . |
| 26 | Two building workers , James Kelly , 25 , and James McKenna , 52 , from Maghera , south Derry , died when their van was sprayed with gunfire as they and three other men arrived to carry out house renovations . |
| 27 | The attack took place as they and three other men arrived to carry out renovations at houses in the seaside village of Castlerock , on the north Antrim coast . |
| 28 | Heaton Mersey Village visited Wayfarers and scored 142 all out , a total they successfully defended bowling out Wayfarers for 112 . |
| 29 | Then , a print of The Terror was cut up and plagiarized to fill out Targets which was made in fourteen days at a cost of $125,000 of which Karloff was paid $22,000 and Bogdanovich as director received $3000 . |
| 30 | Something was beginning to happen to her ; as love began to drive out fear , the tension in her body relaxed , and the feelings which she had experienced when Dr Neil had first begun to make love to her , earlier that afternoon , returned again . |