Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [verb] out " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes too , I could hear the distant sounds of other women , coughing or calling out to one another , laughing .
2 Once Tam darted a terrified glance over his shoulder and saw Kim sprawled across the writing-table ; white faced and trembling from head to toe , he had his eyes closed and his fists were clenched tight as he summoned up every last ounce of courage in his eleven-year-old body to endure his father 's beating without weeping or crying out .
3 My favourite of them is the Power Toolbox , a way of taking program launching and switching out of the Program Manager altogether and putting your own buttons on the desktop .
4 A wire ‘ balloon ’ should be fitted into the top of each downpipe to prevent birds nesting and to keep out leaves and other debris .
5 FOUR FANCIABLE FEMALES seek four fun-loving , friendly fellas for frolicking and freaking out .
6 The ovens ' microprocessors are able to monitor the temperature , time and humidity of the cooking environment , so avoiding the age-old problems of overcooking and drying out .
7 His wet , cold body was aching and calling out for a hot meal and warm bed .
8 He then swept the car forward with an extravagant gesture of a bow and rejoined his mates who were laughing and calling out to him .
9 Patients refusing or dropping out of treatment
10 The budget is simply a way of costing and laying out the plans .
11 The ideas pushing and tumbling out in a fever of words that were scarcely intelligible .
12 In the morning , everything was just as it always was when Mother went away ; much pleasanter , with nobody quarrelling even in that dreadful quiet way of just looking and going out of rooms when other people came into them , and Gran told them several good long stories in the evening .
13 The client is encouraged , and initially assisted , in developing and carrying out strategies for testing thoughts and beliefs about what might happen , e.g. ‘ If I ask my boss for a raise he 'll sack me or bite my head off . ’ ,
14 He had an audience : perhaps twenty people had gathered round the site , idly expectant , smoking and calling out .
15 For three years he 's been training and testing out would be crews …
16 Far and wide over the common-grazing 's green undulations the encampments spread , colourful tents and pavilions erected for the lords , chiefs and great ones , banners fluttering in the October breeze , cooking-fires smoking , horse-lines being watered , smiths busy shoeing and beating out iron for spear and axe heads , troops and squadrons practising formation riding , infantry deploying to form squares , hedgehogs and wheelings-in-line , trumpets and horns sounding , captains shouting commands — and half the citizenry and dogs of Edinburgh out to watch and add to the din .
17 We have also asked schools to try to tell us how they think they are operating and carrying out what they say they are doing .
18 She longed for the silly woman to stop prattling and to blow out the candle .
19 They met on the Ponte Trinita , she seeing and calling out to him first .
20 Pin the lining to the pelmet with wrong sides facing , turning in the allowance after snipping and notching out as on the pelmet fabric ( fig.41 ) .
21 Driven mad with grief by the loss of her child , she is thought to wander the streets weeping and crying out a ghostly memory of the pre-Conquest past .
22 The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself .
23 Re-creating an old-fashioned Christmas , cooking and trying out old recipes , modelling or trying different solutions to a problem such as bridge building — these are a few of the numerous possibilities for follow-up work .
24 The military visitors saw a prisoner in top boots , oilskin and sou'wester angling and pulling out a dripping clog .
25 If you work out how much you would have spent in the bar , clubbing or eating out over the weekend and subtract it from the cost of the trip it all seems cheaper than ever .
26 When she uses the scheme she stays at her desk whilst pupils queue for help , for marking or to find out what they should do next .
27 Then I heard Chet using his on some records and started investigating and found out how he was getting that sound .
28 They will also provide housekeepers who 'll step in and run the show bit of cooking , cleaning and sorting out the washing for around £35 a day .
29 Even Hennessy was taken by surprise at the abrupt departure , and he stood in a moment 's confusion before turning and hurrying out .
30 The labour constant should provide for meal breaks , weather , site conditions , time spent receiving and understanding instructions , locating materials and plant , measuring and setting out , maintenance of plant , clearing up , and observance of safety regulations .
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