Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I used my shirt to put out the flames . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 3 | It does n't improve his nerves now to see me sitting on his carpet timing Casey 's phone rings with my stopwatch to work out the number he dialled . |
| 4 | ‘ They were old and shredded but it crossed my mind to get out the glue stick . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But my daddy babbled out the truth . ’ |
| 6 | Then one time when I put my hand in my sleeve to bring out the compass , it was n't there . |
| 7 | I 'd sit up in my room bashing out the blues like I was Blind Lemon Matlock . |
| 8 | My husband gets out the car |
| 9 | It 's my job to weed out the black sheep really , it 's pretty straight forward . |
| 10 | I thought I was about to faint , and could pay no attention as my companion pointed out the Clervals , a wealthy merchant family , of whom Henry Clerval was a close friend of Victor 's ; Duvillard , a rich banker , and his new wife ; Louis Manoir ; and many other local notables . |
| 11 | She 's got this cute little duffle coat on and a bobble hat with her hair sticking out the bottom . |
| 12 | Its screenface went blank ; its mouth spat out the data medallion into his hand . |
| 13 | But her reasoning cried out the truth — that he was a part of Maria Luisa and always would be . |
| 14 | The administration of the remedy is like dropping a pebble into the water 's edge , the ripples/waves resulting will depending on their homœopathicity cancel out the energy disturbance of the disease . |
| 15 | The flickering light was fading ; it was winning its battle to put out the flames . |
| 16 | THE Government last night signalled its determination to ride out the political storm surrounding its compulsory repatriation of Vietnamese refugees and said it would deport as many as necessary to convince thousands more would-be boat people not to seek refuge in Hong Kong next spring . |
| 17 | Lisa 's prize for inspiration and achievement is one of three awarded by the Downs Syndrome Association every year — former Doctor Who Peter Davison , their patron handed out the prizes . |
| 18 | The chairman , James Millar , said that while Invergordon could not be immune to the volume and margin pressures currently being experienced by the Scotch whisky industry , the group was well placed through the mix of its business to ride out the present difficulties . |
| 19 | He handed her a blanket as she had no shawl and made sure it covered her head to keep out the cold . |
| 20 | From the results of these experiments they appear to have receptors that give direction to their movement to search out the source of this sugar . |
| 21 | Though its timing caught out the markets , the krona/ecu link has been on the cards for some months . |
| 22 | Her head was up now , her voice spitting out the words . |
| 23 | Students , feeling it their duty to point out the shortcomings of policies and personalities in Chinese politics , exercised their traditional custom of remonstrating several times throughout Deng 's decade of reform . |
| 24 | Its statement spelt out the process : the release of other political prisoners , the return of political exiles , the lifting of the state of emergency and other political restrictions , and negotiations on a peaceful transition to a non-racial and democratic South Africa . |
| 25 | The impact of the Schlunk decision on actual practice may well turn out to be quite limited , for the Court went out of its way to spell out the advantages of using the machinery of the Convention : |
| 26 | Their fear of Communism and the domino effect , had touched the entire country , and the US citizens felt it was up to their country to sort out the ‘ Reds ’ once and for all . |
| 27 | Police in Florida believe Magaly Carr , 29 , telephoned father-of-three Mr Bates and set up the fateful meeting where her boyfriend carried out the killing . |
| 28 | She opened her bag to take out the envelope containing Elise 's account and her own cheque . |
| 29 | But Madame Zborowska , who seems to have spent most of her time smoothing out the quarrels between the artists , asserted that Modigliani also worked ‘ passionately ’ . |
| 30 | Players ' union chief Gordon Taylor — whose organisation helped out the United players with wages — said : ‘ We have every sympathy for the players and supporters . |