Example sentences of "[verb] out a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 2 | In his office an anxious Herr Nordern gouged out a few marks from unenthusiastic colleagues for a wreath for Steinmark 's funeral . |
| 3 | We welcome the proposal to try out a new Campaigns Unit for one year , but would stress : |
| 4 | Because this is England 's last match for at least 3 ½ months , Robson had to balance his desire to try out a few options with the need to retain the basic framework of his World Cup team . |
| 5 | A year or two ago I would have believed him , and maybe the truth would have come out a few months later . |
| 6 | She crashed out a few chords and started to talk to us in a different voice through her ‘ control ’ , who was ( of course ) , a Red Indian — White Cloud or Black Feet or something like that . |
| 7 | We 've picked out a few packages from the Windows range , more or less at random , just to whet your appetite . |
| 8 | ‘ I found out a few weeks ago that the canon there says prayers for John every day . ’ |
| 9 | A comprehensive review of the problem of attempted suicide and its management was carried out a few years later by a committee chaired by Sir Denis Hill . |
| 10 | This gave me pause , and when I returned to the hut I tried out a few grins into a hand mirror , and decided he was quite right ! |
| 11 | At the end of September 1949 , therefore , Smith was himself seconded to the BEA to work on sorting out this problem , and he was in fact to stay , in a sustained attempt to work out a better contracts system , thus further strengthening the BEA 's management of the construction programme . |
| 12 | The loss of this old lady 's vote was cancelled out a few streets further on , by a young chap who came to the door and told me he was a soldier . |
| 13 | It 's just that I have arranged to meet him tonight sometime to sort out a few things for me would of made a lot more sense if he 'd been here ! |
| 14 | They need to sort out a few things and they 'll be very competitive . ’ |
| 15 | But if you are n't prepared to wade through acres of news and advertising print , your financial adviser should be able to pick out a few plans that suit your needs . |
| 16 | And more recently there seems to be a tendency for people to say , ‘ he has been seen out a few times , he must be OK ’ , when the threat to my life is unchanged . ’ |
| 17 | You 'll perhaps only say if you put out a thousand pounds , you 'll possibly get what three hundred pounds back or something like that ? |
| 18 | I jumped in , let out a few expletives and was out again just as quickly . |
| 19 | Peering out a few seconds later , Manville saw him turn and begin to stroll down the street . |
| 20 | The latest results mark a milestone for Sherwood , which now claims to be Britain 's biggest sock-maker , pumping out a million pairs a week , and is a supplier to that favourite of underwear retailers , Marks & Spencer . |
| 21 | The earlier row was over a decision by magistrates in Aylesbury to let two offendors wipe out a thousand pounds in fines by spending a few hours in police cells . |
| 22 | What does it involve other than sending out a few letters , keeping a record of what has been done , and putting some figures together at regular intervals ? |
| 23 | The film 's message — the continuing success of this homespun cottage industry with a modern technological core — seemed borne out a few months later when the company won a Queen 's Award for Export ; over a three-year period they had increased exports six-fold . |
| 24 | And just to prove it , he crooned out a few bars in an impressively melodious baritone : ‘ Nice people with nice habits , and got no money at all . ’ |
| 25 | To conclude this section it is necessary to point out a few things about the squad training sessions . |
| 26 | However , every piece of music is different and has its own problems , and it is therefore necessary to point out a few pitfalls , and to make a few special recommendations . |
| 27 | Those who have read Mr Clark 's prose with mounting impatience might like to point out a few lessons to him : 1 ) mention the book early on ; 2 ) avoid the clichés ; 3 ) forswear dodgy phrases , like ‘ pied-piper 's trail of opportunity discarded ’ , which really mean very little . |
| 28 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 29 | It now makes sense to join the rest of the world by paying for what we use , say experts Kent Meters in Luton , Bedfordshire , a firm which turns out a million meters a year — and sells them abroad . |
| 30 | When a police car arrived , one man hopefully pointed out a few spots of blood on the pavement , mentally drawing a chalk circle round them and marking off the area with official police tape . |