Example sentences of "[verb] out a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They showed that each class normally appeared first in a very generalized form , from which radiated out a number of lines of development each leading towards a specialized modification of the class for a particular way of life . |
| 2 | Yes that thing that trickles out a bit of water . |
| 3 | He did suggest that Sir Archibald send out a couple of scouts to as close as they could get to the enemy camp without being noticed , to send back word of any development there . |
| 4 | At the moment you do I take it you 're recording people who sort of ring up say I 'm interested you send out a package to them you record them |
| 5 | the same sort of thing that Noel bought last year when he saw one of the men in the village , using it to pull out a lot of weed from undergrowth , really |
| 6 | MOTORING JOURNALISTS DREAM OF FINDING Colin Chapman , discredited father of the Lotus legend , alive and well , eking out a living under an assumed name and with moustache shaved off . |
| 7 | Flaubert went to the house of Kuchuk Hanem , a famous Cairene courtesan reduced to eking out a living in this provincial backwater . |
| 8 | Thousands were still eking out an existence in China 's desolate border regions , their sacrifices and hardships almost forgotten in the new era of reform . |
| 9 | Again , the choice was between following the work to the factory towns or eking out an existence by labouring . |
| 10 | Tearing out a sheet from his notebook , de Castelnau scribbled down his historic order that Verdun must be defended at all costs on the Right Bank , and handed it to Pétain . |
| 11 | Lorton pulled the paint-scraper along the window-sill ; the blade bit too deeply , and he gouged out a sliver of wood . |
| 12 | The value of a religious noviciate which asks novices to try out a variety of these functions in turn is that it exposes novices to the value of each . |
| 13 | SuperCalc 5.5 represents an important move towards a graphical user interface and this is very good news for every SuperCalc user who likes using a mouse — or who is prepared to try out a mouse for the extra shortcuts that make SuperCalc 5.5 easier to use than its predecessors . |
| 14 | Those naturalists who wanted to preserve a role for the supernatural in the creation of life were forced to try out a number of alternatives in an attempt to provide an explanatory framework that would serve as an alternative to evolutionism . |
| 15 | A man like Guy Sterne was n't likely to blurt out a confession of guilt at the first accusation , was he ? |
| 16 | After 20 minutes the officers accepted a glass of wine from their enforced hostess and one , until restrained by the other , even began to write out a receipt for what had been taken . |
| 17 | I said to Bet I said they ought to write out a cheque on the end . |
| 18 | Once again there is n not necessarily er anybody to write out a cheque for one million pounds o or whatever . |
| 19 | He started again , He decided to write out a list of Donald 's good qualities . |
| 20 | The boy fumbled in the pocket of his shirt , and drew out a couple of crumpled notes . |
| 21 | And he took a poisonous viper and forced its mouth open , and inserted a glass under its fangs and drew out a couple of drops of deadly poison . |
| 22 | He drew out a sheet of paper , unfolded it on the bar and leaned back as Wickham and Marshall read the note and signature . |
| 23 | He drew out a piece of parchment from beneath his cloak and Cranston almost snatched it from his hand . |
| 24 | He drew out a pack of five cigars and tossed them towards Moss . |
| 25 | Aunt Margaret drew out a handful of artificial daisies , yellow and white like fried eggs . |
| 26 | He stood , and with a great sweep of his hand , bowed , said ‘ servus ’ , and drew out a chair for his lady guest . |
| 27 | McKillop drew out an envelope from an inside pocket of his suit-jacket . |
| 28 | Knock out a rabbit at fifty paces , they told him in the shop . |
| 29 | He wants to hammer out a way of relating its rather unexciting research sponsorship to the need to foster collaborative research on new ideas in European industry . |
| 30 | Citrine 's policy was the standard one : to hammer out a consensus by discussion . |