Example sentences of "[verb] out [pos pn] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did n't they all know about the terrible appearance of the Conablaiche last time , and how it had prowled the country , snatching sleeping children from their beds and tearing out their hearts for its Dark Master . |
| 2 | In spelling out its arguments for the proposed pattern , the Council was once again reinterpreting the balance that had been at the centre of its concerns from the beginning : there was nothing in the Charter and Statutes ‘ which prevented greater recognition from being given to an institution 's own internal procedures where these could be shown to be rigorous and effective . |
| 3 | By the 1960s , however , they were being interpreted in a continuous and cumulative manner which drew out their seriousness for the British economy . |
| 4 | The purges have proved to be one of the most hotly debated topics for historians because , due to the harsh censorship and killing of many opponents of Stalin , there is a lack of opinion and primary sources which show how they affected the whole country , and nobody could read Stalin 's obviously warped mind to find out his reasons for this holocaust . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ He holds out his hands for him and loves to have him on his knee . |
| 6 | The phrasing got so slow and emphatic that you knew that she wanted you to listen to and weigh up every single word ; but you could n't tell if each word was freighted with anger , or bitterness , or joy ; it just came out with great , quiet force , and you had to work out its tone for yourself . |
| 7 | This is not surprising , because although capitalists and socialists are usually reluctant to spell out their plans for global domination , Green politics are largely based on a straightforward conception of planet earth and what needs to de done at the global level to sustain human life on it . |
| 8 | ‘ Surely I do n't have to spell out my reason for wanting to leave ? ’ |
| 9 | Annie could n't be bothered to spell out his response for him to become aware of . |
| 10 | Putting down the telephone , she tried to sort out her motive for promising to go out with Giles . |
| 11 | Daine was n't the only multibillionaire living out his fantasy for ever . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh yes , they would pour out their music for something so magical as this . ’ |
| 13 | J. G. spelt out his credo for the craft in a short note in his book An Outline of the Universe published in 1931 : ‘ … |
| 14 | Norman Tebbit 's Disraeli lecture in 1985 spelt out his distaste for the ‘ valueless values of the permissive society ’ , of the 1960s and 1970s — represented by legalized abortion and homosexuality , fewer constraints on what is portrayed in the media and theatre , and growing disrespect for authority . |
| 15 | I hold out my hand for the hat and he gives it to me . |
| 16 | When Rodolfo poured out his love for Violetta , Carlo sighed and put his hand on her arm . |
| 17 | He shook out her hair for her , took his own comb from his pocket ( a gap-toothed , black comb , threaded with red hairs ) and combed it out . |
| 18 | Some people in publishing like to think of theirs as a glamorous medium , so they sometimes copy the Hollywood glitter , They certainly did so last week , when the Periodical Publishers Association handed out its awards for 1983 . |
| 19 | Hastily scribbling out his copy for The Times on the bonnet of his car , J.N.P. Watson wrote : |
| 20 | ‘ And now here he is pouring out his soul for the whole world . ’ |
| 21 | THE North-Eastern Co-op is to appeal after councillors threw out its plans for a superstore development on the outskirts of Middlesbrough . |
| 22 | Many of the grisliest stories about Nicu 's alleged brutal debauchery were attached to the gymnast , Nadia Comanecj , whom rumour had it that he claimed was ‘ state property ’ and that he even ripped out her nails for refusing his attentions . |
| 23 | Molly announces , holding out her glass for what is obviously not the first refill . |
| 24 | ‘ The colandered Barbour , ’ said Ricky , holding out her coat for her . |
| 25 | Accusing him of having " cruelly deceived " the Soviet people and of having reduced " this great powerful country " to the level of " holding out its hands for alms " , she told Gorbachev : " You bring in your wake destruction , ruin , famine , cold , blood and tears . " |
| 26 | I do n't wonder my lord of Kent is holding out his hands for it . |
| 27 | There was a long , hot moment in which all three of us were penned in a triangle of critical regard — Laura fiercely indifferent to everything except the health of her blaze ; me awkwardly between , holding out my hand for the axe ; Edward , old man suddenly , hating his years and his uncertain hands , humiliated , furious with Laura , resentful of my youth , and profoundly unwilling to surrender the axe . |
| 28 | Election ‘ 92 : How the main parties are staking out their ground for a hung parliament |
| 29 | ‘ They could blow out your brains for saying less . ’ |
| 30 | We will set out our agenda for changing Britain for good — our radical |