Example sentences of "[verb] him out as [art] " in BNC.

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1 They turfed him out as an 18-year-old before Cambridge gave him a lifeline trial .
2 So id long-term continuity is what the selectors will look for and if Lynagh 's Italian experience rules him out as a contender , who is the man to fill Farr-Jones ' vital boots .
3 Steve , with the instinct that marks him out as a real mountaineer , not just a climber , had searched for and seen an abseil that avoided the First Brittle Ice Traverse , It took us past the Pocket Hanging Glacier seracs , where the ropes twisted into corkscrews and jammed tight .
4 It is perhaps Warr 's amalgam of democratic ideals with an advanced sense of history , both past and future , which marks him out as a significant political thinker of his time .
5 It 's a well-founded faith he has developed since Michelin this year singled him out as the only French chef worthy of upgrading to the coveted three-star accolade .
6 Whatever Gould 's personal opinion of Gilbert , or whatever his error , his qualifications as a naturalist were undisputed , and singled him out as the ideal candidate for sharing Gould 's exploration .
7 Freddie Head , rider of Pistol Packer , opined that ‘ Mill Reef was the best horse I 've ever seen ’ , and the French press compared him with the horse whose stunning victory in the Arc six years earlier had marked him out as the very best horse of the era : ‘ Comme Sea Bird II — mais plus vite ’ , raved Paris-Turf He was indeed plus vite , for his Arc time of 2 minutes 28.3 seconds set a new course record .
8 ‘ The only time I can remember him with any coat at all was when we wintered him out as a three or four-year old , which we did deliberately to toughen him up . ’
9 In conversation with the boys they learnt of Minton 's homosexuality and though this ruled him out as a potential husband it did not diminish their desire to be in his company .
10 The exigent journalist Lynn Barber , in her collection of interviews Mostly Men , singles him out as the sole male representative of a type she describes as ‘ nice , straightforward , feet on the ground ’ .
11 From his origins in Protestant East Belfast , his exhilarating ball control and deceptive change of pace marked him out as a unique prospect in an area accustomed to discovering football talent .
12 For example , one of their star turns , David Swift , whose appearance in the first programme of the series staring out at the world through bright blue eyes beneath a battered trilby marked him out as a natural , recalls going to dance halls in the 1950s in search of girls : ‘ I mean there were plenty of songs coming out then where they say , Look at the way she walks .
13 At first glance only his sword and the shoulder straps attached to his shirt mark him out as an officer .
14 In both fields he was an individualist , and in both his successes mark him out as an artist of power and originality .
15 There were some other guys featured but I definitely picked him out as the best . ’
16 Then my buddy pointed him out as the crazy maniac making the calls .
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