Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] out [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cold , I descended out of the narrow cleft to seek out more sport . |
| 2 | It is interesting to compare these figures with the results of a survey of interim reporting carried out 10 years ago for the Institute publication The role of interim accounts and preliminary profit announcements in financial reporting in the UK ( 1982 ) . |
| 3 | THE wail of pipe music is overlaid with the gentle sound of running water , low-key light picks out dappled hues of rust and ochre stretching from horizon to sky as three black-clad figures weave lazy patterns across a dusty landscape . |
| 4 | The old lady fetched out another plate and cup and saucer , then she checked that our hands were clean and told us to sit down . |
| 5 | The British 2nd Corps encountered the enemy on 10 October west of La Bassee , but , in face of heavy fighting , the German thrust petered out 10 days later with the British still about 1.6km/1ml west of the town . |
| 6 | Some have a marked reluctance to break out new growth from the base , and are more ready to sprout shoots from growth high up . |
| 7 | Jenny had already gone through the crew customs , signed her general declaration and disappeared into a back room to sort out all the customs formalities on the imported aircraft . |
| 8 | Last summer she had her rooms secretly ‘ swept ’ with an electronic gadget to seek out any possible bugging device . |
| 9 | The investigating team ruled out other causes including arson , a discarded cigarette , art work restoration , electrical faults and the possibility of the fire spreading to the chapel from elsewhere . |
| 10 | Any complex referential symbol , or a string of such symbols , theoretically speaking , can apply to any number of individuals , but a proper name picks out one object , and one object only , spanning , as it were , the latter 's entire career . |
| 11 | The ragged old woman brought out some vibrant corresponding note in her loyal young friend . |
| 12 | ‘ You can tell that sadistic bastard to cut out bloody gunnery practice in the pouring rain' |
| 13 | As the Foreign Secretary pointed out this afternoon , it increasingly takes a co-ordinated view of foreign policy issues . |
| 14 | A glutinous substance farts out fatty bubbles and burbles its way lazily up highlighted stem tubes . |
| 15 | SO SOUND City turned out fine , then . |
| 16 | A full-scale rebellion broke out last week when one of New york 's 32 local education boards was suspended for refusing to implement what it called ‘ dangerously misleading propaganda promoting homosexuality ’ . |
| 17 | We believe that the Government should establish an appropriate body to carry out this function and ensure a consistent approach across all the bodies covered by the procedures . |
| 18 | It has fallen into semi-ruin since the civil war broke out two years ago . |
| 19 | One man to come out of cover , to draw his fire , while the remaining operative pumped out enough shots to virtually guarantee a hit . |
| 20 | I was employed by the civil service to carry out special projects . |
| 21 | Jonathan Smyth and Callum McLeod added second-half goals as Civil Service ran out 3-1 winners . |
| 22 | But any individual market or island may experience somewhat higher or lower demand than average , those with lower than average demand cancelling out those with higher than average demand . |
| 23 | OFFICIALS at the United Nations are appealing to the rich industrialised world to help out developing countries in the area of space science and technology . |
| 24 | We employed an outside agency to carry out 200 face-to-face interviews with a cross section of external businesses to gain an indication of attitudes towards the AEA . |
| 25 | Yes — I make a real effort to cut out high fat foods |
| 26 | But there is nothing wrong with their set-piece department , and their overall ability to play out wide . |
| 27 | The five-way selector deals out all the sounds you would expect to find and the tone control really does add more sparkle , rather than ( as is so often the case ) rendering everything tinny and harsh . |
| 28 | Walker did an outstanding job to shut out German dangerman Karl Heinz Reidle . |
| 29 | A young stable lad led out another horse , and stood waiting for the one which the smith had almost finished shoeing . |
| 30 | The previous recession sorted out two fundamental problems : overmanning and troublesome unions . |