Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to separate out the harmonies in the snoring . |
| 2 | As I lay back on my bed I tried to work out the connection between him and the British Empire and Fresnes gaol , but could make nothing of it . |
| 3 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 4 | I determined to stamp out the French ‘ flu before it spread . |
| 5 | To the right is one of several photocopies of the bride , complete in outline , on which I worked to sort out the background composition in more detail , especially the position of the patterned arch on the carpet backdrop , which corresponds with the curve of the headcloth material embroidery at the bottom left . |
| 6 | I decided to sit out the recession by selling the remaining 16 years on my lease and moving home to Crouch End in North London . |
| 7 | Because of the range of the respective sizes of each range and the feel of the marker pens themselves , I chose to try out the KC-1100 Twin Point Pens in a studio context and the KC-400 Brush Pens in the field . |
| 8 | In three minutes I managed to put out the whole fire , and the lovely old building was safe . |
| 9 | I managed to hammer out the brief for the marioc debate in the nick of time . |
| 10 | During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages . |
| 11 | By now it was early afternoon and Rick ( who had been catching consistently on the corn ) and I decided we were getting peckish , so , being nominated ’ chef of the week ’ I had to sort out the dinner . |
| 12 | It was a little bit awkward , because she wanted to spend a long weekend there in July , and I had to sort out the dates with Alex to make sure they did n't clash . |
| 13 | Six o'clock in the morning , I had to clean out the Danish piggeries . |
| 14 | No , somehow I had to cut out the middle-men and middle-women . |
| 15 | I had to find out the hard way — to coin a phrase . |
| 16 | But if you would n't tell me I had to find out the only way I could , ’ Travis explained , tightening his arms about her . |
| 17 | She tried to shut out the wind , the explosions , the driving hail , the movement of the ground beneath her feet . |
| 18 | Laura frowned , glancing swiftly up at his tanned features , and she tried to work out the family ramifications . |
| 19 | She moved to switch out the light , forgetting that it was not her lamp that glowed on the bedside table , but he caught her arm , oh-so-very-gently , this time . |
| 20 | She began to take out the postcards , revealing the snapshots underneath . |
| 21 | As Gedanken peered into the bubble she began to make out the spacecraft . |
| 22 | Presently , she grew a little more adjusted to the noise and she began to make out the details a little more plainly ; she could see that the captives were all young men , some of them not much more than boys , but certainly strong and lithe . |
| 23 | When she found a lot more shoots in different places , she decided they needed more air and light , so she began to pull out the thick grass around them . |
| 24 | With an enormous effort , she managed to blurt out the words : ‘ Accident … . |
| 25 | She could n't bring herself to look at him , and God knew how she managed to drag out the conventional words in a voice already husky with pain . |
| 26 | But , in a television interview , she appeared to rule out the possibility of a reconciliation . |
| 27 | Occasionally you had to spell out the name to tourists to avoid any needless confusion . |
| 28 | She wanted to sort out the Social Security first . |
| 29 | She wanted to find out the extent to which children are aware of differences between spoken and written language , of features that might pass muster in speech but not in the written word . |
| 30 | ‘ Said she wanted to find out the latest angle on the police battle against drugs . ’ |