Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] out a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
| 2 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
| 3 | In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems . |
| 4 | ‘ I got out a ball gown to lend to a neighbour and found it had been cheaply dry-cleaned , ’ she said . |
| 5 | I got out a pack of Old Favourites , lit one and fanned smoke through my nostrils . |
| 6 | I got out a handkerchief and began to wipe it off . |
| 7 | ‘ I found out a couple of weeks ago . |
| 8 | For a minority there was disappointment : ‘ Well , it was all very interesting , I found out a lot about what other staff think . |
| 9 | I blacked out a bit last night . |
| 10 | I shook out a couple of tablets , rolled them about in my hand , and then put them back , cursing Alice heartily . |
| 11 | Back in Armstrong , I dug out a road atlas from under the driver 's seat and turned to the page covering south-east London and north Kent . |
| 12 | I I remember I knocked out a man 's teeth in front of witnesses , just by using my mi my fist like that , hitting their tooth with a karate pass and brought the tooth out cleanly . |
| 13 | I had my trumpet case on my knee and half a carriage to myself , so I pulled out a paperback of Gore Vidal 's latest Essays and read the one where he thinks he gets confused with Anthony Burgess . |
| 14 | With some of the other interested officers I worked out a syllabus for training selected junior officers in the rudiments of seamanship and navigation using Venturous as a practical training ship . |
| 15 | But here I was stuck back on the dole with a Fostex 250 , a guitar , a microphone and a drum machine , so I worked out a way of getting up to about eleven tracks on the Portastudio by constantly bouncing to and fro . |
| 16 | This time I worked out a pattern to my own measurements with correct tension and hopefully with more luck . |
| 17 | As a matter of fact , as I was larding my toast with the old Maria Schneider this morning , preparatory to sprinkling it with Ecstasy , I worked out a scenario involving eight women , providing one of them was Indian and none were dressed as Carmelites . |
| 18 | I hate Heathcliff too , but I could not agree to murder , so I called out a warning from the kitchen window . |
| 19 | I spat out a curse . |
| 20 | like a cabbage white as I forked out a fiver |
| 21 | well Jessica I forked out a fiver for your birthday which I could n't afford how would you like to be a thousand pound overdrawn ? |
| 22 | I reached out an arm in the darkness and found my pile of loose coins , placed , as usual , to the left of the groundsheet . |
| 23 | ‘ When I joined Wednesday , I was staying with Jack until I sorted out a place of my own . |
| 24 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 25 | ‘ He suggested it could have died another way , ’ Small recalls , ‘ so I took out a knife , skinned it on his desk , and showed him where the fox 's teeth had punctured the flesh . ’ |
| 26 | So I took out an insurance policy against a possible breakdown in the production . |
| 27 | She 's my only daughter and I took out an endowment for her at birth in preparation for this . |
| 28 | ‘ I noticed that a few counties had decided on June 6 and I sent out a letter pointing out that the recommended date was the second Saturday in June . |
| 29 | And er I sent out a letter asking for erm contents insurance |
| 30 | Above the chasms we stopped and I kicked out a shelf for the camera bags . |