Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] out [art] " in BNC.

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1 The government has also failed in its responsibility for the Health and Sa Safety Executive by restricting year after year adequate resources for them to carry out the function that they were designed for .
2 With a queue of industrialized and developing countries , from Israel to Pakistan , eager to achieve the status of nuclear weapons powers , it is all too easy for them to leach out the necessary technology from ‘ peaceful ’ atomic programmes .
3 But it sits long enough for me to point out the difference between the two species .
4 Now you 've made it impossible for me to carry out an interview despite the fact I 've been extremely patient "
5 One of them got out the ugliest looking knife that I have seen to cut a piece of string or something on his bicycle .
6 I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm .
7 This could help to give substance to what is meant by the spiritual dimension , for both of them lived out the kind of character expressed in the middle column of Table 6.1 .
8 One of them pulled out a revolver aiming it inches away from P C Ray Hall 's nose .
9 While other shoe makers were suffering from the recession DMs Northampton shoe factory was hiring more staff — there are now 2,500 of them turning out a pair of shoes every 4 seconds .
10 Although Goodman and Peckinpah are credited with the screenplay , all three of them hammered out a final script .
11 ‘ It was clever of you to work out the connection with Jim Lancaster , ma'am . ’
12 There may be lots of others which do very similar things , but I think this is a question of you working out the criteria for your placement that you want , you know ,
13 The long whip snaked towards it to snuff out the flame .
14 At the end of each of the five verses , one of us blew out a candle , and it was very effective , dramatically .
15 The second time through you miss out the first time bar ( 8 ) and take the second time bar ( 9 ) and continue on with bars 10 , 11 etc .
16 A voice behind them snapped out a command .
17 Hands at her mouth , she bolted to the bathroom , slamming the door behind her to shut out the sounds of her vomiting as her stomach relieved itself of its contents with such violence that she was left retching drily long afterwards until the spasms died away .
18 I still like those wedding ones , with them coming out the church flying
19 That is why I stooped to traffic with the Man-greedy Frost Giantess , and why I intrigued with her to drive out the Gruagach and why I helped the Gruagach to vanquish the High King and take Tara . ’
20 To do that he has to consult historical sources — the original instruments existing in museums and contemporary drawings and paintings — and from them work out the construction and draw up a plan .
21 All these sort of things to make them work , as in you set out a pattern of behaviour .
22 Afterwards , he returned to the desk , where he opened one of the smaller drawers , and from it counted out a number of shiny coins … totalling four guineas in all .
23 All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air .
24 A small window on to the yard offered sufficient light for him to make out the cheese and butter and sacks of sugar and rice .
25 She looked up at him , her face so blotched and swollen that despite himself he put out a hand to comfort her , only for her to let out a frightened cry , trying frantically to burrow into the sofa to avoid any contact with him .
26 While studying spinning in Huddersfield ( as part of her degree course in textile design at Middlesex Polytechnic ) there had been no time for her to try out the machine , so the then sceptical technician told her to come back later .
27 Wycliffe opened the door , waited for her to switch out the lights and pass through , then he locked the door and pocketed the keys .
28 Critics are calling on them to throw out the idea .
29 Now it 's up to you to work out the answers all by yourself . ’
30 Harlequins ' prompt 30-day suspension of the Wallaby World Cup forward , which forestalled any further action by the powers-that-be , did lead to him sitting out the loss to Northampton in the league ( although few of Quins ' other internationals played anyway ) .
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