Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [to-vb] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , a photograph can not be generalized or simplified to bring out the important diagnostic features of a species ; it must be always of an individual at a particular time and place . |
| 2 | Sir Robin Ibbs was loaned from ICI and asked to sort out the civil service . |
| 3 | The Economy Ministers of Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay met on July 20 in the Uruguayan capital , Montevideo , and agreed to work out a joint set of rules to combat the dumping and sale of subsidised goods by non-members of their prospective common market agreed under the Mercosur Treaty of March 1991 [ see p. 38096 ] . |
| 4 | Nirvana Inc battened down the hatches and made to ride out the storm . |
| 5 | She shook her head , and tried to rub out the impossible visions . |
| 6 | He got down on his hands and knees and tried to rub out the muddy footprints . |
| 7 | She came up once and tried to get out a cry for help to the others standing there , but the laughing gripped her lungs and they thought she was fooling . |
| 8 | She could scarcely breathe , let alone struggle , but when she heard the sound of someone in the undergrowth she knew it was Travis and tried to get out a warning . |
| 9 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 10 | Long whips of hawthorn arched over and helped to shut out the barely lightening sky . |
| 11 | Every Diamond is selected , matched and mounted to bring out the maximum ‘ fire ’ and beauty from each . |
| 12 | Jack put down the phone and began to lay out the tea . |
| 13 | The fax peeped and began to flutter out the jigsaw sheets . |
| 14 | He spread the trousers carefully on the large deal table , put the towel with which he 'd been drying the luncheon dishes carefully on top of the faded tweed , smoothed it into place and began to poke out the creases with an old iron . |
| 15 | She sat down and began to pour out the tea and , her voice still quiet , she went on , ‘ I do n't suppose it 's really so bad for you , instructing or teaching , whatever it is you do , but in the Naafi , amidst the clatter — ’ she now looked at him and her words were spaced as she went on , ‘ and the chaff and the ribbing ; well , I sometimes think I have died and gone to hell , because that 's what I think hell must be like ; constant joking , especially when you hear the same thing repeated over and over again . ’ |
| 16 | So then , with no better grace and without even a passing thought for Josie 's safety , Lucy pinned back her own hair and began to carry out the makeup job that she 'd undergone so many times before . |
| 17 | He picked up the envelope and began to take out the sheet of paper inside . |
| 18 | Without waiting for an answer , she walked round to the boot and began to take out the luggage . |
| 19 | She rubbed out the H with a single furious sweep and began to write out the entire alphabet in order , one impeccable letter after another . |
| 20 | As Shirley sped away , Heather seized a branch of a tree that was lying on the ground near and began to beat out the flames with it . |
| 21 | Kathleen turned away from the window , hastily , for fear her sister should see her watching and began to get out the mixing bowl and pastry board , the flour and the milk . |
| 22 | Back on the ground before start-up , helmets are donned and canopies closed and locked to keep out the engine noise . |
| 23 | Then he had deposited the champagne bottle on a small occasional table , next to a sleek ivory-coloured object that Folly had just about recognised as a phone , and she had watched in horrified fascination as he 'd picked up the receiver and started to tap out a number . |
| 24 | One night I dreamt about it : about the dog going over to look at it , as it sometimes did , and instead of sniffing it and walking away , it tore open the anus and started to pull out the innards . |
| 25 | She trudged slowly behind Evelyn , who took the cloth and started to rub out the first word with painstaking precision . |
| 26 | Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children . |
| 27 | I apologised and strode on and decided to seek out the man who looked after Martinez' business in Europe . |
| 28 | What actually happened was that the buyer became suspicious and decided to check out the competition . |
| 29 | Whereas for her — She gripped the steering-wheel tighter and managed to block out the thought . |
| 30 | The boy , weeping and bleeding , recognized Zeinab as the lady they were coming to see and managed to stammer out the story of the attack on his father . |