Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] out the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The governor responded by crafting a bill that establishes 11 semi-autonomous boards across the state , one in each region , empowered to carry out the negotiations within a set of basic guidelines . |
| 2 | But what of the farmers expected to carry out the work in a time of recession . |
| 3 | Critics of the Tirgu Mures report said that it failed to spell out the reasons for the outburst of hatred between Romanians and ethnic Hungarians in Transylvania , preferring instead to lay the blame on Ceausescu 's legacy , actions of the former Securitate political police , and disinformation on the part of extremists on both sides . |
| 4 | Laura frowned , glancing swiftly up at his tanned features , and she tried to work out the family ramifications . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | First he scratched away the plaster , then he tried to pull out the bricks . |
| 7 | With everyone else gone Tonks had to fend for himself so he tried to find out the truth . |
| 8 | He tried to open out the conversation . |
| 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 | And her mind tried to blank out the rest of it . |
| 11 | The discovery was painful , and his heavy-lidded eyes narrowed to shut out the picture she made with them . |
| 12 | A spokesman said ‘ The children tried to put out the fire but to no avail . |
| 13 | We tried to draw out the kind of changes that might help make the whole thing happen . |
| 14 | Even when Alexia , who remained a young woman even as her hair silvered , tried to point out the strengths of his pieces he mentally tuned out . |
| 15 | She tried to shut out the wind , the explosions , the driving hail , the movement of the ground beneath her feet . |
| 16 | The agent hesitated as he tried to read out the name of the Russian ship from the bill of laden in his hand . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I tried to separate out the harmonies in the snoring . |
| 19 | He tried to straighten out the brim but it had been curled and folded so often it was beyond repair . |
| 20 | Between them they managed to organize £50,000 from ICFC on a three-month note and rapidly tried to straighten out the balance sheet . |
| 21 | The bombardment of chilly droplets seemed to drive out the blackness of her thoughts . |
| 22 | Blackburn boss Dalglish faced the nostalgia head-on as he prepared to lead out the opposition against Liverpool for the first time since his astonishing walk-out 20 months ago . |
| 23 | The firemen who came to put out the fire had a narrow escape when the roof fell in as they were working inside the building . |
| 24 | Those who return , return as themselves , condemned to live out the circle of their lives again and again ! ’ |
| 25 | He squinted to make out the figure above the nearest open door , but it was completely encrusted with grime ; the name and number above the next building however , was Number Two . |
| 26 | Soon after police arrived to carry out the order , violence spread , as students smashed and set fire to Mr Kamba 's Mercedes car , and police responded with tear gas and baton charges . |
| 27 | In a statement broadcast by Radio Free Bougainville and repeated by Radio Australia , a BRA spokesman vowed to drive out the invasion force . |
| 28 | The Newcastle-based steel fabricator and erector contracted to carry out the steelwork went into receivership early in the operation but fortunately Bone , Connel & Baxters of Motherwell was able to take over at short notice and , says Alan Muir , ‘ did a great job ’ . |
| 29 | I also forgot to check out the rest of the ground when we scored — to see just exactly Leeds fans were . |
| 30 | yes because they , they fo forgot to take out the money which they could have , which erm , which would of come from privatization , which they had no intention of doing so they took that out . |