Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] out the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She shook her head , and tried to rub out the impossible visions . |
| 3 | He got down on his hands and knees and tried to rub out the muddy footprints . |
| 4 | The FA tried to stamp out the professional foul , a euphemism for cheating , at the start of the 1982-83 season . |
| 5 | Belinda tried to bring out the new artist 's term nonchalantly , but he was n't fooled . |
| 6 | Sir Robin Ibbs was loaned from ICI and asked to sort out the civil service . |
| 7 | ‘ I could be looking for something more , ’ she said , and again she wished she had kept her mouth closed , but he seemed to bring out the worse in her , and she could n't resist answering his insults in the only way she knew . |
| 8 | I do n't think he was fitted for the job as it seemed to bring out the worst in him and his language used to become very picturesque . |
| 9 | Every Diamond is selected , matched and mounted to bring out the maximum ‘ fire ’ and beauty from each . |
| 10 | NEWCASTLE boss Kevin Keegan last night vowed to wipe out the bitter memory of their last trip to Derby . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He began to work out the probable returns from his night 's work . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The measure was condemned by some economists as crude and ill-conceived , particularly since it threatened to wipe out the personal savings of many ordinary people : Soviet citizens were generally disinclined to place their money in accounts with the state savings bank , either because of mistrust , or because the low interest rate provided little incentive , or because it was necessary to carry a large amount of cash in case of chancing upon a scarce commodity which had suddenly come into stock in a state shop . |
| 16 | One threatened to call out the National Guard to defend Atlanta 's water rights . |
| 17 | I determined to stamp out the French ‘ flu before it spread . |
| 18 | But still Jack listened , and after a while he began to make out the quick flow of words . |
| 19 | Tendulkar and Richard Blakey hit back with a stand of 176 in 24 overs , but then Neil Fairbrother swooped to run out the Indian ace with a direct hit . |
| 20 | He started to work out the next stage . |
| 21 | She trudged slowly behind Evelyn , who took the cloth and started to rub out the first word with painstaking precision . |
| 22 | I managed to hammer out the brief for the marioc debate in the nick of time . |
| 23 | During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages . |
| 24 | Moustaine walked through the ranks , stuck his fingers into Haines 's mouth and proceeded to pull out the half-chewed food , before hitting him hard in the solar plexus . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In three minutes I managed to put out the whole fire , and the lovely old building was safe . |
| 27 | Man 's increasing domestication meant he became more interested in the appearance of his home , and in the materials he wore to keep out the cold and wet . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | And he just about managed to make out the three words uttered by Sheriff James Farrell : ‘ You are discharged . ’ |
| 30 | Now they had to work out the 24th number . |