Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts were made to push out the burning fuel with scaffolding poles . |
| 2 | Attempts were made to put out the fire . |
| 3 | In the late 1930s Japanese became the official language and attempts were made to wipe out the indigenous Korean culture . |
| 4 | Pale colours were used to map out the image and fill in areas much as they might have been used in watercolour painting . |
| 5 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 6 | A jet and two hose reels were used to put out the flames . |
| 7 | Self-evidently he does not go out and list them himself , and very early on historic building investigators were appointed to carry out the task and guidelines for listing drawn up . |
| 8 | When the students were asked to pick out the photograph that most resembled them , they usually selected the most flattering one . |
| 9 | Comparatively large ‘ irregular forces ’ were earmarked to carry out the raids , which would be commanded by Hazelden for Tobruk and Stirling for Benghazi . |
| 10 | At the beginning of 1937 steps were taken to sound out the feeling of the congregation about opening a Building Fund . |
| 11 | United Artists were tempted to point out the dangers of Communism and released Red Salute , which dealt with the growing appeal of Communism for student leaders . |
| 12 | Ice-blue blinds were lowered to keep out the noonday sun . |
| 13 | Meanwhile the return of a Labour Government in 1974 had once again brought into question the status of Direct Grant schools , and it was announced in Parliament on 11th March that it was intended to phase out the system over a period of seven years , commencing in September 1976 . |
| 14 | The decree was intended to wipe out the illegal cash holdings of black-marketeers , and to drain from the economy up to 20 per cent of the money supply , which had become bloated by the printing of new money to cover budget deficits in recent years . |
| 15 | In places water was applied to thin out the crayon into a wash , or used thickly to highlight areas with bright specks of colour . |
| 16 | Two other modifications to the description resulted which were entered into LIFESPAN , and it was decided to carry out the quality approval . |
| 17 | To minimise any impact on the hotel operation during the modernisation of the lifts , it was decided to carry out the work on a lift by lift basis , with each lift being modernised within a 16 week period . |
| 18 | After which an attempt was made to set out the most elementary logical conditions that must be satisfied before anything can qualify as a potential existent . |
| 19 | But there are numerous instances which come to my mind of research in which all the problems of analysis were left until the survey had been done and then anything up to , or even over , a year was needed to sort out the tangled mass of answers to vague questions . |
| 20 | After the Lord 's Test , further cures were tried , even a light weight metal sleeve over the elbow , but nothing worked and the unlucky Griffin was condemned to play out the remainder of the tour as an occasional batsman . |
| 21 | Even so , like a dog at the bone , The Times was driven to search out the foreign disposition of the garotters , accusing them of abandoning the traditional civility of the traditional English highway robbery : ‘ Without the old challenge and parley in use among highwaymen , your garotter knocks a man 's head against the kerbstone as the best way of getting at his pocket . ’ |
| 22 | While the work carried out by Touche Ross is now open to criticism , in fairness , that firm was asked to carry out the work within an unreasonably short timescale . |
| 23 | The nurse , who was dismissed , claimed she was trained to carry out the tests by the doctor who employed her , GP Dr Ashok Kumar . |
| 24 | Boardman , who has a three-year-old daughter , claimed she was forced to carry out the abduction by an unnamed man and woman . |
| 25 | Leeds ' former England defender was forced to sit out the final ten matches of last season 's title charge with an ankle injury that needed surgery . |
| 26 | Care was taken to stamp out the fire , and as Lucy watched Silas at work she was struck by his meticulous attention to detail . |
| 27 | On Sept. 20 the President of the High Committee of State ( HCS ) , Ali Kafi , said in a television broadcast that the government was determined to stamp out the " vicious disease " of terrorism . |
| 28 | Corbett was determined to seek out the truth . |
| 29 | She was determined to find out the truth and act on it . |
| 30 | She was beautiful , with an air of fragility which , for all she suspected it hid a character as hard as nails , yet was guaranteed to bring out the male protective instinct . |