Example sentences of "[to-vb] out [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the SNP was the only party to pull out a higher vote in October . |
| 2 | GIGN , with the finish of all but the parachuting stage within sight , gave up all chances to sleep for 58 hours to pull out a three hour lead over the second placed team , L'Arche . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And would be more so when she could steel herself to pinch out the little chin and make it weak . |
| 6 | Once , when very drunk , Simon had phoned me late one night to try out a new concept , the ‘ Uzi-O-Gram ’ , which had the catchline ‘ Shoot up your girlfriend 's wedding , just for fun ! |
| 7 | Could that be a good idea , say for , to try out a vocational area ? |
| 8 | Other resorts are dedicated to the more experienced sailors , with strong winds and unrivalled opportunities to try out a wide range of quality boards and sails . |
| 9 | Edward Hall , the director of the laboratory , says that archaeologists are keen to try out the new system . |
| 10 | It is for this reason that the CDP has advocated direct government funding , an advocacy which seems extremely unlikely to succeed as the government will surely want to try out the new system for a few years before sanctioning any radical alteration . |
| 11 | When in a hurry , or eager to try out the new software you 've just received for example , you might forget to validate the disks . |
| 12 | When in a hurry , or eager to try out the new software you 've just received for example , you might forget to validate the disks . |
| 13 | Pupils are helped to work out the rules and patterns for themselves and to try out the new language forms . |
| 14 | This was the first opportunity we had to try out the new personalisation facility with the agents ’ mailing . |
| 15 | In 1987 she advertised for ‘ guinea pigs ’ to try out the three-week diet and fill in questionnaires . |
| 16 | There is an increasing number of local authorities , universities and schools wishing to try out the artist-in-residence idea . |
| 17 | Children who came hoping to try out the latest Streetfighter games nearly ended up in street fights themselves . |
| 18 | Radioactivity helped the solar wind to sift out the dense iron-nickel from the silicates , and was the main energy source in turning the inner cores of planets molten . |
| 19 | As well as emblazoning — painting — each badge , Mary also ‘ blazons ’ them — to write out a strictly-formatted style its description . |
| 20 | Whether you have chosen to write out a full speech or to use comprehensive , ordered notes , there will be your main prop . |
| 21 | While in North Africa , however , he did manage to write out a fair copy of The Waste Land , in order to raise money for the London Library . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This is a tape which prints out the information from the till and eliminates the old system of having to write out an individual docket for every transaction . |
| 24 | The dog 's tail speeded up till it seemed to thump out a quick cloud of dust from the rag rug . |
| 25 | The OSS forerunner of the CIA — held joint meetings with M16 to hammer out a viable response , and Roosevelt was advised to cook up some scheme with his ‘ Former Naval Person ’ friend across the water suggesting that Hitler 's real hope was to bring about a peace in Europe so that he could attack and destroy the US and her interests . |
| 26 | In February 1870 , while the new French government of Emile Ollivier tried to hammer out a revised constitution for the reformed Empire , Bismarck opened up his campaign to persuade Leopold that he ought seriously to consider becoming King of Spain . |
| 27 | It was social laughter , an attempt to hammer out a common weapon against despair . |
| 28 | PRESIDENT Franois Mitterrand of France threw his weight yesterday behind a Soviet proposal to bring forward to next year a 35-nation conference to hammer out the future shape of Europe . |
| 29 | Just when it looked like the proverbial music centre was to disappear out the front door and into the sheriff 's van , Rough managed to contact his solicitors who paid the £250 Rough owed to an Edinburgh Sports Company . |
| 30 | ‘ There have been a number of occasions in the past when stories have appeared in the press saying what the figures are going to be in one or two days ’ time … but when someone quotes exactly the figure which is going to come out the next day it is hard to believe they just made an inspired guess . |