Example sentences of "and [vb -s] out [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In a country where , as a popular song puts it , ‘ every son is born a soldier ’ and turns out each year for a spell of military service until he is well into middle age , the army has long been regarded as an essential part of the country 's armed neutrality .
2 But out of hours he heads for his workshop and turns out wooden toys including trains , kiddie pushalong trolleys and nursery name plates .
3 Lucker drops his camera and holds out another knife .
4 ‘ Smith is more mobile and searches out more openings .
5 After a few quick puffs the man turns and stubs out this cigarette too , three-quarters wasted .
6 He stands up carefully and reaches out both hands .
7 And rules out one thing : that she fell overboard by accident . ’
8 It will prove difficult for MPs and peers to amend and rules out favoured alternatives .
9 Miguel , in pony tail and purple-embroidered shirt , opens his Yamaha synthesiser case and takes out three sets of bamboo pan pipes .
10 She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope .
11 It contains no pretentiousness , has scarcely dated , and throws out many lessons — not least Johnson 's writerly good manners : if he uses a Greek tag he gives the translation .
12 Whenever anyone makes something too long , she snips one edge of the knitting , then snips the other edge on the same row and pulls out that line of knitting .
13 However , a £3000 reward is certain to attract a quality entry and McKinstry just might have some very stiff opposition to contend with even if Tarmac champion Bertie Fisher sticks to his guns and opts out this time .
14 He goes out alone … and sometimes he goes to the bank and draws out large sums of money … it 's worse than dealing with a child … the most wearing part is the mental strain , not the washing and things like that ; it 's the having to take the lead all the time … [ 24 ; 1H I can stand the strain at the moment , but I ca n't say for how long .
15 But then a man in a suit heads for the cool cabinet and picks out two bottles of champagne .
16 It 's such a wonderful thing and gives out such heat that I spend quite a lot of my time sitting alongside it in the kitchen .
17 The Association of British Insurers ' new grouping for all cars more than doubles the number of categories and sorts out many anomalies .
18 3.30pm Liz deals with phone calls from reps and sorts out any maintenance problems like the dishwasher over-soaping or replacing breakages .
19 A whole house ventilation and heat recovery system eliminates condensation and sucks out stale air .
20 Dysmap compiles and carries out continuous simulation models and is particularly suited to modelling situations whose dynamic nature is based on feedback processes .
21 in addition , Just Deserts now rotates jobs more frequently , holds employee exercise sessions and carries out regular opinion surveys of staff to find out what changes they want made .
22 If the supplier goes beyond the mere supply of the equipment and carries out some work such as assembling and installing the equipment , the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 will apply , as discussed above .
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