Example sentences of "he [verb] out the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He made out the black shape of another tunnel mouth .
2 He made out the high-backed chair to one side of the fire and sank into it , sitting tall and erect , careful not to crease his dinner jacket .
3 Then he made out the thousands of tiny rings that studded the ceiling .
4 Mr Rabin said he favoured allowing some deportees to join the Palestinian delegation , but he ruled out the two deportees on the reported Egyptian list because they were PLO officials .
5 He 's extremely cheerful , if somewhat misguided , as he points out the many features of the room , and mentions that the public rooms in the Cottage will be opened at seven o'clock .
6 He points out the surprising truth that an accurate random sample of 1,000 people will work whether it is taken from a population of 5,000 , five million or 50 million .
7 He saw something erm he saw a cat and he zoomed out the front door and he was gone and it 's only when he lost sight of the cat he thought about where he was
8 He got out the cheating stick and clipped the peg , swarming up in a daisy chain of quick-draws .
9 He got out the brown envelope and spread the photographs on his lap .
10 He emptied out the fired cartridge cases , went across to the sink and washed the gun under the hot tap .
11 Mr was completely wrong about the Labour amendment erm in fact he read out the wrong amendment altogether .
12 I 'm gon na have a wee Bill 's bloody worse , he stands there , he looks out the bloody window as much as any bugger .
13 He tells us how he cried and cried when he found out the Almighty Mozzer had slung his hook and f—ed off home for a veggieburger .
14 He let out the incredulous , admiring little snort of laughter he usually did when mentioning the stationer 's : " Greeting cards !
15 Opening his desk drawer , he drew out the current Operation Cuckoo folder , and in a calm , businesslike voice , got straight down to it .
16 He drew out the heavy Colt revolver .
17 The next day he drew out the last of his savings from the bank and left for Cornwall .
18 And the next morning when they get up Ruth makes his way into the town , and he goes to where all the , the men sit and they talk , the city gate , and there he he searches out the nearer relative of Ruth 's .
19 When he lifted out the first and looked through the handwritten pages he found that he was holding Henryk Liawski 's personal diary covering odd and irregular dates between 1952 and 1958 .
20 He was , well it was n't much before it , it was erm , he should of come out in February , he came out the Previous July .
21 I ca n't swear to the following but the headmaster said Basil was undoubtedly a gentleman , but he 'd rather not have his brother in case he turned out the same .
22 Reaching into his car he hauled out the powerful pair of binoculars he always carried .
23 He cuts out the middle men and women — the dreaded parents — and goes straight for the hearts and minds of kids .
24 Remember he walked out the lost .
25 He stepped out the short distance to the Clough home with added determination .
26 And when Lugard came to look back on what had been accomplished in the early years of British administration he singled out the improved character of the native rulers , which he attributed to ‘ the unceasing efforts and devoted ability of the British staff , who have by precept and example made them what they are today ’ .
27 He draws out the richest tones that he is capable of here .
28 Catherine Crane fell silent , and he fished out the one-page note Teversham had handed him and read it , scowling .
29 He pulled out the great blade , tapping the toe of his boot with it .
30 He pulled out the battered sea captain 's telescope that he had bought in Caen to replace the expensive glass that he had lost after Toulouse .
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