Example sentences of "she [verb] out the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sperber and Wilson 's ( 1986 ) principle of relevance entitles the hearer to expect adequate contextual effects for the minimum necessary processing effort.5 This means that a speaker who is asked to say what , for example , was said in a lecture would not satisfy the principle of relevance if he or she read out the entire content word for word . |
| 2 | Satisfied with the merest hint of make-up she had used on her heart-shaped face , she emptied out the small jewellery sachet she always took with her on her travels . |
| 3 | Her fists gripped the armrests of the chair so tightly she made out the taut ligaments running from her wrists to her knuckles . |
| 4 | She sought out the darkest room and even then closed the shutters , though it was only early morning , and lay on her bed without energy even to feed her son . |
| 5 | Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words . |
| 6 | It should have been a new beginning , a clean slate but , as she rode out the following morning , her head clouded from lack of sleep , Kelly knew that life was never that easy . |
| 7 | She straightened out the dead woman , folded her hands and tidied the bed . |
| 8 | She tried out the new offices , did not find them satisfactory and left claiming unfair dismissal . |
| 9 | She blanked out the sudden picture of white sands and her and Lucy in a scented olive-grove evening … her heart panted to slake its thirst with dreaming , but she slammed the scenes of happiness as illusion , mirage . |
| 10 | She lifted out the illuminated psalter within and handed it to him . |
| 11 | Look where you are , and then , ’ she reaches out the undamaged arm to drape it cosily over Rainbow 's hunched-up shoulders , ‘ look where I am . |
| 12 | She threw out the uncomfortable question , its pain-filled answer . |
| 13 | She poured out the last of the coffee , then looked up into my horrified eyes . |
| 14 | Only in her anger could she drown out the dark shadow that pity and guilt had cast over her . |
| 15 | At the end of one week she worked out the average number of ticks per square to give the average number of tantrums per day . |
| 16 | She rubbed out the twisting horizontal line and put in a short straight one . |
| 17 | Tearing open a pocket in her bag , she took out the offending objects and thrust them towards Rourke . |
| 18 | She took out the small parcel and ran downstairs . |
| 19 | She took out the red spray and in letters a foot high , began " Greenham Common Women … " |
| 20 | She took out the electric beater and arranged it to beat cream , while Mrs Palichuk watched , fascinated . |
| 21 | " But is it really likely , sir , that the call was intended to delay the finding of the body and to give the killer time to replace the keys ? admittedly Mrs. Bidwell could be expected to be first in the Biology Department this morning when she put out the clean coats . |
| 22 | She could have suggested that it was none of his business , or have made an excuse that she 'd forgotten to put it on , but , wits scattered , with her usual honesty she blurted out the exact truth . |
| 23 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |
| 24 | And she smoothed out the crumpled paper and neatened the desk still more , and found a wad of rag to stop the stool wobbling . |
| 25 | Her manner and her uniform will secure the patient 's trust as she carries out the necessary investigations , while her understanding of the aims of the study will ensure that she can offer the research team more than columns of figures . |
| 26 | She held out the first page of the manuscript file for him to read . |