Example sentences of "take out the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ( If the limescale was indeed clumping together , this is what one might expect — a sand filter takes out the finest particles ) .
2 Robyn opens a drawer in her desk and takes out the appropriate chit .
3 The vicar takes out the four balls and the waxman , Mr Tommy Temple , who has had the job since 1940 , carefully cuts away the wax and the names are read out .
4 Takes out the whole aim of the play .
5 And Otis is relieved that he did take out the extra cover , because , in September in 1989 , just five months after he bought the car , he had an accident .
6 And then , you can always take out the extra insurance with er , no but it is n't very much for a tumble-drier , for five years and there 's no problems that way .
7 She 'll do a good two hundred miles an hour , and though she 's got dual control you can take out the second seat next to the pilot 's to make room for a stretcher . ’
8 Despite these precautions , I quite often came home with a flea and my mother would take out the streaked bottle of calamine lotion and dab the itchy lumps .
9 She did n't take out the folded sheet .
10 He took out the torn fragment with ‘ BORVEL NEM AKT printed on it and showed it to Vic .
11 Tearing open a pocket in her bag , she took out the offending objects and thrust them towards Rourke .
12 He took out the remaining hand-grenade that Frankie had given him in New Orleans and slipped that into his inside pocket .
13 When Alice took out the apricot chiffon with the silver beads , she even sighed and her tongue , which was large and pale , slid over her lips .
14 Twoflower took out the golden disc that Rincewind had noticed before , squinted at its unseen face for a moment , muttered ‘ Thirty seconds should about do it , ’ and said brightly , ‘ Smile please ! ’
15 In her room , she sat on the bed and opening her travelling bag carefully took out the satin-lined box .
16 At such close range , the blast from the shortened barrel took out the entire patrol .
17 He took out the waxen figure which also contained straw and fat from a hanged man .
18 Martha took out the two tiles and laid them in front of him .
19 Maxim wrote down the names , then took out the new camera and fiddled with it ; presumably the gravestone was evidence of a sort .
20 See again Mushtaq 's lovely googly which sank Hick and the speedy Akram incutter which took out the dangerous lewis first ball : Fairbrother 's heroic counterattack , his face genuinely strained : that final catch to clinch Pakistan 's victory … off Imran 's final ball in international cricket ?
21 She took out the small parcel and ran downstairs .
22 Almost reluctantly , Yanto took out the small cudgel designed for the task and struck the fish sharply on the back of its shining head
23 The young lad took out the large chopper his father used to cleave wood for the fire and chased the bully out of the house and down the street .
24 As he spoke , he took out the whetted knife from his belt and , lifting Gabriel 's curling hair , began to cut it off .
25 She took out the red spray and in letters a foot high , began " Greenham Common Women … "
26 I unlocked the three clasps , took out the faded petals of a flower wrapped in oiled leather , as well as all the letters and documents from that fateful summer of 1520 .
27 He took out the slim dossier on Mikhail Vologsky which he had been able to put together over the past few weeks .
28 Duncan opened the folder and took out the slim report .
29 He took out the biggest picture of all , the one that showed a distraught Harriet Shakespeare supported by another woman .
30 She took out the electric beater and arranged it to beat cream , while Mrs Palichuk watched , fascinated .
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