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

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1 When we get up , the weight of our bodies compresses these discs and squeezes out the extra fluid .
2 I saw the barrels begin to spin and that 's when I snatched up Barry and whipped out the trusty Smith and West Wittering .
3 They came instead upon another of Whipple 's scouting parties , under Lieutenant S.M. Rains , and wiped out the entire twelve-man detachment .
4 ‘ Your lot are slinging up tower-block hotels all round the coast and stamping out the olive groves .
5 At the girls ' establishment where she had been sent at huge expense to learn music and French and to carry out the ornate disciplines conceived by the headmistress — including communal teeth-washing in the gardens , winter and summer , and then communal gargling into the rosebeds , which the headmistress regarded as a form of manure-spreading — the pain was put down to growing too fast .
6 This placed obstacles in the way of their meeting with any regularity , causing Davis resentment and bringing out the ugly side of his nature .
7 When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes .
8 Hence they throw into relief and bring out the significant aspects of the phenomenon in question .
9 Add a dash of spice to your cooking and bring out the full flavour .
10 Most mammals use their sense of smell to find food , and all rely on smell to supplement their taste buds and bring out the full flavour of food , as anyone with a heavy cold will know .
11 Lacking axes or crampons we 'd kicked steps up the snowy approach gully the afternoon before and checked out the devious ladders and chains forming the descent from the summit .
12 He opened his coat and got out the ten-shilling note from his wallet and the coins from his trouser pocket .
13 If it does , it will hunch its back and push out the other eggs .
14 Complying with her appeal , Dada abandoned his kedgeree and , sucking his moustache inwards always with him a sign of annoyance he picked up the viburnum , still with its precious burden , opened the bottom sash of a long window , and flung out the double butterfly as viciously as if it had been a slug in the salad .
15 Pupils are helped to work out the rules and patterns for themselves and to try out the new language forms .
16 It is difficult to know whether FDI would take place without incentives and to work out the actual cost to the people of the tax remissions and infrastructural investments made by the host governments of the countries where TNCs enjoy these privileges .
17 Do n't be concerned with the feeling that nothing is " sinking in " but do try and seek out the main points .
18 Snipe do n't sing , they only drum their wings , she remembered , as she cut through the thread-like neck , and holding the bird 's head by its absurdly long beak , crunched through the white skull and sucked out the strange delicious brains within it .
19 Turn seed-heads upside down and tap out the tiny seeds on to white paper , so they are clearly visible .
20 By the way — ’ She opened her bag and drew out the incriminating tape , which she put down on the round antique table which stood at the centre of the hall .
21 He reached under the saddle a second time and drew out the steel-tipped phallus that was attached by a chain to the pommel .
22 He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area .
23 Place these over the red icing and cut out the various sides .
24 This rapid growth has been achieved by dint of strong and imaginative leadership pushing the firm into new areas , reflecting an almost evangelical aim to break down the old-boy network and cut out the dead wood from British industry .
25 The air carried a reviving chill which Forester reinforced with a couple of splashing handfuls of cold stream water which made the skin of his face sing and drove out the dull ache behind his eyes .
26 Looking at those lists provides interesting reading and bears out the used-car trade 's view that having a lead-only car could prove to be a liability .
27 The pellet went right through the cat 's neck and came out the other side , leaving a gaping wound .
28 ‘ You get that lot below and break out the wet-weather gear .
29 Swiftly and with the minimum of noise , they laid the small table with heavy silver tableware and spread out the various dishes .
30 Or maybe he had seen the onset of labour in the way she had acted earlier , when he and Kāli untwisted the bales of hay for the night and spread out the fresh pine-needle bedding .
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