Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] out the " in BNC.

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1 I was merely pointing out the underlying logic of this course .
2 ABBERLEY : I was only trying out the idea .
3 Their approach was just to stick out the records , but more thought went into later releases and we had a structure where the label was treated with more importance .
4 Yeah she was just coming out the car by the er you know in the car park by Decor Lake
5 I do n't know where he is , I 'll smash his head in when we get home , taking care to use the rolling-pin , then I can tell the judge I was just rolling out the sausage plait when he took me unawares .
6 However , some way or other , it was always washed out the next day and back to normal . ’
7 ‘ It was totally laying out the future of Sebadoh , ’ Lou confirms .
8 I was still wearing out the regulation Docs and the thick black jeans .
9 The story is that the brave telegraphist continued to tap out messages and calls for help as the roaring fire closed in around his log cabin No 30 beside the railroad track , and he was still tapping out the Morse code for ‘ end of message — 30 — end of message — 30 … ’ as the burning log cabin collapsed around him .
10 In 1958 , Eliot was still pointing out the horror of a civilization whose materialism is ‘ simply boredom ’ .
11 In part his object , especially in New York , was to recruit seamen from British ships into the union , a device which Joe Cotter , for one , regarded with admiration since as a result membership of the NSFU " went up by leaps and bounds " But he was also testing out the reaction of the men to the notion of an international strike , a theme he pursued at dozens of meetings in the United Kingdom in the following year , thirty such meetings being held in London alone .
12 Tabitha , who had all the beauty and arrogance of her father , was now gouging out the centre of Sukey 's home-made fruitcake with both hands .
13 Mrs Maybury was now holding out the baby to her , and it was stroking her face .
14 The occasional crank letter was invariably weeded out the moment it arrived at the sorting office at the Royal Family 's own Post Office within Buckingham Palace .
15 It was made use of on 8 November by Cardinal Frings of Cologne precisely to call the Theological Commission into line , reminding it that it was there to carry out the wishes of the Council , not to determine what the Council should decide .
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