Example sentences of "he [vb past] [to-vb] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to open out the conversation . |
| 2 | The agent hesitated as he tried to read out the name of the Russian ship from the bill of laden in his hand . |
| 3 | With everyone else gone Tonks had to fend for himself so he tried to find out the truth . |
| 4 | First he scratched away the plaster , then he tried to pull out the bricks . |
| 5 | He tried to straighten out the brim but it had been curled and folded so often it was beyond repair . |
| 6 | Blackburn boss Dalglish faced the nostalgia head-on as he prepared to lead out the opposition against Liverpool for the first time since his astonishing walk-out 20 months ago . |
| 7 | He squinted to make out the figure above the nearest open door , but it was completely encrusted with grime ; the name and number above the next building however , was Number Two . |
| 8 | ‘ I could be looking for something more , ’ she said , and again she wished she had kept her mouth closed , but he seemed to bring out the worse in her , and she could n't resist answering his insults in the only way she knew . |
| 9 | But still Jack listened , and after a while he began to make out the quick flow of words . |
| 10 | He began to work out the probable returns from his night 's work . |
| 11 | He started to work out the next stage . |
| 12 | Man 's increasing domestication meant he became more interested in the appearance of his home , and in the materials he wore to keep out the cold and wet . |
| 13 | Fortunately , the head keeper arrived before Father , and he managed to sort out the mess . |
| 14 | Then , almost lost in my breathing , he managed to make out the words ; |
| 15 | Despite the fact that Hilton says in chapter ten of Mixed Life that the nobleman who is like Jacob married to Rachel and Leah will only become Israel " is verri contemplatif " ( 33.374 – 5 ) , if he is released from worldly responsibilites there is no ground for suggesting that he meant to rule out the possibility of the most profound kind of contemplative experience for the man in mixed life . |
| 16 | Indeed he appeared to hold out the offer of an alliance with the radicals , insisting that there should be no split " among the democratic , progressive forces which are dedicated to carrying out transformations in society " . |
| 17 | He had to take out the man furthest from him first , the man least prepared . |
| 18 | First he had to sort out the embarrassed financial affairs of his brother John , which had been neglected by the latter whilst working for the Company . |
| 19 | The great hero Sigmar first united the men of the middle Old World into the Empire , and to do so he had to drive out the Orcs and Goblins that lived there . |
| 20 | He wanted to stamp out the drug running among Albanians , profits from which he claims are being used to buy arms . |
| 21 | Tom Rooney looked at Patrick closely , his pale eyes squinting in the dim light as he attempted to make out the younger man 's expression . |
| 22 | He refused to rule out the military option , while Gorbachev stressed the need for a " political solution " and pointedly refrained from expressing support for a military move against Iraq . |