Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] 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 | Whatever the actual reasons for this , in his own mind he 'd singled out the fact that she must have got married . |
| 7 | Each time he 'd banged out the flames . |
| 8 | ‘ And get rid of that ! ’ she clearly recalled hearing Naylor tell her — in fact , the way he 'd bellowed out the order , it would n't surprise her if the whole avenue had n't heard it . |
| 9 | After he 'd taken out the bread , I took him back for lunch and he rested as usual in the afternoon , lying on his bed and listening to the radio . |
| 10 | And having committed the boy to a day on the rubbish , he could hardly turn me down when I suggested we settle for a couple of hours ' conversation over a few beers , after he 'd sorted out the mess . |
| 11 | Back at the village post office he 'd sorted out the usual junk mail which never made it past the door of the shop and found that he was left with one real , honest-to-God letter . |
| 12 | It was the way he 'd got out the time Barry had locked him in the tractor-shed . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | He began reading out the typewritten sheet in front of him : |
| 17 | But still Jack listened , and after a while he began to make out the quick flow of words . |
| 18 | He began to work out the probable returns from his night 's work . |
| 19 | He started to work out the next stage . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Fortunately , the head keeper arrived before Father , and he managed to sort out the mess . |
| 22 | Then , almost lost in my breathing , he managed to make out the words ; |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He kept staring out the car window like he was a cat had broken a saucer . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 " . |
| 27 | He had to take out the man furthest from him first , the man least prepared . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He reached the hotel unscathed , although the burns on his jacket showed where he had beaten out the phosphorous splashes with his leather gloves , and as he followed Peter Young there were , as he later described , ‘ different sounds , from the various calibres of arms , artillery exchanges between Kenya and a coast defence battery somewhere down the fjord , anti-aircraft fire from the ships against attacking Messerschmitts , the demolitions , and the crackling roar of flames ’ . |
| 30 | He had strung out the conversation , after the chief inspector 's departure , or made an attempt to , but without much backing from anyone else , and failing to get any invitation to remain . |