Example sentences of "they [verb] out [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wearily , fearfully , they filed out to face the day . |
| 2 | They set out to create the conditions where two hydrogen nuclei ( ‘ protons ’ ) could get close to each other , collide and join to make a nucleus of helium . |
| 3 | They set out to discover the names and fiefs of all lords and knights resident within the county , their liege lords , and the services each owed to the count . |
| 4 | Regression techniques , because they set out to make the squared distances of the residuals from the line as small as possible , can be unduly influenced by a few exceptional data points . |
| 5 | After these experiences they set out to rebuild the prison system , from the perspective of prisoners turned gaolers . |
| 6 | The news of the school uplift reached the two shopping in Kirkwall before they set out to travel the twenty miles or so back home . |
| 7 | They bought the scrap Herald for just £25 and salvaged the chassis , engine , gearbox and axles. then , using plans bought from a man in Sheffield , they set out to build the bodywork from plywood and aluminium . |
| 8 | The crucial nature of the adhesive surfaces of the cells is again illustrated if the cells of two different species of sponge are mixed together ; they sort out to give the two normal sponges . |
| 9 | Luckily the plumber they called out to reconnect the water was so touched by their plight that he waived his fee . |
| 10 | Slim-line tension rods , which are telescopic , are used to carry net curtains neatly without any fixing brackets , but they can only be used within a window reveal as they spring out to grip the sides . |