Example sentences of "were [verb] [to-vb] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts were made to push out the burning fuel with scaffolding poles . |
| 2 | Attempts were made to put out the fire . |
| 3 | In the late 1930s Japanese became the official language and attempts were made to wipe out the indigenous Korean culture . |
| 4 | Pale colours were used to map out the image and fill in areas much as they might have been used in watercolour painting . |
| 5 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 6 | A jet and two hose reels were used to put out the flames . |
| 7 | I told him that if he did n't cut out the vicious behaviour , Brian and I were going to cut out the co-operation , we 'd stop eating . |
| 8 | It was a minute to midnight when Joan and John reached her parents ' house as the bells were beginning to ring out the old year . |
| 9 | Well , ’ I sighed , looking up to the night sky , where the clouds were starting to blot out the few stars that the city lights did not obscure . |
| 10 | The Supreme Soviet also resolved that the President , Boris Yeltsin , should remove from office ministers who were failing to carry out the decisions of the republic 's legislative bodies . |
| 11 | Self-evidently he does not go out and list them himself , and very early on historic building investigators were appointed to carry out the task and guidelines for listing drawn up . |
| 12 | When the students were asked to pick out the photograph that most resembled them , they usually selected the most flattering one . |
| 13 | Comparatively large ‘ irregular forces ’ were earmarked to carry out the raids , which would be commanded by Hazelden for Tobruk and Stirling for Benghazi . |
| 14 | At the beginning of 1937 steps were taken to sound out the feeling of the congregation about opening a Building Fund . |
| 15 | The Germans , he reckoned , were trying to wipe out the docks , yet somehow the city centre seemed to be getting the worst of it — and all the shops and offices and streets of little houses . |
| 16 | United Artists were tempted to point out the dangers of Communism and released Red Salute , which dealt with the growing appeal of Communism for student leaders . |
| 17 | Ice-blue blinds were lowered to keep out the noonday sun . |