Example sentences of "[noun sg] clean out the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take the opportunity to clean out the channel the cover fits in and to fill it with grease . |
| 2 | You can soak off old glue in water , but you may have to chisel or sand away modern adhesives and you 'll have to use a chisel to clean out the mortise . |
| 3 | They sometimes got incredibly bold in the competition for the fish offal ; I have seen a fisherman cleaning out the insides of a fish while a gull was hanging on to the tail tugging frantically in its attempt to get a meal ! |
| 4 | The NRA officer blocked the outlet to prevent any further pollution leaving the site , and Laleham 's called in a contractor later that day to clean out the surface water system . |
| 5 | Working holidays , similar to the defunct Woofer scheme ( Working Weekends on Organic Farms ) met with mixed success and varied from the chap who took all day to clean out the rabbits that I , 8½ months pregnant , did in half an hour , to those that were accompanied by their little horrors . |
| 6 | Speaking of which , when one such status symbol ran dry here the other day , a child was lowered into a pit to clean out the drains , so the nineteenth-century tradition of infant chimney-sweeps is alive and well and living in Tuscany . |
| 7 | Only in this case Italians do not want to stop the flood — on the contrary , it is seen as the first real chance to clean out the corruption which is endemic in the system . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't answer me back , laddie , and do n't call me ‘ Corp ’ unless you want a spell cleaning out the latrines . ’ |
| 9 | With dowel joints , use abrasive paper wrapped round an pencil or similar object to clean out the dowel holes . |
| 10 | It 's your turn to clean out the goldfish … |