Example sentences of "out [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 " . |
| 2 | But as they made their way towards the camp he had spoken only to point out signs of bird and animal life that he thought might interest her ; in the mud at the riverside , he showed her the pug mark of a tiger that had drunk there the previous evening and at another point on the trail he drew her attention to torn-up grasses and leafless trees that marked the passing of a herd of elephant . |
| 3 | Although naturally designed more to draw out signs of abnormality , they nevertheless demand similar mental operations , being open-ended procedures in which , for example , subjects are required to interpret proverbs or sort everyday objects in any way they prefer . |
| 4 | The information only came out bit by bit since she 's still not easy in her mind about talking to us . |
| 5 | The second problem was her aversion to handing out money to charity ; although she enjoyed being able to help specific ventures in a practical way she hated the idea of charity balls or making large cash handouts . |
| 6 | If the Department of Health are prepared to shell out money to keepers of a vermin-infested tenement then the officials are to blame . |
| 7 | New Scientist mourned the decay of that Victorian exuberance , the seaside pier , described Eire as a hive of electronic industry and indicated foreboding about the government 's attitude to forking out money for wave power schemes , at the same time laying out all the arguments for and against test-tube babies . |
| 8 | ‘ I can hardly be expected to have a great deal of time for gardening , ’ she said , ‘ I am forced to pay out money for gardening help . ’ |
| 9 | I suspect that some of the drug barons who shell out money in support of what must be a pretty costly operation regard the academically-minded staff of the OHE as a bunch of eggheads , not to say ‘ wets ’ , who ought to be earning their keep by polishing up the industry 's somewhat tarnished image , and by encouraging sales , instead of spending their time and the companies ' profits on airy-fairy projects which are n't going to rustle up a pennyworth of business . |
| 10 | The 18 de Marzo refinery , on the city 's outskirts , had been responsible for pumping out emissions of carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) , sulphur dioxide ( SO2 ) and benzene , along with other pollutants . |
| 11 | Carefully — planned loading can reduce material waiting time , even out loads between machines and processes , reduce idle time and highlight machine utilisation . |
| 12 | they took out loads of things . |
| 13 | Once through the crust , tunnelling is easier and she brings out loads of sand , clutched between her forelegs . |
| 14 | The hotel staff felt sorry for the Garda and asked them round to the back door , where they handed out tots of whiskey . |
| 15 | At Bewick she would not have dreamed of sitting by a fire in idleness while her clothes were sorted and shaken and put away in drawers and cupboards , which , when opened , gave out breaths of lavender . |
| 16 | Christine , who had gained the Brownie Highway Badge , was an excellent writer and reader , and she felt rather grown-up as she wrote out notes for Miss Miggs or carefully read out to her a letter from her nephew . |
| 17 | If Michael Smurfit was indeed unaware of his own indirect interest in the site ( as he asserts ) then an even more telling charge must be faced by him — i.e. the sheer incompetence of handing out £9.4m on behalf of Telecom to buy this site . |
| 18 | As at September 1992 there were 137 companies listed by the Industrial Development Authority as approved to carry out activities in IFSC . |
| 19 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 21 reported that Azhar 's execution was widely interpreted as a warning to those contemplating carrying out acts of terrorism in connection with the Gulf war . |
| 20 | It accused Mr Mandela of carrying out acts of sabotage on dates when he was in prison . |
| 21 | He did not make it obvious , but he led the conversation , changed topics when he thought it needed it , enquired robustly of the lawyer certain things , and more gently of the females , as if to bring out gems of information they had stored in their pretty little heads . |
| 22 | Male Bright coloured , free from spiral grains and knots , and which when struck sound like a brass gong and during excavation throw out splinters like sparks of a fire . |
| 23 | In response to public concerns about the ozone layer , 65% of the UK toiletry market have agreed to phase out aerosols with CFC propellants by 1989 . |
| 24 | Sheep farmer Hare , 39 , who yesterday was out lambing at South Clifton , near Newark , will take up full-time duties in June and , initially , has a two-year contract worth around £25,000 per annum . |
| 25 | A fire broke out minutes after take-off ; the pilot reportedly called the control tower at Jeddah airport and was told to dump his fuel and return , but the plane crashed a kilometre from the runway and burst into flames . |
| 26 | BBC director of UK Television Keith Owen says : ‘ We have had a hold on all sales to cable and satellite , pending out decision with Thames . |
| 27 | Work out damage on units the Fanatic touches as he moves . |
| 28 | The document has been criticized by environmentalists for merely offering suggestions and not setting out proposals for action . |
| 29 | Others offered to man phones , to work out rotas of helpers , and to provide clerical back-up for the two solicitors . |
| 30 | The primary intention is only to consider the Cossacks on a formation basis , and certainly all the evidence indicates that it never entered the mind of anyone at HQ 5 corps that a comprehensive detailed screening process should take place , to sort out liability to repatriation on an individual basis . |