Example sentences of "[noun pl] out " in BNC.

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1 Like the malarial swamps out of which the Most Serene Republic rose , we have seen that human altruism , communal feeling and social responsibility arose out of the egoistic , sadistic and erotic drives with which nature had endowed man .
2 The producers who supervise Radio 1 sessions tend to be musicians who are used to coaxing good performances out of young bands in a limited period of time .
3 ‘ Drink it yourself , ’ she said , forcing the words out .
4 At which moment we can sense the warm breath of composition coming off the page , for Dostoevsky first had Tikhon continue ‘ It carries its own reward ’ and then crossed these words out in his notebook , no doubt because they are too obvious and touched by the world 's wisdom .
5 Poems can be self-sufficient , leaning on no reality outside themselves other than the history and usage of the words out of which they are made .
6 I ca n't get any words out .
7 Karl almost jerked the words out .
8 ONCE upon a time people indulged in the ages-old craft of telling stories to each other — but then television and video stepped in and took the words out of our mouths .
9 ‘ What I really need to know is , when can Crevecoeur begin … work ? ’ she said , spitting the words out as if they tasted bad .
10 ‘ I will try , ’ Wilson said stiffly , barely able to get the words out .
11 ‘ I told you , she — ’ But , before she could finish , he swiped the words out of her mouth with the flat of his hand .
12 It was agony , but he got the words out .
13 I have walked down the street crying and said those words out loud :
14 As he walked on to the first tee he could n't get any proper words out at all , and so I was frightened to speak to him in case he thought I was teasing him .
15 I knew it was a 3-iron , but could I get the words out ?
16 Two days before the funeral Henry was asked to give a short speech , and although he began by saying he would not be able to talk , did n't think he could get the words out , was no orator , ended , of course by accepting .
17 Here we 'll just stick to initials , BM , to save writing the words out each time .
18 Lord Silsoe , QC , opening up the CEGB campaign and taking two and a half days to do it ( there 's nothing like Latin for spinning words out ) , said that the board 's case had three main points .
19 ‘ And they say , all those people say … ’ she was gasping , half unable to get the words out , terribly frightened , ‘ … they say the other train , the regular Canadian , is only half an hour behind us , and will smash into … will smash into … do n't you see ? ’
20 He spat the words out .
21 She was beginning to speak more quickly now , as if she wanted to rush all the words out .
22 She told me that in the first dreadful night , when she and John stayed in the hospital , she had tried to soothe the time by the old paper game of making words out of words .
23 How he was laughing at himself and he could hardly get the words out .
24 She must have been an exceptional item , because Rich can hardly get the words out for trembling woooh noises and peculiar scatological asides .
25 NME consists entirely of rude words out of other music papers ( eg. ‘ **** ’ ) and stuck on with earwax .
26 However , since you have no doubt spent hours piecing this letter together ( must have taken you hours , my dear , to get all those words out ) — I 'll grudgingly acknowledge its existence .
27 I was about to shout those very words out when , for once in my impetuous life , Dr Barton prevented me , for as the other members of the board filed out , he said , ‘ Doctor Masters .
28 The message would be couched in Inquisition language ; the Astropath would parrot the words out telepathically .
29 ‘ We had to find six words out of a newspaper .
30 If your cheques say ‘ or order ’ , cross these words out and initial the amendment .
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