Example sentences of "[to-vb] something out " in BNC.
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| 1 | He appeared jumpy and ill at ease , ready to blurt something out at any moment . |
| 2 | A verb such as question denotes a kind of event that our knowledge of the world tells us is typically prompted by something about the questioner ( usually their wanting to find something out ) . |
| 3 | Generally , the only way to find something out is to go and see the individual concerned ; however , appointments can not be made when the phone refuses to work . |
| 4 | He considered the opportunity to participate in the project to have tied in well with curriculum trends he had been supporting across the school : This was something I very much wanted to encourage because I have a worry that in spite of everything one does in schools to make children aware of library facilities and how to use them , I think quite a lot of children may still leave school without personally having experienced the whole process of needing to find something out , going to a person who can tell them where to look , going , looking , finding it , and then using it . |
| 5 | ‘ I will try to work something out . ’ |
| 6 | Try to work something out . ’ |
| 7 | This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group . |
| 8 | ‘ But we have to work something out , ’ Rachaela said . |
| 9 | I 'll talk to her and we 'll try to work something out . ’ |
| 10 | It 's great fun using a calculator when it 's a new toy but when you 've got to use it every time you need to work something out , |
| 11 | James was trying slowly to work something out in his mind . |
| 12 | Simone looked curiously at Alyssia , then back to Piers , as if trying to work something out . |
| 13 | If she 'd taken her courage in both hands , and told him of her true feelings , they might have had a chance to work something out . |
| 14 | So , I have always to go back to the beginning if I want to sort something out . |
| 15 | If you phone Vicki Whadcoat on extension 4425 I am sure she will be able to sort something out . |
| 16 | I would n't really talk to them anyway , but sometimes you needed to talk to somebody , or to sort something out . |
| 17 | ‘ Then let's hope you will be able to sort something out . |
| 18 | You 'll have to sort something out otherwise I too might give a Press conference so the world can hear my side of the story ! ’ |
| 19 | We 've got a problem where a local building firm who own part of the land need to get together with the local council to sort something out . |
| 20 | We will be getting in touch with the previous occupant to sort something out as a matter of urgency . ’ |
| 21 | A mother 's task is thus not to create something out of nothing but rather to dovetail her behaviour to that of the infant 's . [ … ] |
| 22 | She stopped for a second to point something out to the Doctor . |
| 23 | Do not be afraid to leave something out if it does not fit ! |
| 24 | Then Mum changed her tone , as she always did when she wanted to wheedle something out of somebody . |
| 25 | Despite the blow that the failure of the EDC and the Political Community struck against integration , the first pressing need to salvage something out of the debris was in defence . |
| 26 | The temptation and the opportunities to attempt to salvage something out of the wreck are particularly great in the case of the directors themselves . |
| 27 | To enclose something , to keep something out or even to trap something , we may never know the real reason for erecting the Horngarth . |
| 28 | If you need something a little larger , then you might also want to consider something out of the Uno range . |
| 29 | And to send something out like that by special despatch . |
| 30 | He had meant to ask his research assistant to sketch something out for him on ‘ A Woman 's Place ’ or some such subject , but the silly girl 's talents did not encompass putting pen to paper . |