Example sentences of "out [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was suspected that there must be a link between the murders and Dovaston set out to find it by devising a computer programme that could provide a statistical profile of who the murderer was likely to be . |
| 2 | Took it out put it on the piano while I was busy playing . |
| 3 | Compare this to how the largest fish move relatively slowly , selecting their food with the discrimination of a gourmet ; the subtle approach , the gaping of the cavernous mouth that does not , at times , close over the food but blows it out to rid it of foreign matter . |
| 4 | Two men swam out to guide it towards a moored boat . |
| 5 | Experience was all , and I set out to grab it with both hands , drifting from country to country , from one relationship to another , a heedless , hedonistic round with never a thought for tomorrow . |
| 6 | ‘ And you immediately scented a mystery and set out to solve it for yourself ! ’ said Sophie in a voice of triumph . |
| 7 | Watch out leave it at that please mum I wan na watch Oh go on ! |
| 8 | When a moth flies into range , it works out the exact speed and position of its victim and then flies out to pluck it from the air . |
| 9 | When Sarah McCabe ( 1980 ) queried the logic of why just one police system should be entrusted with the control of crime , law , order , and social assistance , pointing out , ‘ there is some disagreement about the use of the criminal law — unease about control of the streets … [ which poses the question ] who will be controlled and [ who will be ] assisted ’ , she found the tenor of her ‘ thoughtful and moderate examination of the police role … was too much for the senior officers to whom it was presented , and they set out to discredit it with a will ’ ( Greenhill 1981 : 98 ) . |
| 10 | It also it is a fact that the people that you do tend to lend the equipment out to take it for granted that you are also a highly qualified video sort of technician and if anything goes wrong , they ring you up and say ‘ What plug goes where , and why is n't this working ’ and why should you if you 're working run down to some conference in the John Hall Room and try and sort out something for these people . |
| 11 | No , I 've been and spoken to them again this morning and yesterday , R S C left it there not O S D although it 's O S D's van , so they should 've come out to move it on Friday and the mechanics did n't turn up , then they lost the keys , cos yesterday myself and who was it , Lyn , waited up for the keys cos they were gon na move down put it into a safer spot . |