Example sentences of "[verb] out a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are moving towards a position where JAA will probably receive and settle invoices from each national authority and send out a single invoice to the applicant . |
| 2 | Software house Softwright Systems is fiercely optimistic : in April , staff helped buy out a 54 per cent stake . |
| 3 | In fact , the SNP was the only party to pull out a higher vote in October . |
| 4 | GIGN , with the finish of all but the parachuting stage within sight , gave up all chances to sleep for 58 hours to pull out a three hour lead over the second placed team , L'Arche . |
| 5 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 6 | C … an ex-sharedealer of Harvard Securities , was living in a barn on a friend 's farm in Kent , eking out a gipsy-like living by renovating rusty old cars . |
| 7 | This is a direct parallel with conservation programmes that concentrate on small peasant farmers and those marginal semi-proletariat which find themselves eking out a living charcoal-burning , cultivating the steepest slopes , or in shifting cultivation without sufficient fallow-periods — an issue which is explored in detail in Chapter 7 . |
| 8 | On to the main road , which runs through the island and , apart from the sheep eking out a sparse living on the dead heather , there is little moving until I come to the head of Whalfirth , a long arm of the sea which pushes in from the west until it nearly cuts the island in half . |
| 9 | Are you really going to let her wait , eking out a miserable existence , just because of some misplaced notions of pride ? ’ |
| 10 | In his office an anxious Herr Nordern gouged out a few marks from unenthusiastic colleagues for a wreath for Steinmark 's funeral . |
| 11 | Erm , I 've been thinking that I ca n't chair this meeting and take the notes and things when it becomes , and if it , the fund comes through and it becomes the audio description project as opposed to this group , and you know we will be widening out a little bit , I wonder if we should actually have a chairman type person . |
| 12 | Once , when very drunk , Simon had phoned me late one night to try out a new concept , the ‘ Uzi-O-Gram ’ , which had the catchline ‘ Shoot up your girlfriend 's wedding , just for fun ! |
| 13 | We welcome the proposal to try out a new Campaigns Unit for one year , but would stress : |
| 14 | Could that be a good idea , say for , to try out a vocational area ? |
| 15 | Other resorts are dedicated to the more experienced sailors , with strong winds and unrivalled opportunities to try out a wide range of quality boards and sails . |
| 16 | Spring is here and our make-over feature is back , offering readers the chance to try out a glamorous new look . |
| 17 | The black-eyebrowed albatross was a frequent visitor to the Parsee , and gave Gould the chance to try out a crude but innovative experiment — one of the first attempts to tag and monitor a live sea bird . |
| 18 | Because this is England 's last match for at least 3 ½ months , Robson had to balance his desire to try out a few options with the need to retain the basic framework of his World Cup team . |
| 19 | ‘ So you got to try out a few of these nice new cars yourself . ’ |
| 20 | Test out a small piece first to check that your choice of thread colour is right and to get the tension correct . |
| 21 | When Newcastle recovered from the effect of the goal , they again made chances with man of the match , keeper Lee Butler , keeping out a point-blank Sheedy header and Clark twice going close . |
| 22 | Should we regard music as a kind of anaesthetic for weary executives so that we can opt out a warm bath of string sound ? |
| 23 | Similarly the polar bear can scent out a dead seal from 20 kilometres away . |
| 24 | As well as emblazoning — painting — each badge , Mary also ‘ blazons ’ them — to write out a strictly-formatted style its description . |
| 25 | Whether you have chosen to write out a full speech or to use comprehensive , ordered notes , there will be your main prop . |
| 26 | While in North Africa , however , he did manage to write out a fair copy of The Waste Land , in order to raise money for the London Library . |
| 27 | Because then at least you might be able to write out a few more . |
| 28 | Putting his hand inside his dirty bomber jacket , he drew out a long , thick kitchen knife and put it on the dashboard . |
| 29 | He delved into a saddlebag and drew out a long , black chain . |
| 30 | Cranston delved into a small leather pouch he had taken from his saddle-bag , undid the cord at the neck and drew out a small vase containing the poison he had taken from Springall 's house . |