Example sentences of "out as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is no trick to the business of learning lines , as you will find out as you go on — although learning lines for an audition is different from memorising a part in a play for production , because then you will be operating with other actors around you . |
| 2 | The carrot will attract any wireworm around , which can be lifted out as they munch on it ( Harry says he finds this particularly useful for melon beds ) . |
| 3 | Even your first flight could end up with a field landing and , if the wheel brake lever is not in the usual position for you , your habits will catch you out as you claw for the non-existent lever in panic . |
| 4 | Bright little creature — it took her just three minutes to work this out as her antennae fluttered in the sudden sweet smelling breeze . |
| 5 | It does not matter if the opponent steps out as long as your technique strikes home before the referee has time to stop the bout . |
| 6 | Jean 's black curly hair Hew out as they swung round and her cheeks , always so ripe that they looked as though they would bleed at the touch of a straw , reddened more richly than ever . |
| 7 | This means , in turn , that the initial state of the learner must be as a possessor of vast battalions of hypotheses which are selected out as the child bumps up against the physical world and the human conceptual system . |
| 8 | But the stars soon lost their sheen and went out as the first strain of light eased away the darkness . |
| 9 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
| 10 | On the other hand , if they are not enforceable , it would be the banks , with whom the transactions were arranged , that would lose out as they had taken out further deals to offset their exposure . |
| 11 | The inspectorate attaches mandatory conditions to the site licence - covering , for example , the need for maintenance to be carried out as specified in the maintenance instructions — and for inspections and tests also to be conducted in accordance with written procedures . |
| 12 | After capture at Tobruk as a chaplain he listened as well as lectured and poured himself out as father , brother and friend , empathising with the religious difficulties of his fellow prisoners which gnawed away at the rigid Anglo-Catholicism of more sheltered days . |
| 13 | ‘ Christ , they were quick off the mark , Piper , ’ remarked the driver , swinging the jeep round and heading back along the road to Brigade H.Q. Nos. 3 and 6 Commando were pulling out as we entered the village ; no sign of 45 Royal Marine Commando . |
| 14 | All the lights in the town were out as we made our way through the almost empty streets . |
| 15 | Within the Common Market , Britain in 1989 seemed as much the odd nation out as it had been in 1979 at the time of the rancorous Dublin summit , unable to prevent major changes within the Community by responding in a negative , bad-tempered way . |
| 16 | If Bell is ruled out as too old and Ramsey as too new , who else has stature ? |
| 17 | They 'd started out as mods but gradually dritfed into fifties Americana and then the Alan Ladd suits . |
| 18 | No , no , no , no , no , he said , it 's got to be the real thing , you 've got to start out as you mean to go on Get it right from the beginning . |
| 19 | Maggie , who had never learned such useful arts from either of the women who had brought her up , had to be shown what was required , but soon the smooth rhythm of one woman winding and the other co-operating by swinging her hands in and out as the thread unwound , pleased and comforted her . |
| 20 | She and Maggie brushed the room out as best they could and the glazier arrived with an enormous sheet of polythene for the roof . |
| 21 | A torrent of words pour out as thoughts race around in her head , vying with each other for verbal expression . |
| 22 | Yet more species of plant and animal life die out as their very specialised habitat is disturbed . |
| 23 | If force was ruled out as you say , why were 150 riot police equipped with riot helmets , shields and batons needed to remove 51 people , of whom 43 were women and children ? ’ |
| 24 | The results are persuasive : those who take part regularly in his sports programmes at school are only one-third as likely to drop out as those who do n't . |
| 25 | Larry Gomes contributed 92 not out as he and Greenidge made an undefeated 287 , a new second-wicket record by either side in these Tests . |
| 26 | It was n't working out as they had hoped . |
| 27 | Mary was to find that out as time went on . |
| 28 | ‘ Bounced out as soon as she heard me call you and came scrabbling up the slope . |
| 29 | Marie was sure that this was because he did n't want to make his family out as ‘ better ’ than hers : he knew she lived on a scruffy council estate with a bad reputation . |
| 30 | Though in fatigue uniform , they were almost as smart and well turned out as Charles had seen such soldiers in peace time behind the railings of Wellington Barracks . |