Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] out a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Competitors may throw out a challenge by improving the product and offering a better distribution service , for example . |
| 2 | I said to Bet I said they ought to write out a cheque on the end . |
| 3 | Their chief executive , Andy Barton , feels , with some reason one would have to say , that it is n't right that the government should bail out a competitor . |
| 4 | A health authority should seek out a group of " mature " female nurses and a group of male nurses who are in training and prepare them for the purpose of dispelling those commonly held misconceptions . |
| 5 | He and Flora had arrived three hours after we did , just as the hotel manager was suggesting we should send out a truck to meet them . |
| 6 | Said a Drug Squad source : ‘ We are extremely pleased with these stiff sentences and it should send out a warning to those involved in the drugs scene that the courts are coming down hard on them . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We were just wondering whether we should send out a search party , ’ they told her . |
| 8 | I sent the letter to the Department of Employment , among others , and received a reply from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State , suggesting that my constituent should take out a career development loan . |
| 9 | He was never any trouble but we used to think perhaps he should go out a bit more , ’ say Brian Gedge . |
| 10 | De Soto and his researchers , which include economists , sociologists and anthropologists and lawyers , have worked out some of the stark costs of formality in Peru : if a group of humble families gather and ask the government to give them an empty plot of land to live on , they must fill out a maze of forms and go to scores of ministry , municipal and other government offices , a process that averages six years and 11 months . |
| 11 | You must fill out a form and attend a one-off Awareness Day ( 9am-5pm , with fares on public transport refundable ) . |
| 12 | The animal , be it the rat in its maze of a chimpanzee gazing from a group of boxes to a clump of bananas hung just out of reach overhead , must reason out a course of action in its mind . |
| 13 | One of the more controversial obligations relating to margin is the requirement that a firm must close out a customer 's open position where he fails to meet a margin call after a period of five business days . |
| 14 | A computer salesperson may carry out a survey of customer requirements prior to suggesting an appropriate computer system . |
| 15 | Olivetti said its use of Alpha would definitely be restricted to the high-end workstation market : it ‘ has other designs ’ when it comes to servers , hinting that it may bring out a product in that area based on the parallel processing technology of Kendall Square Research Corp , the Waltham , Massachusetts-based company in which it has a stake ( see page three ) . |
| 16 | If one were to step backwards onto a hard dog 's foot , the dog may give out a yelp but will return immediately to the handler , who , it is hoped , would bend down and apologize for his action . |
| 17 | I 'll root out a change of nightclothes and some fruit . |
| 18 | " Yeah , maybe it 'll thin out a bit in there , now it 's getting late . " |
| 19 | We said look we 'll bring out a price guide |
| 20 | " We might work out a formula — if the next few days go well , that is . |
| 21 | ‘ Then I 'll work out a route for getting us back behind our own lines . ’ |
| 22 | She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils . |
| 23 | We 've just finished the first round of waivers for people receiving the Home Care Service , and the criteria that I was giving you reflected those , and so when you get your letter , if you feel that you 've got particular financial problems or particular family situations we should take into account , erm then do get in touch with us and we 'll process it and we 'll set out a procedure for you in the letter that we send . |
| 24 | One day you might take out a screw too many and the world will fall apart . ’ |
| 25 | Here 's the bank — see the queue along the street from the cash point — people who 've got pots of money in that bank and all they 've got to do is press a few buttons and it 'll spew out a wad of crisp notes into their delicately manicured hand . |
| 26 | ‘ We 'll hammer out a strategy for the PR video . |
| 27 | He said , " I 'll get out a plan of operations for you , Mr. Fairfax , and work out the value of any Forestry Commission grant it might attract . |
| 28 | Well I think what I 'll do yeah is like when they 're trying to clean my window I 'll open the gu and shoot er open the window yeah and I 'll get out a gun and shoot them . |
| 29 | On a clear day Hoy , ‘ the high island ’ , seems so near that one imagines one might stretch out a hand and run fingers down its jagged red cliffs . |
| 30 | I could make out a couple of dozen large buildings . |