Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Duffy left at once , but Clare felt it would be more polite to linger for a while , rather than rush out after the couple , as if the wedding had been an annoying chore . |
| 2 | Nor is it necessarily fatal if you give notice to terminate your contract and work that notice out , rather than walking out on the spot . |
| 3 | In Britain you could not do better than to pick out from the varied products of the author John Wainwright , an ex-policeman , those of his books that are in the police procedural mode . |
| 4 | Do you think perhaps the problem is that , through no fault of their own , they spend far too much time in the police station doing other work perhaps , than going out on the beat ? |
| 5 | Sleep is also very important for me , much more than going out to the newest disco or restaurant . |
| 6 | Most people in the territories feared the PLO was in danger of rushing into some unsatisfactory settlement rather than holding out for the right conditions . |
| 7 | Railways somehow symbolized the fact that Americans never did anything by halves , and this was more than borne out by the architecture of American railway stations . |
| 8 | But there was more to it than coming out with the begging bowl because of a particular crisis . |
| 9 | It 's much better than standin' out on the cobbles like we used ter do . |
| 10 | Neighbours say he has kept a low profile since moving in , prefering to stay by the pool than go out on the town . |
| 11 | These were films that had been grafted onto the Gaumont-British production programme , rather than emerging out of the script department as projects with potential that called for higher expenditure . |
| 12 | Freud 's hypotheses are not upheld : if the child is father to the man it is for reasons other than missing out on the breast and a too early acquaintance with the potty . |
| 13 | I can see them in my mind 's eye rising and dancing slowly around the room , their bodies undulating in a controlled exuberance as if lifted out of the world of motor cars , rockets and computerised mentalities into some universal heartbeat , some rhythm of the day , of the night , of the sea , of life . |
| 14 | The government maintains that dipping is safe if carried out with the recommended protective clothing and other precautions . |
| 15 | Firstly , it was accepted by all Scots that the coronation of their king was valid only if carried out upon the Stone of Destiny , and in spite of the Christian ceremony accompanying it the right to place the crown on the new monarch 's head belonged irrevocably to the Earl of Fife , premier layman of the realm . |
| 16 | If caught out in the open , the echidna simply digs rapidly downwards until , again , nothing is visible but its spiky upper surface . |
| 17 | Outside the wind blustered and beat against the wooden shutters and the huge sign , swinging on its iron pole , creaked and groaned as if calling out across the darkened , rain-soaked meadows . |
| 18 | If driven out of the exchange-rate mechanism ( ERM ) , a country might no longer qualify for EMU . |
| 19 | While a wire or a gate scheme might take a few weeks if spun out to the maximum , tunnels were sometimes under construction for six months . |
| 20 | It is the skills of tailoring they will need throughout their careers ( until promoted out of the classroom ) to fabricate and negotiate again and again , with each new class , an effective and hardwearing working habit . |
| 21 | Butter melted to liquid in half an hour if left out of the fridge . |
| 22 | Just a couple of weeks ago Emerson was down the in the dumps and considering pulling out of the Maxol series . |
| 23 | It was the feeling he got while watching out for the bookies when the police were in the area . |
| 24 | We would therefore encourage the use of the described radiation protection devices , whilst pointing out at the same time that the usual high standards for prevention of ingestion , inhalation or skin absorption of radioactive compounds should still , of course , be maintained . |
| 25 | All acts done within the actual authority of a partner will be binding on the firm whether carried out in the usual course of business or otherwise . |
| 26 | In the light of these partial versions of reality , I suggest there is a need to look beyond the surface presentation , whether handed out in the form of a press release or in the crime statistics which senior officers consistently use as an indication of social mayhem . |
| 27 | This was the principal reason for the remarkable development whereby detinue was all but wiped out by the encroachment of trover . |
| 28 | Whether speaking out for the silent rock majority against the soulboy mediacrats , or representing The Smiths as media martyrs . |
| 29 | Another American firm , McDonnell Douglas , has a smaller product range , and by the mid-1980s was wondering whether to get out of the industry entirely rather than compete in the next generation of civil airliners . |
| 30 | A head like none she 'd ever seen before bobbed out of the waves , whiskered and grinning and as big as her whole body . |