Example sentences of "[to-vb] it out [prep] [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 He spoke hesitantly as though trying to work it out for himself .
2 Joanne often felt that she could have taught a topic to the whole class in a fraction of the time it was taking them to find it out for themselves .
3 But " thinking like a scientist " sooner or later involves greater autonomy , a bigger share of the decision-making : not simply discussing with the teacher and learning to guess from his facial expressions or other clues what the " right " answer might be , but actually wrestling unprompted with the methodology and materials in order to find it out for oneself .
4 I have just got to sort it out for myself but I 've got nothing to work on .
5 Let us hope that these two threatening elements in our society — the schoolgirls and the police — will continue to slog it out between themselves without disturbing the rest of us .
6 If I can only think back to that precise moment , and recover all the necessary ambient data , I 'll be able to figure it out for myself .
7 ‘ They [ industrial firms ] ought to figure it out for themselves . ’
8 Mayne and his group crept away , leaving the guards to fight it out between themselves .
9 Manufacturers are hurriedly bringing out Gulf war model kits and war games to satisfy the armchair generals who want to fight it out for themselves .
10 WC apps : 1st time Costa Rica qualified early from the Concacaf play-offs , leaving the rest to fight it out among themselves .
11 To get it out of yourself a
12 He would n't allow for mistakes , he used to take it out of himself , his equipment — and , of course , the nearest guy at hand .
13 Because you keep it all inside it against you , you begin to feel bad about yourself you begin to lose your self esteem erm you know and that 's the most dangerous thing about being bullied in terms of being at school or whether it 's even at work and being submissive is withdraw internalise and to take it out on yourself .
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