Example sentences of "she [verb] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret 's there every day , she goes out every morning . |
| 2 | He took a hasty pace towards her , and she flung out a hand . |
| 3 | But even as she flung out a hand to save herself she was whisked off her feet and pulled into the secure haven of fitzAlan 's arms . |
| 4 | Sperber and Wilson 's ( 1986 ) principle of relevance entitles the hearer to expect adequate contextual effects for the minimum necessary processing effort.5 This means that a speaker who is asked to say what , for example , was said in a lecture would not satisfy the principle of relevance if he or she read out the entire content word for word . |
| 5 | Satisfied with the merest hint of make-up she had used on her heart-shaped face , she emptied out the small jewellery sachet she always took with her on her travels . |
| 6 | She laid out a selection of records from Harry Roy through theatrical speechifying to the Beatles and Scott Joplin . |
| 7 | Her face pinched in disapproval , she laid out a dish of sliced cold beef , a platter of bread and butter , the remains of a pigeon pie and some cheeses . |
| 8 | But then she made out a very tiny-looking patch of light in the distance — then another , and another . |
| 9 | She made out a Nativity , but it was wrong . |
| 10 | The accent sounded mid-European and as Lee became more accustomed to the steam she made out the face of the owner of the voice . |
| 11 | But as she made out the figure who stood darkly outlined against the blaze of the picture window 's light , she stopped abruptly short . |
| 12 | The bang came again but softer , and she made out the squeak of rusty hinges against the din of the stormy night . |
| 13 | Her fists gripped the armrests of the chair so tightly she made out the taut ligaments running from her wrists to her knuckles . |
| 14 | She made out the shape of Caro squatting in the armchair , rigidly still . |
| 15 | At our own Festival she sold out a month before the performance . |
| 16 | She sought out the darkest room and even then closed the shutters , though it was only early morning , and lay on her bed without energy even to feed her son . |
| 17 | Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words . |
| 18 | Without answering , she got out the frying pan and began to do him bacon and eggs . |
| 19 | She wondered what they would make of it as she got out the vacuum cleaner and started to run it over the drawing-room carpet . |
| 20 | She got out the mower to cut the back lawn . |
| 21 | Fish done , spuds on , she got out the asparagus and found they were plastic ! |
| 22 | Remembering how responsive Faye 's blood glucose level was to stress , she was about to monitor its level , but , as she got out the kit , Tom arrived , his tall figure catapulting into the room and only a slight untidiness to his dark hair betraying the fact that he had so recently been locked in Marise 's arms in the garden . |
| 23 | It should have been a new beginning , a clean slate but , as she rode out the following morning , her head clouded from lack of sleep , Kelly knew that life was never that easy . |
| 24 | She straightened out the dead woman , folded her hands and tidied the bed . |
| 25 | She ruled out the idea of workfare , where claimants are forced to work for benefits or have them withdrawn , for all three million unemployed . |
| 26 | She peered out the window , but they were already past it . |
| 27 | Literary , second-sighted , sick , she holds out a hand to him : he clasps it , but then decides he ca n't go on . |
| 28 | She holds out the tray . |
| 29 | ‘ Dëkuji , ’ she tried out a Czech thank-you to the man on Reception who sold her a stamp for three crowns and assured her her card would catch that day 's post . |
| 30 | She tried out the new offices , did not find them satisfactory and left claiming unfair dismissal . |