Example sentences of "out [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Protein skimmers are a must for any butterfly or angelfish tank , as these species are sensitive to any organics left in the water that can not be filtered out or broken down by bacterial activity .
2 In simple language , it is normally sufficient for the occupier to make reasonable endeavours to keep out or chase off the potential or actual intruder who is likely to be or is in a dangerous situation .
3 During the life of the partnership they must not , either directly or indirectly , draw out or receive back any part of their contribution .
4 If necessary , he would send Sergeant Phyllis Henley , who seemed to understand the ways of the family , to sit outside the door in her car until Peter Fleming either came out or came home .
5 And should she at any time be incapacitated , Henry had to bring the books to her , and she would scrutinise every penny that went out or came in .
6 We realise that names may appear on several sheets if a Student failed a test and resat but the Tutor can easily strike out or blank out information not required by the Board .
7 I du n no what 's best — you know , if I should go out or stay here .
8 And that 's what upset us most about these people going back to work , the fact that a meeting had been taken a few months before in which everybody had voted for us to get the sack , and then all of a sudden they had been threatened and no vote was taken on whether we should stay out or go back , and they just dribbled back to , that really knocked us I think .
9 It tends to happen if too high a potency ( that is , too strong a potency ) is given , and the symptoms are brought out or exteriorized rather too quickly for the body to handle comfortably .
10 When your world falls apart , do you get mad , get out or get even ?
11 Wise counsel for some , because coping with his affair is easier , in the short term , when you 're naturally driven to get mad , get out or get even .
12 Right now you come out or go up to red .
13 Either go out or go in .
14 Tudor urban families often either died out or disappeared very quickly .
15 It' er nothing to show out or stand out or look rather pleasant .
16 There are accordingly pages of text in the surviving papers which have been mutilated : sections cut out or pasted over , and some very heavily scored through .
17 Young or old , going out or staying home for the evening , a glass of Scotch sets the scene , complements the mood , ensures complete enjoyment … never intrusive , always compatible …
18 Oh are you , no I meant , are you going out or staying in ?
19 Developments like this mean that even if alluvial gold gives out or becomes less profitable , the uncontrolled search for wealth will continue and accelerate .
20 They often do this by letting out or bringing in their mooring line , so keep an eye on them to see which direction they move it in , if at all .
21 He hardly knew the people in his own house , only to exchange a casual greeting if he met them going out or coming in .
22 Yeah I know , I do n't know whether she was going out or coming in but they got one there now and I think they th the one they got there now I do n't know whether the Corporation , that 's theirs or whether that 's put out to contract and I think that 's put out to contract now .
23 This link between marriage and kinship , the two abiding pillars of much anthropological theory , was further emphasized in Tylor 's pithy comment that , in the history of human development , the choice facing many tribal peoples was the stark one of marrying out or dying out .
24 We 've all seen pictures of Page 3 girls and pornographic images of women showing the female body in a constantly inviting , sexual way just walking into a newsagent 's on a Sunday morning often means you are surrounded by them ) and it is hardly surprising if girls themselves , as well as men , sometimes feel confused ; believing that girls might ‘ want ’ to be raped , or are asking for trouble , if they dress up to go out , or behave independently by going out or walking home alone .
25 Celtic civilization was wiped out or driven underground .
26 It' er nothing to show out or stand out or look rather pleasant .
27 When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’
28 You either opt out or plod on and make the most of it .
29 Some died out or moved away , others survived only in the female line and the lands passed to another family by marriage ( 81 , pp.43–7 ; 83 , p.31 ) .
30 Cash is paid in , drawn out or paid away to a third party by means of cheques .
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