Example sentences of "and was [adv] [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice sounded faint and was soon drowned out by the rush and moan of the shells passing over . |
| 2 | This emerged as the Butt Report and was immediately rejected out of hand by the incumbent Commander-in-Chief , Bomber Command , but not so by the Army and Navy to whom the report had been leaked and who were bent on carving Bomber Command up between them for their desperate needs in the Western Approaches and in the war in the desert . |
| 3 | But he lost his Test place in New Zealand last winter and was also left out of the World Cup squad . |
| 4 | When he had had his breakfast , he went to the shed , opened the door and was nearly knocked out by the overpowering smell . |
| 5 | During her late teens she was arrested twice for her part in political demonstrations and was later kicked out of university for neglecting her studies . |
| 6 | United 's leading scorer was in rampant mood and was twice kept out by superb saves from Gould . |
| 7 | In any case , rescinding the deal will be very hard and was virtually ruled out at the annual meeting by Christopher Sharples , the AFBD 's chairman . |
| 8 | The former England midfielder underwent surgery to remove a blood clot on Monday and was promptly ruled out for ten days . |
| 9 | I arrived at work on the Monday and was handed a cheque and my personal belongings at the desk in the foyer and was then escorted out by Security . |
| 10 | He had missed the semi-final against the land of his birth , South Africa , with a pinched nerve in his back , and was then left out of the final against Pakistan . |
| 11 | A declaration of French hostility to the candidature was drawn up , which , on the next day , was approved by the full Council of Ministers , and was then read out in the Legislative Body . |
| 12 | The South African foreign minister , Mr Pik Botha , publicly threatened to abort Namibian independence and was apparently cajoled out of it by Mrs Thatcher , who was in Windhoek when the trouble began . |
| 13 | He had slightly pulled his drive and was half blocked out by some pine trees . |