Example sentences of "[be] [verb] out [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Even its provenance had been established : a whole heap of such material — mostly in longer pieces — had been ripped out of a nearby house and lay , awaiting removal .
2 You may sense that your words are tumbling out into a kind of void .
3 These are faults — which is where John McEnroe comes in — that are smoothed out by a second distillation .
4 Billy Dann 's office was long and narrow , almost as narrow as the desk placed across it just in front of the window , but very high because it had been partitioned out of a much bigger room .
5 The picture is described as having been formed out of a series of anxious revisions which incorporate all that has preceded them so that there are glimpses of ‘ buried entities ’ to enliven gaps and edges .
6 Debates followed in parliament with the Unionists in full cry , for the Liberals seemed to have been caught out in a case of open corruption .
7 The luck of the draw you may say , but if the match had been pegged out by a considerate , knowledgeable angler the problem would not have arisen .
8 Rocket tests are carried out at a missile centre at Shuan-ch'eng-tsu or at a nuclear test range in Lop Nor .
9 This case also often occurs in practice due to the results of cases such as grouped meter readings from customers who were at home when the meter reader called , combined with customers ' own readings carried out because they were out when the meter reader called , and a number of special checks that are carried out at a different time .
10 In the West , business agreements are carried out at a distance , say six feet or more .
11 Certain features are carried out on a large scale .
12 Professor J. P. Payne of the Department of Anaesthetics at the Royal College of Surgeons insists that a research nurse should always be present when tests are carried out on a patient .
13 Measurements are carried out on a sample clamped in a thermostat .
14 To make sure the system is working says stocktaking exercises are carried out on a regular basis and there are random checks of the collections .
15 Sensitivity at the outset far outweighs a full routine of complicated strokes if they are carried out in a mechanical and impersonal manner .
16 Current powers do not allow for searches that are based on a policeman 's hunch that someone may be carrying an illicit article , or for blanket searches that are carried out in a particular area or among particular groups .
17 The Government may be the paymaster , but the actual negotiations are carried out by a team of health authority representatives who might be industrial relations experts but usually are not .
18 While the majority are carried out by a person known to the victim , random attacks on strangers are on the increase .
19 This should not include VAT , as this is only payable when the repairs are carried out by a contractor/repairer who is VAT registered .
20 The defendant had produced a program called " Oscar " , a job scheduling program for controlling the order in which tasks are carried out by a computer .
21 Sometimes the salespeople carry out merchandising activities like building up shelf displays , providing window stickers and in-store advertising , although sometimes these duties are carried out by a separate merchandiser or team of merchandisers , particularly when some form of demonstration or product promotion is required .
22 NEW WAYS TO DIP INTO INFORMATION Document image processing can only fulfil vendors ' claims if the right analysis and preparation are carried out before a decision to buy is made
23 These three jobs are carried out within a time dimension .
24 They have been included out of a sense of completeness .
25 They have been included out of a sense of completeness .
26 They have been included out of a sense of completeness .
27 ‘ They are let out of a greyhound-style trap and can cover more than 100 metres in a matter of seconds when they get a whiff of food , ’ says Michael , 52 .
28 VICAR 'S daughter Hannah Murray-Leslie was outraged by village gossips who claimed she had been booted out of a public school because of a frolic behind the bicycle shed .
29 FOUR ex-servicemen have been booted out of a British Legion social club after going to war over what they believe are missing funds of up to £250,000 .
30 In recent years the defiantly right-on stance of the comedy circuit had been booted out by a brand of no-holds barred humour .
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