Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] out [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bibliographical search was carried out previous to the award being granted in the period Jan/March 1989 . |
| 2 | The emerald dress was in a heap on the floor , and Isobel 's slender pale boyish body was stretched out naked on his narrow college bed . |
| 3 | A stove in the corner of the little room was giving out great waves of heat and there was the smell of leather , sweat and cigar smoke which seemed to hang in all German guard-rooms . |
| 4 | The ball was worked out wide on the left to Mark Walton who hit in a point blank cross to the head of Steve Jenkins , only for the striker to direct his header against the post with a goal gaping . |
| 5 | When the ball was let out Northern 's backs looked the sharper and after a scoreless first half , centre Paul Collins burst on to a short pass from Johnson and sent the speedy Casado racing over . |
| 6 | His wife was bringing out heavy ashets piled with pies , her daughters brought out clothsful of new loaves , still steaming . |
| 7 | The first puppy was lifted out dead , and as she handed it over Robert said , ‘ What a size . |
| 8 | The most professional approach which I had was in fact via an intermediary who was acting on behalf of an existing customer of the company who employed me and whose objective was to sound out general interest without disturbing the importance of on-going business relationships . |
| 9 | The wireless was blaring out light organ music through the kitchen window . |
| 10 | By January 1941 a Central Statistical Office was turning out regular reports on production figures , inflation , consumption and manpower resources . |
| 11 | The table was laid out fit for a king , all gleaming silver and twinkling crystal . |