Example sentences of "out as [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that 's all in hand , erm the preachers we wanted did n't quite work out as we 'd suggested . |
| 2 | It was n't working out as they had hoped . |
| 3 | Charlie explains that some people blame her when the weather does not turn out as they had hoped . |
| 4 | They are frustrated because things are n't working out as they had hoped . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if they are not enforceable , it would be the banks , with whom the transactions were arranged , that would lose out as they had taken out further deals to offset their exposure . |
| 6 | Recent research has shown that well-informed mothers who have been able to take responsibility for decisions in pregnancy and labour feel happier after the event , even when their plans did n't work out as they had expected them to . |
| 7 | Things were n't working out as they 'd hoped , he said , and it had been agreed to take Peter off presenting the early evening news programme . |
| 8 | Avril 's plans , however , did n't quite work out as she 'd intended . |
| 9 | Things were n't turning out as she 'd expected at all ; now she was dazed , confused , hardly knew where she was or what she was saying . |
| 10 | This meeting was not turning out as she had planned . |
| 11 | For an agonising moment Shannon felt herself losing control , overwhelmed by an urge to fly at Marianne , to assuage her own brutal torment by lashing out as she had done long ago in the school playground , when the jeers and mockery became too much to bear . |
| 12 | She had used make-up sparingly due to the heat , and had chosen a blouson dress with thin straps , made of numerous tiny pleats that fanned out as she walked showing off the pastel rainbow hues of the silky material . |
| 13 | Everything in Fabia cried out as she started to panic that Ven might yet hit on the truth of her love for him . |
| 14 | ‘ Things have n't worked out as I had hoped , ’ he started . |
| 15 | OK , so her date with O'Shea had n't turned out as he 'd imagined , but the fact remained she had chosen her old college buddy over him — a fact that rankled for reasons he did n't care to examine . |
| 16 | At the last minute Reg Seekings had to drop out as he had injured his hand when a detonator exploded prematurely . |
| 17 | Would such a person , watching Peter now , reading the prayers of Rite B in his level , pleasant voice , notice that resentment lay , like his blood , just under his skin , because the life he had chosen had not turned out as he had expected it to ? |
| 18 | He watched William 's face , wondering if he 'd forgotten , or blocked it out as he appeared to have blocked out so much else . |