Example sentences of "had [verb] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone had ripped out the cables — more proof of attention to detail . |
| 2 | Then it got flooded because people had ripped out the pipes next door , which was empty too . " |
| 3 | Some twentieth-century vandal had ripped out the latticed windows of number seventeen . |
| 4 | Periodically the ship had literally sailed up on to the tug , ramming her bows against the stern , and finally the towing hawser had ripped out the capstan to which it was fastened . |
| 5 | Instead , a ‘ position de barrage ’ a well-organised defensive wall was to be erected along the ‘ Line of Resistance ’ that Pétain had traced out the night he took over command . |
| 6 | We entered the very horse show that we had to sit out the year before . |
| 7 | The great hero Sigmar first united the men of the middle Old World into the Empire , and to do so he had to drive out the Orcs and Goblins that lived there . |
| 8 | Holy Mother , she had blurted out the wrong thing already . |
| 9 | Penelope Houston had pointed out the dangers early on , in the pages of Sight and Sound : |
| 10 | Ever since Ford had pointed out the location of the sepoy magazine Harry had been unable to get it out of his mind . |
| 11 | The night before , our host had pointed out the Building |
| 12 | It was not until the cheers had subsided and Reg Pybus had pointed out the rashness of my statement that I decided instead on getting the match abandoned . |
| 13 | Mark 's compensation and pension terms would be spelt out to him by New York within the next two weeks , after they had checked out the maximum terms permissible under British law . |
| 14 | Instead of travelling with the security truck carrying the money , Morgan had checked out the area round the bank the previous day . |
| 15 | I had wrung out the Spidersuit and Y-fronts and hung them over a Bible suck thinking how He would just have to lump a bare arse on His books for one night . |
| 16 | By the time they had sorted out the confusion and given chase , the woman had made good her escape . |
| 17 | I had sorted out the flat really nicely , and had some money put away . |
| 18 | Thrifty villagers had sorted out the best for their own uses , present or future . |
| 19 | She had sorted out the reins now and Caspar had explained about just touching the horse 's flanks with her heels to spur it to a gallop . |
| 20 | Now he had sorted out the technique of using the deaf-aid , he found it wonderfully relaxing . |
| 21 | As Sir Bryan had predicted , the weather had sorted out the men from the boys and difficult pin placings had not been needed to tame the pros . |
| 22 | Now they had to work out the 24th number . |
| 23 | This was the first opportunity we had to try out the new personalisation facility with the agents ’ mailing . |
| 24 | Meanwhile Hurd , who on Oct. 4 had sketched out the idea that an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait could be followed by a Middle East peace conference involving all five permanent members of the UN Security Council , switched the emphasis of UK public policy towards a more threatening posture on Oct. 14 , asserting that Saddam Hussein 's " only choice is whether he leaves of his own free will or at the point of a gun " . |
| 25 | A dripping waterpipe had shortened out the starting motor which had been activated and started the main engine . |
| 26 | He had looked out the window of his hotel that morning , seen the rain , thought of the day that lay ahead of him and none of it any more seemed worthwhile . |
| 27 | Voters indicated a single preference and had to spell out the name of their chosen candidate , rather than mark a box . |
| 28 | Occasionally you had to spell out the name to tourists to avoid any needless confusion . |
| 29 | The Sunday newspaper articles had come out the week before last , and were still bringing in letters . |
| 30 | She still had to shake out the sofa cushions . |