Example sentences of "were [vb pp] out for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applications to both the United States and Canada were filled out for all the members of the family except the oldest child , Eva . |
| 2 | Kent were hustled out for 196 . |
| 3 | Similar studies of five countries were carried out for USAID in 1983 . |
| 4 | Several desk studies were carried out for customers , mainly dealing with the market economics of mineral commodities . |
| 5 | Major land surveys were carried out for Wimpey Minerals at Isley and Newark and a further contract of 1/2500 maps for the Ordnance Survey was successfully completed . |
| 6 | The general relieving provision in s740 , where transfers took place , etc not with a view to avoiding tax or which were carried out for bona fide commercial reasons , applies to ss739 and 740 . |
| 7 | They were locked in their cells till 8.30 when they were let out for chapel . |
| 8 | Ceauşescu himself knew the cynical and cringing apologetics of those managers who were caught out for gross failure to follow the plan . |
| 9 | Finished cloth and yarn were hung out for the approval of the merchants and their servants , the broggers , as they rode round the countryside in search of spun yarn and woven cloth . |
| 10 | But here at Lord 's in 1992 , Pakistan 's first three were shot out for ducks , the scoreboard showing 18 for 3 after Chris Lewis had found the bat 's fatal edge three times while Sohail bravely carved and thumped 16 runs . |
| 11 | Fron piled up 232–4 as Gwilym Williams ( 56 ) and Steve Jones ( 37 not out ) weighed in with useful contributions , and then Pwllheli were shot out for total of just 66 as Chris Tilston took 5–13 . |
| 12 | Menai were shot out for 60 , David Wright taking 5–15 . |
| 13 | He sent her some of his notes of what he had seen in their walks and frequently let her see his ‘ papers ’ before they were copied out for the editors . |
| 14 | The estimates from each department became more detailed and were spelt out for each of the future years . |
| 15 | Fred and then they all came round in the evening , and then on S Sunday , went to church and were invited out for lunch , and I went to see my mummy and daddy . |
| 16 | John Clinch ( 83 ) and Paul Harris ( 82 ) put on 170 for the first wicket against Stowmarket , who were skittled out for only 85 thanks to a burst of 4–1–7–5 by Richard Pybus . |
| 17 | After their big score on Wednesday , world champions Pakistan were skittled out for just ninety-three at New Road . |
| 18 | The points were secured when Lancashire were skittled out for 143 . |
| 19 | EP were bundled out for 120 in 50 of their 55 overs , as Corrie van Zyl took 4 for 24 , and Cronje 's Free State raced to victory in 33 overs with six wickets in hand . |
| 20 | Put in on a slow wicket , Montgomeryshire were bundled out for just 65 taking up virtually 45 overs . |
| 21 | She went with a young lady … to a small office where the documents were laid out for signing . |
| 22 | If , for instance , the chord were laid out for oboes and clarinets thus the resulting blend would be less satisfactory than this : in which the reedy oboe and the smoother clarinet tone are inextricably intermingled . |
| 23 | Also , the other reason that I did not leave it in the centre of the airfield was that the flares , the gooseneck flares ( a device with paraffin and a sort of rough wick ) , were laid out for night flying . |
| 24 | So while he and Stapleton were led out for a little exercise , the Blue Cross carpenter , Alan Key got to work . |
| 25 | The master recorded in his journal gifts of flowers , cakes , toys and illustrated papers to the inmates , some of whom were taken out for treats , such as visits to the Bedford Picture Palace . |
| 26 | But in three short years the following essential features of creative sound were worked out for the first time : cut-and-splice sound editing ; dubbing mute shots ( i.e. providing library sounds for completely silent bits of film ) ; quiet cameras ; ‘ talkback ’ and other intercom systems ; ‘ boom ’ microphones ( so the mike could be placed over the actor 's head and moved as necessary ) ; equalization ; track-bouncing ; replacement of dialogue ( including alternative languages ) ; filtering ( for removing traffic noise , wind noise , or for simulating telephone conversations ) ; busbars for routing controlled amounts of foldback or reverberation ; three-track recording ( music , effects , and dialogue , any of which could be changed as necessary ) ; automatic volume limiters ; and synchronous playback ( for dance or mimed shots ) . |
| 27 | In April 1983 , however , the main features of a draft agreement on a comprehensive settlement of the Afghan question were worked out for the first time during the United Nations-sponsored talks in Geneva . |
| 28 | Kurecolor brush pens were tried out for on-the-spot sketching . |
| 29 | In their second innings , Somerset were put out for 58 , with only Lionel Palairet reaching double figures and 10 of their total being byes . |
| 30 | Then , in autumn 1991 , proposals for the new qualifications were put out for consultation with a very wide range of organisations , including Scottish colleges , central institutions , universities , secondary schools , industry lead bodies , professional bodies , Scottish Enterprise , Highlands and Islands Enterprise , and Local Enterprise Companies . |