Example sentences of "were [verb] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | The air-conditioning ducts serving his quarters and bureaux as well as the politburo 's chamber and other appropriate parts of the building were ripped out in a most difficult , complicated exercise . |
| 2 | Italian and other styles were ripped out of their European context when , during the 1980s , it became permissible for young people in Britain , and most significantly young men , to be interested in fashion on a scale undreamed of in the 60s and the 70s . |
| 3 | Gloucester were roared out and that was where the hospitality finished . |
| 4 | When at last he spoke , the words were spat out in sharp interrogation . |
| 5 | Times have changed dramatically for the worse in Wales , a condition brought on as much as anything by the masochistic fixture-making which has brought about so much contact between the countries since the Welsh were blacked out in the 1987 World Cup semi-final . |
| 6 | With a heavy heart , Robert followed her towards the smooth , mysterious features of the house , whose windows , on this side , he could now see , were blacked out from the inside . |
| 7 | Satellite reports confirmed that over three hundred armoured carriers were parked around the perimeter of the city ; large sections of the capital were blacked out and quiet after hours of gunfire and arson attacks . |
| 8 | They were plucked out of Bosnia in one of the mercy missions undertaken by Formby businessman Fred Willis , who has now enlisted the help of the Red Cross in an attempt to trace Jasim . |
| 9 | Several aspects of French Country Cooking were roughed out in pencil by Bobby and then worked over in ink by Minton and imprinted with his own personal style . |
| 10 | These large abscesses were pointed out by the farm manager to Mrs Brough , who photographed them . |
| 11 | Had he gone out with the schedule the results would have been chaotic , yet he himself had not seen these double questions until they were pointed out to him at the internal testing stage . |
| 12 | Even the tracks smelt like pythons , over and above the surrounding stench , and football-sized bundles of bones were pointed out to us as the regurgitated remains of their meals . |
| 13 | Darwin 's finches , for example , could be seen to be extremely interesting only when their affinities were pointed out to him by a taxonomist . |
| 14 | Some difficulties with this suggestion were pointed out by P A Lund in a reply published in October 1985 . |
| 15 | The flaws were pointed out last year in a report by W.S. Atkins consultants , commissioned by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) . |
| 16 | " Your father did n't die for Ireland , " Katherine snapped , silencing him , and even as the words were tumbling out , she was regretting them . |
| 17 | The little knots of people that formed as usual outside the church after Mass was over and the bells were tumbling out their soft dismissal song had plenty to discuss . |
| 18 | Before she knew what she was going to say , the words were tumbling out , tripping over each other in her nervousness . |
| 19 | Three layers of management were stripped out . |
| 20 | All the complexities of his lyrics were ironed out … |
| 21 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 22 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 23 | As racial distinctions were ironed out and replaced by class in the Third World , a certain amount of the reverse process was taking place in the old imperial metropoles . |
| 24 | Gumboots and oilskins were given out and ordered for volunteers . |
| 25 | Thousands of leaflets were given out and pro-life songs and talks were broadcast . |
| 26 | Around 2500 T shirts were given out , and nearly 6000 people took condoms and information leaflets . |
| 27 | The test papers were given out and we had an hour to complete all three sections , involving general commonsense , and basic maths and language questions in our respective tongues . |
| 28 | Criticism and praise were given out non-objectively , ie at the whim of the leader . |
| 29 | Numerous prizes , generously donated by sponsors , were given out at the end of the day . |
| 30 | Details of these were given out at the April training day and included in that days ' notes . |