Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many thousands of Western women and children were eventually able to fly out of Baghdad beginning on Sept. 1 , following permission given by Saddam Hussein on Aug. 28 [ see p. 37639 ] . |
| 2 | She had no illusions about why her children were so willing to shell out for their mother 's annual pilgrimage . |
| 3 | It could be argued that had England scored faster on the second day they would have won comfortably , but having controlled the game from the beginning they were desperately unlucky to lose out to the weather ; and for the fans listening at home it was especially frustrating that it was a beautiful evening in England . |
| 4 | England 's external wars were fought principally in France , so most Englishmen had little direct experience of warfare , apart from those in the north , where relations with Scotland were always likely to break out into open hostility . |
| 5 | We were probably all busy out in the fields at the time since it happened at the beginning of September . |
| 6 | Villa were quite unable to get out of their own half after the interval , with Whelan 's precise , perceptive passing aways likely to unhinge them . |
| 7 | Anne 's job involved shift work , six o'clock until two , two o'clock until ten , and ten o'clock until six in the morning so she was rarely free to go out with Sarah . |
| 8 | Dr. Goldsmith 's comment was that if the man was physically fit to break out of his cell , he should have been fit to do the lighter task of breaking stones . |
| 9 | She was continent and clean and was usually OK to go out by herself . |
| 10 | Although it was my health I was considering , and no one else 's , it was still difficult to step out on my own and leap the bounds of convention . |
| 11 | She was fairly easy to make out against the glitter on the lake . |
| 12 | The reason Carol contacted me was that she was now frightened to go out of her house , even during the daytime . |
| 13 | Signor and Signora Banterle were anxious to see what sort of strange guest had been picked for them , and I was equally anxious to find out about them — especially after some of the experiences of my schooldays in Parma . |
| 14 | Before that scene came along , it was quite hard to go out on your own and meet new people , and for a while that was possible . |
| 15 | The sheet was then unlikely to get out of place . |
| 16 | Of course , Mr. Glick was fully entitled to point out to your Lordships that the vast majority of cases concerned with the recovery of tax which is not due will indeed be covered by statutory provisions regulating the right of recovery ; he also suggested that , if it should be held that section 33 has no application in the present case , steps can easily , and may well , be taken at an early opportunity to bring cases such as the present , which are in any event likely to be very rare , within its ambit . |
| 17 | Terry was still making League appearances for us in 1968–69 when Palace again gained promotion , this time to the elite of the 1st Division but , to his disappointment and the chagrin of all Palace followers , he was never able to turn out for us in Division One . |
| 18 | So they greeted her with comforts and praise , and said they liked the colour , and Janice lent her a necklace ; Clara did not much like the necklace either , for it was made of large artificial pearls , and she secretly suspected the donor of malicious intent in offering such a loan , but she put it on just the same , and ignored her suspicions , and allowed herself to be comforted , because she wished to be comforted , and because it was too late to get out of going . |
| 19 | He was staring at the glove box now , he was too low to see out of the window . |
| 20 | Chalon picked his way nervously among the throng , tossing his head and splattering mud over the feet of more than one unwary pedestrian who was too slow to get out of the way . |
| 21 | She was too frightened to get out of bed and go to find Victorine . |
| 22 | How the hell do you think they felt when their darling Hilary was too busy to go out for her brother 's wedding ? ’ |
| 23 | The semi-final of our first World Cup It was very disappointing to go out of the competition knowing that we had a chance , even though it was a slim chance , to reach the final . |