Example sentences of "they have [verb] out [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wondered if the others were playing a joke on her : perhaps they 'd gone out for a walk ; perhaps , at this very moment , they were laughing at the thought of her waiting for a killer who would never come . |
| 2 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
| 3 | Around the inner walls the Annamese soldiers of the imperial guard , who looked as if they 'd stepped out of the pages of one of his adventure-story books , stood sentinel with their muskets . |
| 4 | ‘ I was frantic that they 'd found out about the flat , where she lived . |
| 5 | Reality had become nightmare for them and they 'd opted out into a world where meals came , drugs were given , and all the doors were locked except for the bathroom . |
| 6 | If anyone feels they 've missed out on the award and that they know someone they fell ought to have been nominated , then they should do so next year . |
| 7 | They 've gone out for a walk to have a cigar but as far we 're concerned they 're not having a cigar . |
| 8 | ‘ Or it might be one of the people they 've turned out of the bins , ’ said Pam . |
| 9 | Some find it hard to make a decision because they 've got out of the habit or they no longer see the need . |
| 10 | All through this they 've cried out for a modern definition . |
| 11 | Erm , the , all the arguments for and against organic dips have been considered this last nine months by the Veterinary Products Committee , and they 've come out with a report I think , that satisfies no one , because it does n't go either , either way in that respect at all , it 's called for more research and , and erm , development in that , in that sense . |
| 12 | Because they 've come out with a report saying what we 've been saying for the |
| 13 | In their notoriously fashion-based hometown they 've stuck out from the crowd by not following rules and soldering disparate musics together when everyone else was trying to fit into narrow categories . |
| 14 | They 've found out about the baby . ’ |
| 15 | As they had stumbled out of the incident room , new names were already being scribbled up on the action boards with blue marker pens — yet more people to be trawled by the team of detective constables . |
| 16 | Sanchia Holmes , manageress of the Framework clothes shop , said Saturday was usually their busiest day and they had missed out on a good deal of custom . |
| 17 | Afterwards they had gone out into the brilliant sunshine of mid-June , the English summer being fine for a change , and Matey had introduced her to her other , lesser treasure , the curate Mr Julian Sands . |
| 18 | But once they had stepped out into the cool air , paradoxically , the noise seemed muted , the sea no more than a distant roar . |
| 19 | Some who were on the list contested their placing and felt ‘ it was unreasonable that they had lost out in the advertisement race ’ . |
| 20 | WARSAW ( Reuter ) — Carmelite nuns denied a report that they had moved out of a convent at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz which has caused a row between Roman Catholics and Jews . |
| 21 | As they talked they had moved out of the pub , back into the sunlit streets . |
| 22 | But they had fallen out over the collection of some money . |
| 23 | Before they had ventured out into the snowstorm , their mother had issued instructions : ‘ Pin up your skirts before you go out into that plother . ’ |
| 24 | Granny picked up the last of the things they had cleared out of the cupboards and looked at it . |
| 25 | They had poured out of the back room in an interval of the singing and were fighting for the bar with empty glasses , when Mallachy dug Rory sharply in the side . |
| 26 | But the journey took longer than they planned , because they had to watch out for the evil troll who lurked under the bridge . |
| 27 | They had dropped out of the human chain of ancestors and descendants that had formerly bound them all together . |
| 28 | The light was fading perceptibly now ; they had set out in the full glare of the midday sun , but they had ridden for several hours and dusk was creeping across the land . |
| 29 | Romford 's insurers paid the father 's claim and then sued his son , the negligent lorry driver , to recover what they had paid out under the contract of insurance . |
| 30 | They had climbed out of the dunes and were walking now along the canal bank towards the pill-box and the Lock gates . |