Example sentences of "who have [vb pp] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , a sales pitch claiming that a major discovery has been made in the North Sea sounds suspect to the investor who has lost out several times in the past . |
| 2 | Trainer Gordon Richards , who has sent out the veteran staying chaser to win seven times at the Lancashire track , last night confirmed him a definite starter . |
| 3 | The top seed , who has missed out on just one final in 30 tournaments over the last two years , looked set for a shock defeat at 3–6 , 0–3 down midway through the second set . |
| 4 | And so Ruth , the one who has gone out as a poor glean and walking behind the reapers , hoping they would treat her kindly . |
| 5 | Our choice would be a former IBMer who has carved out a successful career running another computer company — Comdisco Inc chief Ken Pontikes is already facing up to the same problems besetting IBM , and despite his protestations , there 's always Ross Perot . |
| 6 | It certainly was a disgusting display from a man who has bowed out from the game very publicly . |
| 7 | ‘ And so on — sympathetically , yet also with the indefinable remoteness of a woman speaking to someone , once close , who has faded out of her life . |
| 8 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 9 | This shows that the actualization of the infinitive 's event is not what such sentences express , an analysis supported by Coates ( 1983 : 100 ) , who gives a similar argument for the meaning of can in her discussion of She can swim , and Palmer ( 1977 : 5 ) , who has pointed out that a sentence such as ( 12 ) is impossible because can " is not used to imply actuality in the past " : ( 12 ) * I ran fast and could catch the bus , Example ( 13 ) however is quite acceptable because it implies that the event did not take place , being seen merely as a possibility in the past ( i.e. a potentiality ) . |
| 10 | Smith , who has set out Coleman 's army career in detail , concurred with the opinion of F.C . |
| 11 | That is the view of Northern Ireland Economy Minister Robert Atkins who has spoken out for the first time about Mrs Major , wife of his long time friend , the Prime Minister . |
| 12 | Who has walked out of himself |
| 13 | That is the opinion of Alan Doyle , senior veterinary adviser with SmithKline Beecham Animal Health , who has worked out how much cell-counts are costing farmers in the province . |
| 14 | It has been suggested by Dennis Milner — doctor of science in the metallurgy department at Birmingham University who has carried out much research into etheric force-field photography — that the different potency levels relate to the different planes of being in the following way : |
| 15 | Moreover , according to Dr John Voorhees of the University of Michigan Medical Centre , who has carried out clinical trials on the drug , Retin-A needs to be used on an open-ended , on-going basis if the improvements are to be maintained . |
| 16 | They will be able to challenge the charges of a solicitor executor who has carried out the administration of the estate , by applying for a Remuneration Certificate from the Law Society . |
| 17 | Roderick O'Sullivan , who has carried out research for programmes such as Channel Four 's Fragile Earth , said he was concerned that a mystery disease which wiped out half the swan population at the bay last winter had re-emerged . |
| 18 | The man was questioned by officers working on Operation Mountbatten — the police hunt for the so-called Horse Ripper who has carried out almost 30 attacks over the last 18 months in Hampshire and surrounding counties . |
| 19 | That overdraft has resulted from club-record spending by the Owls manager , who has splashed out £4.3m in his 18 months at the Hillsborough helm . |
| 20 | So says the American umpire , Dana Leconto , who has tried out the new Palm Unit , a hand-held microprocessor which logs all shots , reminds players of court and ball changes , keeps time and does everything but make line calls . |
| 21 | The sight of those slightly parted lips was almost my undoing but , with the hollow feeling of a gambler who has laid out far too much on a horse , I plunged the titbit firmly into her mouth before my resolve could falter . |
| 22 | The chap who 'd called out was the one in the pub who 'd told Mary Mauchline to go and rattle her can , the same Mary Mauchline he now held in his arms . |
| 23 | But no , The Day Leeds Won The Title they were n't there , apart from one fat bloke called Jimmy who 'd gone out hoping for a quiet drink … |
| 24 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 25 | ‘ No wonder the men who 'd served out their time put their savings into market stalls and little businesses , tanneries , dye-works , gardens . |
| 26 | The South Sussex team was also more than compensated by the rock solidarity of a boy called Paul Hedley at back , and the dazzling Sherwood brothers , Randolph and Merlin , who 'd pulled out of high goal polo for a fortnight to piss it up with the Pony Club . |
| 27 | She had no sympathy for the rich , spoiled girl who 'd walked out of her room and disappeared . |
| 28 | But she was always there when he came back from real or imagined expeditions , not like his father who 'd walked out after a drunken row one night . |
| 29 | There was Gazza Martin , the man who 'd slashed out his verdict , ‘ The tone and attitude of your piece stinks ’ in response to my idealistic scribblings . |
| 30 | Meanwhile the argument between the vegetarians and the farmers over who 'd chickened out of the original challenge goes on . |