Example sentences of "it [vb past] out [pron] " in BNC.

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1 In some of the more elaborate biplanes it was not always easy to tell which way the loads were going and it was a stock joke at one time that the way to check the rigging of a certain aircraft was to put a canary between the wings ; if it got out something was wrong .
2 And when it came out I gave it a puff in my little rag , and made sure the others did the same .
3 But during the course of the interview it came out his brother was anxious to sell — he was addicted to gambling and owed a lot of money .
4 It stripped out their nerves chewed chewed flavourless
5 We called it that so if it leaked out it would get mixed up with the old Winter Garden names . ’
6 It turned out we both went to the same school , ’ Vlitos says , ‘ so things got very friendly . ’
7 As it turned out we accidently anticipated Xcelerated Systems trademarking the expression as the name for the technology underlying Liken , its pioneering two-year-old Mac-on-Unix product .
8 When we got in touch with the Colonel a surprisingly easy task , the military communications network superbly efficient — it turned out we had been landed at the wrong port .
9 Anyway it turned out we met Ann and erm both Martin and Ian are been having a similar trauma .
10 But as it turned out their way was lit by a full moon , hanging still and strangely ominous in a black velvet sky .
11 It turned out they had downclimbed , as it was easier than it seemed from above , but we did n't know that until later .
12 ’ — and then it turned out they wanted him to stay on over there .
13 I suppose they 're very good and all in white and very ‘ county ’ like those awful people you got to ask me over and it turned out they were n't expecting me at all and there were four of them anyway .
14 When I got there , it turned out they were only leasing them , and I wanted the security of my own place .
15 It turned out they got rather drunk that night and were unable to get home .
16 As it turned out it had landed in a position that could n't have been more perfect for what was to happen next .
17 He caught him and it turned out it was the assistant chief constable 's son .
18 Rella used to tell me stories , about places she 'd been , only sometimes I thought she meant herself and it turned out it was her mother she was talking about .
19 went away and came back and said oh Mr will see you in a minute and it turned out it was Sandra
20 As it turned out it proved to be one of my better decisions !
21 As it turned out it was hard work one way and another because Montagu was not very prolific .
22 Er , it turned out it was n't a Rolls it was a Bentley , but I do n't know one car from
23 And erm I rang the lady it turned out it was mother that was on the phone at Manchester .
24 The pitiable Mr Pygling , who jerked through the little town with a stick — it turned out he had Parkinson 's disease — doffed his check cap to Jane and even held the door open for her when they ran into each other at a shop until she opened the house to the public ( having restored it sufficiently ) on Sundays .
25 Well , it turned out he used to be a ‘ pretty successful writer ’ , but then he found he was just getting into ‘ things that were too weird . ’
26 As it turned out he did n't make that phone call until the evening and they found a call-box outside a pub in one of the villages , for Great-Uncle Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected .
27 As it turned out he had more in him that he realised .
28 It turned out he was escaping a planned course of ECT because no one on his ward believed he might have a drink problem .
29 Inspector Mick Barry , of Witham police , said at first officers thought the two older youths may have led the nine-year-old on but it turned out he played a full part in all the crimes .
30 It turned out he was paying well over the odds .
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