Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] out [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob Geldof 's initiative resulted in the biggest ever sum of money being wrung out of the haves on behalf of the have-nots ; in itself and in isolation an admirable achievement . |
| 2 | County Tory leader , Councillor Simon Cussons , says he has had complaints from youngsters who feel they are being hounded out of the pubs . |
| 3 | One year , I remember , he gave us half an hour on John McEnroe being slung out of the Men 's Singles . |
| 4 | Tests are being carried out for the bacteria that causes legionnaires disease after humidifying equipment failed … |
| 5 | There was some cooking being carried out by the women — and a great deal of drinking . |
| 6 | The care being carried out by the nurses may appear to be complex , e.g. special preparations for theatre and technical procedures such as the care of intravenous infusions and wound drains . |
| 7 | With birds and mammals it is nearly always the female that looks after the young , without the help of the male , but many fish reverse this procedure , with all parental duties being carried out by the males , as in the case of nest-building sticklebacks and pouch-carrying seahorses . |
| 8 | An investigation is being carried out by the Police Complaints Authority . |
| 9 | An investigation into the death is being carried out by the Police Complaints Commission . |
| 10 | The transaction 's commercial object was that the Prudential would acquire a development being carried out by the developers with funds provided by the Prudential . |
| 11 | ‘ After being dropped out of the rankings because of inactivity , Glenn has now been re-rated , ’ said Gregory . |
| 12 | They they they 've achieved all these people being moved out of the flats . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the knock-on effect of the slump is still being felt out in the provinces . |
| 14 | Whether it was the distance , whether the record , because it must have been a record , had been deliberately slowed — there seemed to be some tonal distortion as well — I could n't tell , but the song came with a dreamlike slowness and dimness , almost as if it was being sung out of the stars and had had to cross all that night and space to reach me . |
| 15 | The conclusion is obvious ; and it is that those local searchers for a place here , who are being crowded out by the southerners , are most likely to be northern Catholics . |
| 16 | He was already used to being called out by the Sheikhs for the slightest problem . |
| 17 | Trying to set the record straight and put Native Americans on the monument map is Crazy Horse , a massive new sculpture being blasted out of the mountains . |
| 18 | Whether by accident or design , Husbands and Wives contains uncanny echoes of the real events that were being played out in the lives of the cast as it was made . |
| 19 | The game that was being played out in the shadows around the planet Earth was old beyond even its understanding . |
| 20 | Let's come back to our chlorine then and think about well if it 's not being weathered out of the rocks , what 's its ultimate source ? |
| 21 | On the other hand , global warming is likely to produce more precipitation over the icecaps , notably Antarctica 's , which would mean that water was being taken out of the oceans and stored as ice . |
| 22 | Susan heard them being knocked out of the skies . |
| 23 | The various business that will make up Zeneca , the new company being created out of the biosciences activities of Britain 's Imperial Chemical Industries ( ICI ) , spent £457 million ( US $640 ) on research and development last year , according to figures released last week in preparation for the company 's stock market launch in June . |
| 24 | Sale terms are still being thrashed out with the buyers but heads of agreement have already been signed for all three . |
| 25 | Agitation may have been couched in a vocabulary which spoke of national morality , but it was clear who were being singled out as the recipients of purity action . |
| 26 | The resolution then being flashed out by the amendments of Councillor and recognising the work of members of governing bodies given so freely . |