Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [v-ing] out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is innocent ; cleared of all the expressions that the child has been trying out during the day .
2 For most , there is an enduring search for bonds of love and loyalty , and other research showed that four out of five teenagers involved in a sexual relationship had been going out with their partner for six months or more .
3 It has been estimated that about $280m a month has been flowing out of Hong Kong into the city of Vancouver this year .
4 er Again it 's difficult to say , the information has been leaking out from the talks , er it does n't look as though a pay formula is being included but Roger Pulne , er even on the onset of this dispute guaranteed the members er that any deal that was struck with management would include a pay formula and er if the deal does n't come out with a pay formula after the ballot as I say , I think people are going to be very disappointed and let-down by our union negotiators .
5 He says the tabloid press has been hitting out at the Lords for a long time .
6 If the minister had been looking out from his manse windows , he would have thought that his prophecy had found honour in its own country at last .
7 ‘ The Division 's been going out for the last fifteen years ; slowly but surely . ’
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