Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [verb] out [art] " in BNC.

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1 After Richard Eaton had cancelled out a second minute opener from Kenny Morris on 20 minutes , John Stephens shot Annadale into the lead with a superb finish to two minutes into the second period .
2 Earlier Miss Higgins had beaten Hazel Kavanagh ( Grange ) by 3 and 1 in one semi final and Miss Rogers had knocked out the champion Eileen Rose Power ( Kilkenny ) by 3 and 2 in the other .
3 Tendulkar and Richard Blakey hit back with a stand of 176 in 24 overs , but then Neil Fairbrother swooped to run out the Indian ace with a direct hit .
4 It was not until the cheers had subsided and Reg Pybus had pointed out the rashness of my statement that I decided instead on getting the match abandoned .
5 4 years ago Michael and Denny Wickham began laying out a garden of ’ walls ’ and ’ rooms ’ following the plan of the house .
6 Poles apart MANSELL and team boss Frank Williams failed to hammer out a deal
7 Finally came the bookshop where dear Mr Sneddles tried to eke out a living .
8 At 3500 miles into the Metro 's life , the Rover dealer had to sort out a badly slipping clutch and , a few miles later , replace the brake pads in a effort to cure the soggy feel of the originals .
9 In Hebrew , Mr Levy had spelt out the case for not accepting the Commission , because Jerusalem is the Israeli capital , and as such , shootings were a domestic matter .
10 But Mr Rifkind appeared to rule out the scheme to pay fishermen to leave the industry .
11 The Hong Kong authorities had carried out the first involuntary repatriation operation on Dec. 12 , 1989 [ see pp. 37121-22 ] .
12 Lee Chapman had cancelled out a Gary McAllister own goal before Peter Ndlovu finished another smash-and-grab .
13 Progress was slow , but by the mid-eighteenth century success had been achieved in both methods of calculating longitude : the Greenwich astronomers had worked out the tables for the movements of the moon and an English watchmaker , John Harrison , had made a chronometer that kept such perfect time that it could meet the requirements of any sailor .
14 Sandy McGlashan had taken out a little yellow fiddle and was adding a frenzied strum of strings to the piper 's notes .
15 After the curtain call O'Hara waited in the band-room until Freddie Reynalde had played out the audience .
16 Lord Mackay appeared to rule out an extension of legal aid to cover defamation cases .
17 Party secretary Bettino Craxi appeared to rule out the formation of an electoral alliance with the PDS when he told the congress that " the conditions for a leftist alternative are not there on the horizon " .
18 Slowly , imperceptibly , Mrs Burrows influence began to draw out the woman 's hidden qualities until one day she shocked the neighbourhood in a different way : by appearing decently dressed , and at tending the women s meeting .
19 ‘ When I got home on the evening that it was announced Terry Venables had taken out an injunction , one of my children was very nervous and said ‘ Why do n't you throw in the towel ?
20 In February 1870 , while the new French government of Emile Ollivier tried to hammer out a revised constitution for the reformed Empire , Bismarck opened up his campaign to persuade Leopold that he ought seriously to consider becoming King of Spain .
21 Penelope Houston had pointed out the dangers early on , in the pages of Sight and Sound :
22 In 1891 , in an essay called ‘ The moral philosopher and the moral life ’ , William James had set out the essence of the realist 's case .
23 Angelica now knew why Alina had disappeared from the terrace so promptly on the day that Walter Hardy had hooked out the dead dog .
24 John McEnroe tried to take out a copyright on it , Becker 's got more than a bit and Lendl 's goes missing when he most needs it .
25 In his first year as leader , Rajiv Gandhi threatened to throw out the thugs .
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