Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] out at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a further achievement that delegates from these two , until recently hostile , camps could clash sharply in debate during the conference without acrimony , although black consciousness delegates from Natal threatened to walk out at one stage . |
| 2 | He managed to blurt out at one stage in the proceedings : ‘ I did n't have any dollars , no gold , I do n't smoke and I earn 3,500 lei a month . ’ |
| 3 | By Feb. 9 sympathy strikes had broken out at higher education establishments in several cities . |
| 4 | But he had to find out at some stage , did n't he ? ’ |
| 5 | Their first attempt , however , was foiled when they lost the centre leaf and had to walk out at this point . |
| 6 | The young man with the terrible toothache — Harrison — had sought her out and , clumsily but resolutely , he had told her that he intended to leave the quarries , go back to his father 's farm , assess what his prospects were there and then come back and … his resolution had run out at that point but the aim was clear . |