Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] out [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the fishing bag he took a scope sight and two boxes of ammunition , one of them depleted from the sighting-in that he 'd carried out in a deserted glen on the drive south . |
| 2 | But she was always there when he came back from real or imagined expeditions , not like his father who 'd walked out after a drunken row one night . |
| 3 | Mr Nightingale had been a wartime soldier in a fairly respectable regiment ( George 's opinion as an excavalryman ) and while he had filled out to a pink-and-white chubbiness he still wore a small military moustache that had stayed loyally ginger as a reminder of the Desert campaign . |
| 4 | It was making her heartbeat erratic , and her whole body had broken out in a fine dew of perspiration . |
| 5 | It was as if she had fallen out of a generous sky . |
| 6 | He could always get old Benny Robinson , his helper , to sweep the place up and tie up the piles of cardboard , but Benny had already swept up twice that day and he was now busy sorting out bundles of twine which had fallen out of a damaged carton and become unwound . |
| 7 | What had started out as a dramatic sea chase and developed into a running battle had fizzled out in a disappointing anti-climax . |
| 8 | The staff were also worried about his speech , not seeming to take into account the fact that this was the first time he had come out of a Punjabi-speaking environment and was having to cope with new experiences in a foreign language . |
| 9 | The words had come out with a distinct tang of broad Lancashire , but she immediately withdrew into her pseudo-Southern gentility . |
| 10 | The waitress from The Crossed Keys , unsuspecting , had come out with a fresh supply of punch . |
| 11 | We had come out on a broad dirt road . |
| 12 | Felicity had come out in a severe facial rash and spent the time either screaming or staring fixedly at the paperknife on her desk . |
| 13 | It had been the first casino in modern Russia , had operated out of a converted bedroom on the second floor . |
| 14 | Sanchia Holmes , manageress of the Framework clothes shop , said Saturday was usually their busiest day and they had missed out on a good deal of custom . |
| 15 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society , claimed the council had missed out on a major tourist attraction . |
| 16 | He had let out a number of slow deep breaths as if he had got out of a tight corner , but no sooner had he entered the room again than Lizzie said , ‘ Does Maggie know of this ? ’ |
| 17 | Unlike Lanfranc who aimed at creating a model community in accordance with the latest monastic thought without regard to local traditions , Anselm not only permitted , but welcomed , local habits of worship and models of sanctity , which Lanfranc had driven out with a strong arm . |
| 18 | What Americans came to call ‘ the movies ’ and what in Britain was referred to as ‘ the pictures ’ had emerged out of a complex and distinctive metropolitan and urban culture which was very much achieving its quiddity as the nineteenth century came to a close . |
| 19 | Her social life seemed to be quite full , and she had gone out with a young man on a couple of occasions . |
| 20 | When someone came into the room he realised he had gone out in a sweet unconscious . |
| 21 | Whereas Vidor had started out with a theoretical notion and then wrapped it in a melodrama , Capra had started out with a fairly ordinary story and then breathed charm , wit , pace , sex , and reality into it , not least by harnessing the natural talents and showmanship of Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable . |
| 22 | What had started out as a dramatic sea chase and developed into a running battle had fizzled out in a disappointing anti-climax . |
| 23 | What had started out as a bad day had suddenly become brighter . |
| 24 | Dyson broke off in mid-explanation , frowning at a piece of copy-paper he had taken out of a little brown envelope marked ‘ J. Dyson Esqre . ’ |
| 25 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Preservation Society , said the town had lost out on a major attraction to the North-East . |
| 26 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of Darlington Railway Preservation Society , said it meant Darlington had lost out on a major attraction to the North-East . |
| 27 | Despite the overall success of the LDP , Ozawa — whom many commentators had singled out as a likely future Prime Minister — resigned on April 8 , ostensibly as an act of atonement for the defeat of Isomura . |