Example sentences of "[vb past] out in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In Elizabethan days , three hundred years later , the solitary farm of Newton , standing upon the heath that petered out in the muddy flats of the bay , alone marked the site of Edward I 's ‘ new town ’ .
2 Has it occurred to the Minister that the problem is that there are plenty of young people camped out in the open air , but that they do not have any work ?
3 As part of the growing concept of community care , spelt out in the 1963 Health and Welfare : the Development of Community Care plans , many authorities have recognized that the physically disabled , like the elderly , usually want to retain their independence and avoid entering homes as long as possible .
4 Eventually we came out in the comparative brightness of the open space behind the house .
5 They came out in the second half a much more committed side and proceeded to alter the whole complexion of the game with two goals from Paul Doney and Andrew Milne .
6 Put the line ferret through the system and the loose ferret may well be located and subsequently dug out in the same way as a rabbit .
7 To discover the electron is rather different from discovering the kangaroo , because it is a theoretical entity inferred from certain abstruse experiments ; and Thomson 's apparently crucial experiment turned out in the twentieth century not to be so .
8 Despite the myths which surround the Act , it turned out in the long term to be quite efficient and reasonably humane , but the threat of transition sparked off another series of troubles in Sussex , the last concerted fling of desperation .
9 It was little Tero , turned out in the same paddock , offering silent sympathy .
10 These two distinct systems will feed upon each other through an ongoing confrontation acted out in the Middle East .
11 By contrast with what it saw as the corrosive and unbelieving spirit of the age , that movement was deeply concerned to recover and reinstate the ancient doctrines of the faith , especially the great dogmas hammered out in the early centuries ; and with them to restore the sense of continuity and rich unbroken tradition which found its expression especially in ritual and liturgy .
12 Fortunately the pair were off to different events when they stepped out in the identical £420 jackets .
13 Frankie themselves were typical graduates of the 1970s post-punk provincial scene ( five lads from Liverpool ) in which Bowie boys became punks and skins , dyed their hair repeatedly , hung out in the gay clubs with the furtiveness that marks everyone on provincial streets in the small hours .
14 In the Plate final — for teams knocked out in the first round of the Chairman 's Cup — Fife beat Perth 4–2 .
15 The thorny question of divorce was discussed and argued out in the frankest tones .
16 I send minutes laid out in the proper style .
17 All these data will help to inform the stage of development into which the records-of-achievement movement is now moving , namely that of nationalization following the proposals laid out in the 1984 policy statement .
18 They would drink that in some of these pubs and , of course , as soon as they got out in the fresh air , it hit them and they were away .
19 Mats Wilander — dumped out in the first round
20 The more rural regions of East Anglia , the South-West and , to a lesser extent the East Midlands , lost out in the nineteenth century , but their fortunes have taken an upturn in recent decades .
21 It was thus the internal policies of the United States that determined to a great extent who among the indebted nations won and who lost out in the long debt crisis of the 1980s ( Wellons , 1987 ) .
22 It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown .
23 Somewhere a bell rang out in the age-old call of the Angelus , reminding her that it was midday and she had to meet Rohan .
24 Rob 's laughter rang out in the cosy room , the faint white lines around his eyes wrinkling against his winter tan .
25 The next day clashes broke out in the occupied territories and Arab workers were prevented from entering Jerusalem .
26 Disturbances which broke out in the north-eastern city of Mashad on May 30 continued for several days , bringing the city to a standstill .
27 An argument broke out in the crowded pub after some drink was knocked over and Mr Brown tried to defuse the situation .
28 Pandemonium broke out in the graceful room .
29 If war broke out in the Far East ‘ our present forces in Korea would be a military liability and could not be maintained there without substantial reinforcement prior to the initiation of hostilities ’ .
30 In October 1973 war broke out in the Middle East .
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