Example sentences of "be [verb] out [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the numbers are sufficient to precipitate Type I disease in calves 3-4 weeks after they are turned out to graze in the spring . |
| 2 | But Allan Lamb , who is at the centre of the ball-tampering row , has been hung out to dry by the game 's gutless rulers . |
| 3 | His sister , he explained , had married a Tongan , and the couple now lived in Mainz : not perhaps the most attractive of men , he had been invited out to stay among the substantial ladies of the islands to see if he , too , could forge any links . |
| 4 | It is an aspect of performance practice where several cogent arguments can always be trotted out to avoid considering the hard evidence . |
| 5 | By now she was awake enough to feel a stab of regret that she would n't be going out to glide over the surface of that calm blue water after all . |
| 6 | ( The Abbey 's building and contents insurance must be taken out to qualify for the first time buyer 's discount ) . |
| 7 | Trying to convince people the project was worth pursuing was not easy , and over a long period personal time had to be carved out to work on the project from time allocated to a variety of other activities ranging from textile fibres to films and even to electronics . |
| 8 | This is also the first time that the Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) , has been allowed out to speak from the Treasury Bench in the Chamber . |
| 9 | ‘ His arms , legs and knees are spread out to add to the appearance of his size , ’ says Dr Trower . |
| 10 | Searchers were called out to look for the overdue hikers , and spotting their torches in the distance Alistair used his camera flash to attract their attention . |
| 11 | And when the CEGB 's geologists were sent out to look at the geological substrata , they were harassed as heavily as the waste dumpers had been . |
| 12 | Charlie 's going out to check on the territory and strike up a deal . |
| 13 | NEC in Japan has adopted the corporate slogan ‘ C & C ’ — computers and communications — to indicate the basis on which it is setting out to compete across the world with IBM and many others . |
| 14 | One of the most important of the many articles manufactured in this shop are the steel carriage springs , each of which is submitted to a test quite as severe as that applied to the guns in Woolwich Arsenal , before it is sent out to administer to the comfort of the travelling public , the test chiefly consisting in the dropping of heavy weights upon the springs . |
| 15 | She entered the theme room , which was decked out to look like the great hall of a medieval castle . |
| 16 | On Mondays the wash was hung out to dry on the clotheslines at the end of the kitchen-garden nearest to the house . |
| 17 | ‘ I was starting to make the Sunday dinner and Brian said he was going out to play in the park . |
| 18 | ‘ What about Saturday , the following night , when Matthew was called out to see to the lights at Morvyl — did you hear him going or coming back ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ In the primary-school playground , of course , when I was singled out to stand in the centre of a ring while a dozen sweet-faced little girls danced round me chanting ‘ Shannon 's dad 's a robber . ’ ' |