Example sentences of "have [verb] out on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNIVERSITIES ' rugby , poised to sign a long-term sponsorship contract , has missed out on an immediate injection of £35,000 after an embarrassing hitch resulted in the deal being kicked firmly into touch by student authorities . |
| 2 | A convoy of vintage Rolls-Royce cars has set out on a nostalgic journey . |
| 3 | Railway enthusiasts , understandably , have let off steam about the matter and say the town has lost out on a major tourist opportunity . |
| 4 | After a disappointing start to their league season , Oxford United 's manager , Brian Horton has splashed out on a one million pound signing from Liverpool Reserves , that 's midfielder , Jim Magilton . |
| 5 | PAUL Gascoigne has splashed out on a secret honeymoon for his sister . |
| 6 | The W.C. , however , was outside , and I used to indulge in a small secret smile when , having crept out on a freezing night to the little ‘ necessary house ’ , I must needs sit facing an outdated calendar showing a picture of ‘ A Sunny Haven ’ . |
| 7 | The more serious test came that evening when , having lunched out on a huge cote de boeuf , we were unexpectedly presented with the full fruits of our labours at dinner . |
| 8 | Alan was the sort of driver who would have gone out on an ice-skating rink . |
| 9 | She was neither rich enough nor impressionable enough to have walked out on a well-paid job simply in order to indulge a vapourish mood . |
| 10 | We had come out on a broad dirt road . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society , claimed the council had missed out on a major tourist attraction . |
| 13 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Preservation Society , said the town had lost out on a major attraction to the North-East . |
| 14 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of Darlington Railway Preservation Society , said it meant Darlington had lost out on a major attraction to the North-East . |
| 15 | Queen Victoria went there for the first , very influential time in 1889 , though even before that the surprisingly large English community in Pau had begun to colonize it , to such an extent that by the 1870s not only did the Church of England have congregations in Biarritz but they were already schismatic and the Archbishop of Canterbury had to travel out on a pastoral visit to try and stifle the factionalism . |
| 16 | There 's little hope of much change from a fiver once you 've splashed out on a basic box of 12 . |
| 17 | High prices and a determination to stick to plain , some say ‘ dull ’ pieces , meant that they have missed out on a growing market for decorative items in the lower price range , while the move to new premises essentially changed their image from a shop to a ‘ view by appointment ’ private gallery . |
| 18 | You know so you have to reach out on a daily basis for these gifts . |