Example sentences of "had [vb pp] out [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A dripping waterpipe had shortened out the starting motor which had been activated and started the main engine .
2 Vonadk reported on Jan. 8 that resistance fighters had carried out a grenade attack in Phnom Penh on Jan. 6 , killing a number of " traitorous Vietnamese puppets and lackeys " .
3 She had picked out the combat model .
4 Alongside the mirror Josie had hung out an evening gown , long and slinky and black as a panther .
5 By 1924 Hill had bought out the family interests and established Beecham Estates and Pills Ltd .
6 We had staked out the war memorial where the secret meeting was destined to occur .
7 He 'd only agreed to go because Lily told him it was a musical and had walked out the moment Bernadette started sinking to her knees in the fields .
8 Looked as if someone had pulled out the HT lead , actually . ’
9 Doreen had pulled out the studio couch , and was briskly undressing .
10 The new statute had set out the management arrangements governing the institutions which the county authority had taken over .
11 I had worked out a peace formula that I thought might be acceptable , but when I showed it to Wilson he scoffed at it as being altogether too legalistic and proceeded to provide me with a formula of his own .
12 He and Stefan had worked out a performance programme so that Ingrid would n't have to sing two big roles on consecutive nights .
13 He was Harping on the theme that the British had thrown out the Qajar dynasty , had brought in his father and had thrown his father out .
14 This did not mean their parents had happily shelled out the £2,000 for the trip — many had been sponsored by local firms and one girl had taken out a bank loan .
15 Any such scheme must also plan for permanent accommodation and personal assistance ; indeed it was the difficult experience of getting district councils within their area to house people who had tried out the transition project and wanted to live independently which prompted one SSD to address itself to the task of influencing local housing authorities .
16 Earlier Miss Higgins had beaten Hazel Kavanagh ( Grange ) by 3 and 1 in one semi final and Miss Rogers had knocked out the champion Eileen Rose Power ( Kilkenny ) by 3 and 2 in the other .
17 Theodora had spread out the Ordnance Survey and fended off Tobias long enough to make out a route .
18 Belinda took a step towards the kitchen , but the older woman who had passed out the chicken wings offered quickly , ‘ I 'll get it , Faye . ’
19 Only to find that Barry Spence , the Warden , had sent out a search party for me .
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