Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a few other animals were captured , no adults were successfully moved out of the danger area . |
| 2 | As ‘ real polises ’ we were correctly distributed in space and our bodies were properly turned out with the symbols of order . |
| 3 | We were most put out by the way they turned it down . ’ |
| 4 | Indeed , to the straight Grand Planners ( of which North was not one ) , hostages were better left out of the picture entirely . |
| 5 | Age-related classifications became more common ; older people were inexorably shaken out of the labour market and portrayed as an unproductive ‘ burden ’ on the rest of society ; and most important of all , the concept of mandatory retirement was institutionalized in the 1946 National Insurance Act . |
| 6 | There were times when we were only allowed out in the streets of Nicosia in groups of four . |
| 7 | Last week , I was told about a club that closed an hour and a half early because the organisers were so freaked out by the number of collapses . |
| 8 | For these cruel rituals the most wicked and depraved of ‘ Satan 's felines ’ were strongly preferred and all-black cats were eagerly sought out for the flames . |
| 9 | Before Edward 's reforms of 1289–91 , offices were normally farmed out to the highest bidder . |
| 10 | The towns were generally laid out on the northern side of the tracks . |
| 11 | The consequence was that intransigent positions were soon staked out on the correct modes of biblical interpretation . |
| 12 | In 1124 the Skaven were finally driven out of the Empire and the people began to rebuild their towns . |
| 13 | At Leamington , in May 1920 , the coalitionists were finally driven out of the Liberal party . |
| 14 | This goes some way to explaining why the complicated campaigns within Toulouse in the second half of the century were largely fought out under the banners of the Angevin , Aragonese , and French kings ; and why the revolts of Henry II 's sons had widespread ramifications . |
| 15 | The basic aims were already set out in the original Treaty of Rome ( 1957 ) establishing the European Economic Community . |
| 16 | The remainder , with the exception of the woman with the dislocated jaw and the man with the angina attack , were mainly suffering from severe shock and were quickly taken out to the ambulances . |
| 17 | There was a packed public gallery as the charges were formally read out by the court clerk . |
| 18 | For long periods in the past , however , towns and cities did not exist , and yet many , if not most , of the functions which major urban centres fulfil today were still carried out in the landscape . |
| 19 | It was held , appropriately , on the first day of Michaelmas when , in medieval times , pigs were traditionally turned out into the woods to fatten up on acorns . |
| 20 | The two most populous countries in the world , China and India , in the low-income economies group , were also separated out from the rest of this group for averaging purposes ; as were oil exporters and oil importers in the middle-income economies group . |
| 21 | Their rank and file supporters were also rooted out of the Labour Party in a flurry of activity throughout 1939 . |
| 22 | The Harp , who had been chasing a fifth consecutive Division One title , were also thrown out of the Queensferry Sports Challenge Cup and this decision was upheld by the Coast FA . |
| 23 | Infections were also carried out in the presence of 100 µg/ml cycloheximide or 40 µg/ml cytosine arabinoside for 7 hr . |
| 24 | But attempts by Markovic to implement a tight monetary policy were undermined by the secret printing in January 1991 of dinars with a face value equivalent to US$1,600 million by the Serbian authorities ; similar printings without federal authorization were also carried out by the Croatian , Macedonian and Montenegran authorities [ see also pp. 37866-67 ] . |
| 25 | These survived until about 8000 years ago , when they were probably wiped out by the first human settlers . |
| 26 | The Lions were nearly penalised out of the match by referee Alan Riley , conceding the unacceptably high number of 20 penalties , especially in the line-out , but coach Ian McGeechan denied that he was worried , even though he was ‘ puzzled by the decisions . ’ |
| 27 | Many appeared to be visibly drunk at matches and were often thrown out by the police for this reason . |
| 28 | The original monastery physic gardens were fairly plain , with rectangular or square beds in lines , but as time went on , and private households began to grow their own medicinal cures , food flavourings and fragrances , the sites devoted to herbs became more elaborate , until they were often laid out in the " knot " style , an intricate arrangement of beds said to have taken its name originally from the lover 's knot . |
| 29 | Moreover , the struggles between the two parties were often fought out in the local arena , at the annual elections of town magistrates , sheriffs and parish officials . |
| 30 | Major visitations were conscientiously carried out by the heralds or their deputes — assisted.by the sheriffs and their officers — for more than a hundred and forty years . |