Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] out [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this time it was impossible to bore out a smooth cylinder of this size , so the piston was not therefore a good fit . |
| 2 | Giving up on the sheep , she stared at the curtain that fluttered in the cool breeze through the ill-fitting window and tried to recapture the warmth and pleasure of their lovemaking , the feel of his body moving with hers , but was unable to shut out the infuriating sound of the steady drip into the bucket like Chinese water-torture . |
| 3 | Booth , prompted by a number of newspaper and magazine articles , was concerned to find out the true extent of poverty among the working classes of London at that time , and he collected vast quantities of data about them , using a combination of early survey techniques and other less statistical methods . |
| 4 | During the debate Roy Hattersley , the deputy leader , argued that it would be ‘ historic folly ’ for Labour to back proportional representation ; inevitable coalitions would mean that ‘ we would never again have a Labour government that was able to carry out a Labour programme ’ . |
| 5 | William III , helped by the ‘ Protestant wind ’ that kept the English navy pinned in harbour while William 's Dutch fleet could choose a convenient place to land , was able to carry out a successful invasion with quite a substantial military force , so the events of the 1680s underlined the possibility that James II might be able to make a successful return from exile . |
| 6 | She was able to carry out the simple reward programme which worked very well and then progressed to rewarding Luke for passing a motion in the lavatory . |
| 7 | The long period of housing the stock meant that the farmer was able to carry out the necessary work in the mornings and evenings . |
| 8 | Kammerer must have been imposing such intense selection on such a large sample of eggs that he was able to filter out the odd egg that carried the remnant complex of genes still present in the species ' gene pool at very low frequencies . |
| 9 | As the sun came up and he was able to make out the grassy track along which he had been striding through the night he realised that once again he had missed the verderers , that there were no fresh hoof-marks . |
| 10 | He looked across the field cum river bank in the general direction of civilisation , and with the aid of the moonlight was able to make out the familiar gables of the Blue Boar , a hundred yards away . |
| 11 | Once his eyes became accustomed to the gloom he was able to make out the double curve of the banister as it snaked from the dark first-floor landing into the inky blackness of the main stairwell . |
| 12 | It was difficult to make out the essential nature of the girl : it seemed to change with the time of day , the season . |
| 13 | Welcoming Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon to Prodescon 's new offices , director Malcolm Palmer was keen to point out the blue carpeting and wallpaper gracing the new building as proof positive of the his own , if not the company 's , political leanings . |