Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] had [verb] out " in BNC.

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1 Thus Mandel had set out the three levels at which the fight against bureaucratization must be waged by the ‘ revolutionary vanguard ’ :
2 ‘ But my strategy was clear and once Riccardo had gone out — and he was really the last chance of anybody catching me — I just had to stay calm and not worry about winning . ’
3 She could have told her guest that the midges were like little piranhas of the air ; but she had n't , and now Betty had found out for herself .
4 Today John had gone out to lunch before her and she ate her sandwiches quickly , then started out on the brisk quarter of an hour 's walk to her uncle 's church .
5 He was too eager to get back to his roll to ask how Zen had found out about the anonymous phone call .
6 A Teesside inquest heard how Wayne had gone out for a spin in the W-reg white Ford Escort with four pals in November last year .
7 She was n't quite sure how Timmy had figured out she was a girl .
8 Then Felicity had pointed out that GQ had run a feature along similar lines in their last issue , and they abandoned the idea .
9 Twice Michael had lashed out at him and hurt him , only to be contrite and loving in the next breath .
10 In all these months when Matthew had kept out of her way , he had changed from the boy she had known when she first came to Maisie 's house .
11 Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west .
12 He remembered the night when Rose had cried out in her sleep — something about a child .
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