Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [v-ing] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even as her low , husky voice rang out with the first notes of the song , her eyes were seeking out the stranger , unable to resist his strangely magnetic pull . |
| 2 | And last night the Prime Minister 's despairing supporters were trotting out the ‘ back him or sack him ’ line that Mrs Thatcher used to fall back on when she was in trouble . |
| 3 | Desert Orchid was beaten , but ahead of him two brave steeplechasers were fighting out a stirring finish , and fifty yards from the line the no-hoper , the candidate for last place rather than first , stuck his plain-looking chestnut head in front and kept it there . |
| 4 | Jaguar talks : Jaguar and General Motors were thrashing out a deal to protect the luxury car maker from rival US motor giant Ford . |
| 5 | they were , they were doing a play or something and it , it mentioned about er , erm , what did it mention ? , it was a bit rude any way this play and it oh it was on about an erection or something and Geoffrey said his trousers his new trousers were sticking out a bit peculiar |
| 6 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 7 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 8 | The bronze Moors were hammering out the hours on the clock in the Piazza San Marco . |
| 9 | We knew the RAF , and Allied friends were seeking out the launching sites of these monstrosities , and wiping them out where they could . |
| 10 | As they drove past a massive fallen jak tree a man and his two sons were digging out the trunk . |
| 11 | He must have forgotten there was a wind change , in any case a great mass of sand was blown in the direction of the little Base Camp and smothered the tea swindle but , worse still , it also smothered the various Instructors who were resting whilst the pupils were carrying out a detail in the air . |
| 12 | The police were dragging out the screens from their van , ready to enclose the scene of crime . |