Example sentences of "[vb past] out in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Elizabethan days , three hundred years later , the solitary farm of Newton , standing upon the heath that petered out in the muddy flats of the bay , alone marked the site of Edward I 's ‘ new town ’ . |
| 2 | Has it occurred to the Minister that the problem is that there are plenty of young people camped out in the open air , but that they do not have any work ? |
| 3 | Eventually we came out in the comparative brightness of the open space behind the house . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |
| 5 | Despite the myths which surround the Act , it turned out in the long term to be quite efficient and reasonably humane , but the threat of transition sparked off another series of troubles in Sussex , the last concerted fling of desperation . |
| 6 | These two distinct systems will feed upon each other through an ongoing confrontation acted out in the Middle East . |
| 7 | Most of the true species are single-flowers , and seldom bloom beyond the one initial burst — this showed out in the early English crosses . |
| 8 | By contrast with what it saw as the corrosive and unbelieving spirit of the age , that movement was deeply concerned to recover and reinstate the ancient doctrines of the faith , especially the great dogmas hammered out in the early centuries ; and with them to restore the sense of continuity and rich unbroken tradition which found its expression especially in ritual and liturgy . |
| 9 | Fortunately the pair were off to different events when they stepped out in the identical £420 jackets . |
| 10 | Frankie themselves were typical graduates of the 1970s post-punk provincial scene ( five lads from Liverpool ) in which Bowie boys became punks and skins , dyed their hair repeatedly , hung out in the gay clubs with the furtiveness that marks everyone on provincial streets in the small hours . |
| 11 | I send minutes laid out in the proper style . |
| 12 | The others sold out in the late 1960s and 1970s , often to the chains . |
| 13 | They would drink that in some of these pubs and , of course , as soon as they got out in the fresh air , it hit them and they were away . |
| 14 | It was thus the internal policies of the United States that determined to a great extent who among the indebted nations won and who lost out in the long debt crisis of the 1980s ( Wellons , 1987 ) . |
| 15 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 16 | Somewhere a bell rang out in the age-old call of the Angelus , reminding her that it was midday and she had to meet Rohan . |
| 17 | Rob 's laughter rang out in the cosy room , the faint white lines around his eyes wrinkling against his winter tan . |
| 18 | The next day clashes broke out in the occupied territories and Arab workers were prevented from entering Jerusalem . |
| 19 | Disturbances which broke out in the north-eastern city of Mashad on May 30 continued for several days , bringing the city to a standstill . |
| 20 | An argument broke out in the crowded pub after some drink was knocked over and Mr Brown tried to defuse the situation . |
| 21 | Pandemonium broke out in the graceful room . |
| 22 | If war broke out in the Far East ‘ our present forces in Korea would be a military liability and could not be maintained there without substantial reinforcement prior to the initiation of hostilities ’ . |
| 23 | In October 1973 war broke out in the Middle East . |
| 24 | Scuffles broke out in the public gallery after victim Tony 's relatives cheered at the sentences . |
| 25 | Against a background of rising tension between Aoun 's forces and those under the command of Gen. Lahud , as well as Samir Geaga 's Lebanese Forces ( LF ) militia , military confrontation broke out in the Christian enclave of East Beirut in late January 1990 [ see pp. 37264-65 ] . |
| 26 | The few that remained squatted out in the open or tucked themselves into tiny holes , often with their hindquarters clearly visible . |
| 27 | ‘ Mind you , there does n't seem to have been a moment 's peace since I started out in the Irish News away back in 1929 . |
| 28 | He had formed what later became the Prince 's Trust while he was in the Navy , and the grants that went out in the early years were paid for , anonymously , out of his naval allowance . |
| 29 | It was possible to get good , though restricted , shooting within an hour 's ride from Cairo and sometimes Garvin went out in the early morning before coming to the office . |
| 30 | A nationwide alert went out in the Irish Republic last night for Patrick Sheehy , one of Scotland Yard 's most wanted terrorist suspects . |