Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [verb] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was suspicious because they were unloading what turned out to be stolen property at a friend 's flat . |
| 2 | As well as causing widespread damage to the fixtures and fittings of Butlin 's Somerset World where they were based they spread out over the local towns and villages , generally hooting their way around , leaving considerable wreckage in their wake . |
| 3 | No cars were allowed on the road beyond it today and volunteers were patrolling it to keep out gate-crashers . |
| 4 | if either of you were , were to die it pays out first of all . |
| 5 | It was obvious that someone had robbed the company of a great deal of money and Craig was trusting her to find out who . |
| 6 | But now he was using it to draw out their other piece of essential winter equipment . |
| 7 | As one recently retired 62-year-old put it : ‘ I had hardly had a chance to enjoy a couple of days pottering in the garden for the first time in years , when my wife was nagging me to go out and find something to do . |
| 8 | Actually , although I said ‘ he ’ , when the body was examined it turned out to be that of a woman in male dress . |
| 9 | There were a number of girls in the party and at the last minute the female teacher who was to chaperone them dropped out . |
| 10 | The town which was devastated itself reached out , held our hand , and guided us ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ The Hall of Fame , ’ she later confided , ‘ was driving me nuts out there . |
| 12 | ‘ I hope this is clean , ’ Isabel muttered , again ignoring his temper , knowing pain was causing him to lash out like any wounded animal . |
| 13 | Narrow though the form was in which the boy was lying he came out in one easy movement as though accustomed to it . |
| 14 | She was wearing something made out of towelling , I fancy . |
| 15 | Cos she was expecting me to trot out something like , yes both my parents went to grammar school like everybody else whose parents went , you know , they were all saying , yes my parents went to grammar school and they got these and these have got these qualifications and everything , I could n't believe it though , there 's a load of people in our class and like you know , all the parents are all these things and they 're not exactly brilliant , the children |
| 16 | When tea was brought he took out a book he had been reading over his lunch . |
| 17 | But it was United who turned out to be the party poopers . |
| 18 | In 1986 , a new Explanatory Foreword to SSAPs was issued which points out that they only apply to nationalized industries because the Government requires them to . |
| 19 | When she was dressed she went out into the square to ring Mother . |