Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] out to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hungry hacks were flown out to the set to experience the four S's for themselves . |
| 2 | The tower was off limits , after all , and someone was just ensuring that the Baron 's orders were carried out to the letter . |
| 3 | Emergency repairs were carried out to the hotel and houses , many of which had damaged roofs and broken windows , throughout yesterday . |
| 4 | The church was deconsecrated in the early nineteenth-century and converted into a warehouse , at which time its art treasures were moved out to the Brera where they still remain , despite the church having been reconsecrated in the twentieth-century . |
| 5 | He and Mum were moved out to the new estate . |
| 6 | Well that was the that was the er base headquarters of the international brigade , Albusate And then from there , w you were farmed out to the village , which was er er sort of the base , who are responsible for your er particular national battalion , you see er , the the the French people , they they er w they would be in one village , the English and the Canadians er er Americans would be er in this place that we were at , called Tarrazona Er and the Germans w , the German anti-fascists would be er in another . |
| 7 | Two engines from Weeley and Clacton were called out to the reported barn fire just before 8 pm , but they soon realised they would need reinforcements , including the rescue tender from Colchester . |
| 8 | Yet this book , filling in the gaps Khrushchev left when the bulk of his reminiscences were smuggled out to the West in the early 1970s , is the most depressing reading for Mr Gorbachev . |
| 9 | In London every magistrates ' court and police station had a collecting box and proceeds were dealt out to the needy , often those appearing on charges . |
| 10 | Here we went to the British Airways Executive Aircraft desk and were taken out to the Moët et Chandon Executive Jet , which was waiting to fly us to Edinburgh . |
| 11 | They were allowed out to the ground-floor cloakroom under tactful escort , and had been told they could telephone home from the library . |
| 12 | The wounded were treated by the Commando 's calm Irish doctor , Captain Sam Corry RAMC , who remained unruffled by the turmoil , and the casualties were sent out to the ships . |
| 13 | This frank proposal for unparliamentary taxation was accepted by the King , and orders were sent out to the appointed commissioners in January . |
| 14 | The first set in each pair were sent out to the participating schools in October and November 1985 , and the second parallel set in February 1986 . |
| 15 | ‘ They were togged out to the nines . ’ |
| 16 | At that first hearing in Orkney , on the seventh day after the removal of their children , the allegations of lewd and libidinous behaviour with ritual music and dance were read out to the stunned parents . |
| 17 | Her hands were held out to the sides , circling supplely , fingers gesturing elegantly . |
| 18 | Readers of the great Victorian novelists rejoiced to find in the final chapters how summarily justice was meted out to the villains ; some were perplexed that the Almighty often failed to knot up loose ends equally satisfactorily . |
| 19 | The customer was delighted and telephoned Ralph Edwards to say how pleased his client was with the service and that the cloth was flown out to The Yemen within a few hours . |
| 20 | It was pointed out to the young man that Philip was the chairman of CUM . |
| 21 | It was pointed out to the Special Branch man behind the screen that the police team investigating the murders had no knowledge of his information and he was asked why he had not passed it to them . |
| 22 | When this was pointed out to the organisers , they replied : ‘ It is an unimportant section , it does not matter ’ . |
| 23 | But if , as in the present case , all he can say is : ‘ I saw him once in Peckham High Street and someone told me his name was Joseph Fergus ’ then there is obviously a weak link in the case : how is it to be shown that the accused is the same man that was pointed out to the witness as Fergus ' ? |
| 24 | When it was pointed out to the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) that his taxes would rise , the right hon. and learned Gentleman seemed surprised : what the right hon. and learned Gentleman said , in effect , was that taxes under Labour would ’ only ’ rise higher than those in any other G7 country — lower , perhaps , than taxes in Albania , but higher than those of all our competitors . |
| 25 | The Army spokesman added : ‘ It was pointed out to the convoy that it would be madness to try to drive through that particular part of the road , but they pushed on . ’ |
| 26 | This was carried out to the design of William Butterfield and completed in 1848 . |
| 27 | ‘ A great deal of time and effort has gone into ensuring that all materials and finishes co-ordinate effectively and that the work was carried out to the highest possible standards , befitting a grand old Bank , ’ said Tony Caroli , Property Project Manager . |
| 28 | At last when the man 's legs were freed and he too was carried out to the waiting ambulance , Rachel stood up and flexed her cramped muscles . |
| 29 | It must have been like that for Euturpia , when she was turned out to the cabana . |
| 30 | As with most of the Doctor Who stories of this period , the job of building all the special hardware and models was farmed out to the Shawcraft firm of prop-builders . |