Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] out the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The first week , they plodded up the stairs and when we took them out for the day they were wiped out the next .
2 The rebels briefly took control of much of Dushanbe on Oct. 25 , including the parliament , the presidential palace , the main mosque and the broadcasting facilities , but were driven out the following day by government forces .
3 All the rest of the equipment , together with additional tools and a power generator , were sent out the following morning .
4 A man used to hand it back in when the bus ran in and it was given out the next day .
5 Until this study was carried out the individual elements of the FAOR methodology had been developed and tested in isolation , each being the responsibility of different organisations within the FAOR partnership .
6 She sits stunned , as if she was dragged out the same water , half-drowned , an hour ago and has n't got over the cold .
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