Example sentences of "were knock out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little did we know that G P T did n't actually write the software properly , and what was happening was that people writing new numbers in were knocking out the old numbers , alright ? |
| 2 | The air raids on London and Liverpool and Birmingham and Clydeside were to knock out communications and close roads and railways and make everybody so pig-sick that they 'd welcome Hitler with open arms . |
| 3 | In 1982 , QPR got past West Bromwich Albion but Leicester were knocked out by Tottenham . |
| 4 | In his last 16 games as manager , Macari 's West Ham won only three matches and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Fourth Division Torquay . |
| 5 | After the capture of the Isle of Wight 20,000 would be collected there and 5–6000 of them would be ferried across the Solent in small boats and landed along the creek separating Hayling Island from Portsea to take the Portsea Lines in the rear , which would only be possible if the guns of Fort Cumberland , on the eastern tip of Portsea Island , were knocked out beforehand by a bombardment by French battleships and bomb-ketches . |
| 6 | This happened to Tunisia , one of the best sides in the tournament , who were knocked out of contention as a consequence of a draw against a resilient , but hardly inspiring Czechoslovakia . |
| 7 | However , during that poor run which ultimately cost them the title , they were knocked out of the FA Cup by lowly Wrexham , and that must act as a warning in neon lights for their trip to non-League Yeovil . |
| 8 | The 20mm and 40mm quick-firing guns here were in or on concrete emplacements , and although the crew of the outer guns were knocked out for a time the Germans got this battery firing again , and the searchlight on the Mole 's tip was never put out . |
| 9 | Castle , 28 , who is quitting full-time tennis , was even more gloomy about the future of the British game after a disastrous year when the men were knocked out of the Davis Cup 's elite group and the women were similarly relegated in the Federation Cup . |
| 10 | Maybe we were knocked out , and now it 's night-time ? ’ |
| 11 | DEFENDING champions Ajax Amsterdam were knocked out of the UEFA Cup last night when a 1–0 home victory was not enough to claw back a 4–2 first leg deficit to French club Auxerre in the quarter-finals . |
| 12 | Luton were knocked out after drawing 1-1 with Bristol City . |
| 13 | Two teeth were knocked out and a third was cracked . |
| 14 | ‘ You were knocked out , ’ Bunny protested . |
| 15 | You were knocked out cold , and a head wound coupled with alcohol can be serious . ’ |
| 16 | They were knocked out of the Anglo-Italian Cup by Portsmouth , who beat them two-nil at the Manor . |
| 17 | Whitby were knocked out of the Yorkshire Shield 7–4 by the visitors to their heavy pitch , Wibsey ( Bradford ) , while Knaresborough plunged to the heaviest defeat in the club 's nine-year history when they went down 57–0 to the newly-formed Hull and ER club . |
| 18 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 19 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 20 | Other teams from Edinburgh , Glasgow and Strathclyde were knocked out in earlier heats , while St Andrews University pulled out of the contest . |
| 21 | Clydebank make a practice of discomfiting clubs from the higher division when they meet them on the claustrophobic confines of their own pitch , as last season 's finalists , Airdrie , discovered when they were knocked out after a third-round replay . |
| 22 | Product wages probably accelerated only about half as much in the largest firms as in the smallest , thus facilitating the expansion of the former as the latter were knocked out . |
| 23 | Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once |