Example sentences of "he was [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when it was discussed by councillors , a move to censure him was ruled out of order by the convener , Jackie Tait . |
| 2 | BRITISH TELECOM boss Iain Vallance was let off the hook yesterday when a bid to jail him was thrown out of court . |
| 3 | The Bishop 's resignation was announced at a Press Conference held at the Cathedral , when a statement by him was read out by the Diocesan spokesman . |
| 4 | He still had a lot more to write but , considering that he was bowing out with Telemachus , he thought that he would not leave a negligible oeuvre behind him . |
| 5 | She was referring to the illness which put him in hospital last year before he was moved out of Pollsmoor to his present quarters , formerly a prison warden 's home . |
| 6 | On Christmas Day he was moved out by a policeman , and that , he said , was when he lost his faith . |
| 7 | The head of the Ghanaian army , Major-General Barwah , refused to surrender to the conspirators ; he was shot out of hand . |
| 8 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 9 | According to Goscelin 's account of the translation of the relics of St Mildred from Thanet to St Augustine 's Canterbury , written in the late eleventh century , Cnut went to Canterbury as he was setting out for Rome and promised that he would allow the translation if he returned safely . |
| 10 | Danny Brady claims he was bundled out of his room by a gang of 6 men , one of whom threatened him saying he did karate . |
| 11 | He was leaning out of the shelter . |
| 12 | Having earned a rest , he was turned out in a paddock where he had grazed regularly . |
| 13 | In that case of Appleford ( Appleford 's Case ( 1672 ) 1 Mod.Rep. 82 ) there was a mandamus brought , to restore him to his fellowship : it was returned , that by the statutes of the college , for misdemeanour they had a power to turn him out ; and that the Bishop of Winchester was visitor , and that he was turned out pro crimine enormi , and had appealed to the bishop , who confirmed the expulsion ; and the particular cause was not returned : I was of counsel for the college , and we omitted the cause in the return for that reason , because indeed it was not so true as it should have been . |
| 14 | He was jumping out of bed , rushing towards the door . |
| 15 | Then he was swinging out of it , feeling the blood retreat from his head , sensing the ground reach up for his wheels : twisting to see the flag , before he went up and waited his turn to do it over again . |
| 16 | Otley 's cavalry twill and brogues were doing their best to keep up and he was breaking out in a sweat . |
| 17 | He swivelled from joist to joist , raker to rafter , feeling horribly like a monkey and getting very cold feet in the process even though he was breaking out in a sweat at the same time . |
| 18 | With a lunge , he grabbed the bag from between her fingers and flung it across the parquet , where it landed with a thump before skidding to rest beneath a radiator , then before she could react to such a flare of violence he was reaching out for her , dragging her into his embrace , his lips ravening hungrily over her own with a fever of desire that sent shock waves of fear and desire quivering through her . |
| 19 | He was reaching out from death to hurt me in the same old way , only this time I did n't have to know . |
| 20 | In the 10th round , he was ruled out for a foul , and lost his world championship . |
| 21 | The youngsters were so delighted when the final whistle went that they all jumped on the luckless coach , bruising his ribs so badly that he was ruled out of the next weekend 's third team fixture . |
| 22 | He was ruled out of Graham Taylor 's European championship squad by a leg injury . |
| 23 | But he was blown out of his £78,000-a-year contract instead , the High Court heard yesterday . |
| 24 | He was blown out of the water on 17 January 1964 by Iain Macleod [ q.v. ] , who had just become editor of the Spectator , in one of the most famous and devastating articles that has ever appeared in that journal . |
| 25 | He was pointing out into the audience as he said it . |
| 26 | He was heaved out of his almost as soon as he regained consciousness . |
| 27 | He was called out with his unit for several nights that summer on emergency stand-by . |
| 28 | Little did he know when he was called out on stage he was to be the subject of glowing tributes from around the world |
| 29 | He continued , ‘ That friend of yours , the Scotsman , Duncan something or other , he was called out during the night to deliver something to 45 Royal Marine Commando . |
| 30 | Coleridge awoke , he said , retaining ‘ a distinct recollection of the whole ’ , and was eagerly committing the poem to writing when he was called out by a person on business from Porlock who detained him for more than an hour . |