Example sentences of "was [verb] out on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigadier Veale was flown out on 23 May and Major A. Spence took command of Lancer Force , Bernard Callinan being promoted major in command of 2/2 . |
| 2 | Much ill-feeling was vented out on former collaborators , many of whom faced summary execution before government authority was fully established . |
| 3 | This test was carried out on six patients with peritonitis , and the severity of bacterial peritonitis was expressed quantitatively . |
| 4 | A study at the unit was carried out on 80 women under the age of 40 who were pregnant for the first time . |
| 5 | Immunohistochemical detection of the bromodeoxyuridine incorporation was carried out on 4 µm sections . |
| 6 | A more serious investigation was carried out on blue babies who required surgery soon after birth to correct congenital heart defects . |
| 7 | All processing was carried out on one definition at a time . |
| 8 | The execution was carried out on 10 June 1896 at Newgate . |
| 9 | Considering cases where there was no evidence of early injury to the brain , which may result in a shift of hemispheric dominance for speech ( see Chapter 7 ) , the test was carried out on 140 right handers . |
| 10 | Furthermore , this latter study was carried out on native Japanese , a population with a considerably lower incidence of colorectal cancer and probably not comparable with our population . |
| 11 | Miloš ordered the murder of his rival , which was carried out on 25 July 1817 by Karadjordje 's host and kum ( godfather ) , Vujica Vuličević , who axed him to death whilst he slept . |
| 12 | A parental ballot was carried out on grant-maintained status and the parents decided to vote against the application for that status . |
| 13 | Bombing raids in the European theatre of war , grew bigger with the entry of the American Airmen , and the first of the Allied ‘ thousand bombers ’ raid on a German city ( Kohn ) was carried out on 30th . |
| 14 | A screen of black-clad riders was spreading out on both sides . |
| 15 | That is , unless the Postman was called out on urgent strike . |
| 16 | What sacred game was played out on this floor ? |
| 17 | The boy was stretched out on one and the male nurse took the other . |
| 18 | It was laid out on Roman plan with six fora , the Imperial Palace , theatres , baths , hippodrome , etc . |
| 19 | And as the 1950s ended time was running out on both of these scores , as became increasingly evident during the later years of Macmillan 's premiership . |
| 20 | The formula was tried out on thousands of texts , and norms established using pooled subjective judgements as the initial criterion for fixing and comparing difficulty levels . |
| 21 | This theory was tested out on small finches called siskins . |
| 22 | ‘ I was sent out on some ridiculous calls at Christmas , ’ said Mr Hunsley . |