Example sentences of "was [verb] out [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The validation was carried out by first producing in report format a list of activities and associated information that appeared relevant to each functional group , then asking questions of selected staff on the basis of this list . |
3 | She was cheated out of last night , and though she does not know it she is going to lose tomorrow night too . |
4 | ‘ I have to admit we let him down over the gearbox which was slipping out of sixth gear and we have apologised for that . |
5 | BRITISH LIONS stand-off Stuart Barnes was ruled out of first Test contention in New Zealand this morning by the intervention of his half-back partner Robert Jones . |
6 | Then the Champion got banned for his ride on Midnight Air who was thrown out of first place after the Fillies Mile . |
7 | The guttering blue-yellow flame within the shattered shell of the car was snuffed out at last by the rain and the storm-wind . |