Example sentences of "were [verb] out [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were to find out the views of parents and staff about all aspects of nursery life at the outset and from this to prioritise agreed areas for development to form an action plan . |
| 2 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 3 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 4 | The police were dragging out the screens from their van , ready to enclose the scene of crime . |
| 5 | Sedgwick , born in Dent in 1785 and for many years Professor of Geology at Trinity College , Cambridge , and a friend of Wordsworth and Darwin , describes the galleries of Dent vividly and delightfully in his book , A Memorial To Cowgill Chapel 1868 : ‘ The galleries were places of mirth and glee and active happy industry for there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel and the hum and the songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day . ’ |
| 6 | For there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel , and the hum and songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day ; and the merry jests and greetings sent down to those who were passing through the streets . |
| 7 | Ernest Long summarised the change snappily in his note to the Authority 's accountant when they were working out the implications in 1954 : ‘ instead of being messed about by the long-haired boys at the Treasury we are now dealt with by the Finance boys — and we much prefer it that way ’ . |
| 8 | The bronze Moors were hammering out the hours on the clock in the Piazza San Marco . |