Example sentences of "were [adj] [prep] [verb] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he saw , too , narrowing eyes that were used to singling out detail at great distance , the betraying glitter of sunlight upon arms , below him in the copses of the valley . |
| 2 | The research team referred to in the follow-on milk ad took it as an established fact and were interested in finding out what effect this minimal rise in blood loss had on a baby 's iron levels . |
| 3 | In this part of the evaluation , we were interested in finding out what sorts of problems this generates for the levels above LA . |
| 4 | Many of those proposing changes to the balloting system were opposed to opting out in principle and were really seeking ways of reducing the number of schools withdrawing from local authority control . |
| 5 | The farmer 's servants were all for pulling out the weeds but the farmer pointed out that this would mean that some of the good wheat would also be lost . |
| 6 | And it was the L D C who were responsible for making out the rest day rosters you see . |
| 7 | Teams in Mathematics and English were concerned with finding out what knowledge and what concepts children and teachers have and can master at different levels and of assessing the strengths and limitations of the environment and the cultural traditions within that environment for teaching and materials production in these two areas . |
| 8 | ‘ ) Because of their losses at Verdun , continued Knobelsdorf , the French were capable of carrying out local attacks , but no major operation . |
| 9 | By the nineteenth century , as today , chemists were intent on sifting out the so-called impurities of plants in order to isolate their ‘ active principles ’ . |
| 10 | His legs were increasingly unwilling to bear him up , and his senses were close to flickering out . |
| 11 | she 's not going to this year , she 's erm , in Ruxley there , there was a little pot of seed that had been sowed and they were ready for pricking out , and er one little pot I think was ninety eight P , but there must of been fifty plants in there easily |