Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were obviously staking out the place . |
| 2 | My shadow lapped the outside steps because the doors were open letting out the heat , wide open because I had n't bothered to bolt them , and the side door was open too , creating a through-draught that made the fire smoke and the dogs restless . |
| 3 | ‘ Nothing to do with us ’ , says the Press Office , ‘ we were just renting out the space ’ . |
| 4 | Well a a a at the time , they 'd just changed over from the erm Tenants ' Development Association , to the Tenants ' Action Group , so it was a bit disorganized to begin with , cos we were still sorting out the , everything from what they 'd left over and things , so , but once we 'd got that all so once they 'd got that all sorted out , yeah , it was . |
| 5 | Thousands were still eking out an existence in China 's desolate border regions , their sacrifices and hardships almost forgotten in the new era of reform . |
| 6 | In a progress report on Sun 's year-old Open Graphics Initiative , Doug Schiff , international director for the programme , said all of Adobe 's products would be available for Sun Sparcsystems by the autumn , but that the two companies were still working out the details of providing PostScript as a ‘ foundation library ’ for developers on Sparc kit . |
| 7 | LONG BEFORE Negativland got right up U2 's collective nose , they were busily cranking out a different kind of musical anarchy . |
| 8 | It was not suggested that either the solicitors , who were simply carrying out a straightforward conveyancing transaction , or Mrs G herself , had any criminal or quasi-criminal intent or were aware of the suspected intent of the alleged drug trafficker . |
| 9 | Whether you appreciated it or not , what you were actually doing when you were assigning resources and things was you were actually working out an expenditure er on resources . |