Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [verb] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs McBride and the current incumbent were expected to work out a mutually agreed arrangement of hours and duties . |
| 2 | No further attacks developed but five escorting destroyers of Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten 's 5th Destroyer Flotilla were detached to carry out a bombardment of Benghazi just after midnight . |
| 3 | Attempts were made to push out the burning fuel with scaffolding poles . |
| 4 | Attempts were made to put out the fire . |
| 5 | In the late 1930s Japanese became the official language and attempts were made to wipe out the indigenous Korean culture . |
| 6 | Pale colours were used to map out the image and fill in areas much as they might have been used in watercolour painting . |
| 7 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 8 | A jet and two hose reels were used to put out the flames . |
| 9 | Self-evidently he does not go out and list them himself , and very early on historic building investigators were appointed to carry out the task and guidelines for listing drawn up . |
| 10 | When the students were asked to pick out the photograph that most resembled them , they usually selected the most flattering one . |
| 11 | At the same time , teachers were asked to make out a special report card on the child , itemizing health , academic standard , character , ability , and what they considered would be a suitable employment . |
| 12 | Comparatively large ‘ irregular forces ’ were earmarked to carry out the raids , which would be commanded by Hazelden for Tobruk and Stirling for Benghazi . |
| 13 | At the beginning of 1937 steps were taken to sound out the feeling of the congregation about opening a Building Fund . |
| 14 | Matthew Paris says that he convicted innumerable monks and laymen , nobles and commoners , on a multitude of indictments for breaches of the Forest law , and , in order to enrich the king , imposed such heavy penalties on the offenders that many were flung into prison , many were despoiled of all their goods and were forced to eke out a bare existence in misery , and many others became exiles and wandering beggars . |
| 15 | Those naturalists who wanted to preserve a role for the supernatural in the creation of life were forced to try out a number of alternatives in an attempt to provide an explanatory framework that would serve as an alternative to evolutionism . |
| 16 | United Artists were tempted to point out the dangers of Communism and released Red Salute , which dealt with the growing appeal of Communism for student leaders . |
| 17 | Ice-blue blinds were lowered to keep out the noonday sun . |