Example sentences of "were [vb pp] out [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extensive geological surveys were carried out and a mile long pilot tunnel dug on the British side of the Channel before hostile public opinion led to the abandonment of the project in 1882 . |
| 2 | I have discussed the situation with the officer in charge of the inquiry in the Hampshire Constabulary who admits that on 1 May 1991 , searches were carried out and a large quantity of potential evidence was seized from the possession of Mr. Tully . |
| 3 | I have discussed the situation with Officer in Charge of the inquiry in the Hampshire Constabulary who admits that on 1 May 1991 , searches were carried out and a large quantity of potential evidence was seized from the possession of Mr. Tully . |
| 4 | In some cases this involves experimental work to test particular theories of how certain processes were carried out and the ways that artefacts were constructed . |
| 5 | Eight six-weekly inspections were carried out and the winning department came first on five occasions . |
| 6 | Follow-up assessments were carried out when the children were six years old . |
| 7 | Huddersfield were caught out as the red-haired centre-half rushed forward to meet the cross from a comer , and headed Arsenal into the semi-final . |
| 8 | Only that , he says would ensure that such disputes over legal procedure were sorted out before a case ever went to trial . |
| 9 | The young men were turned out and the girls looked very pretty , some of them in microscopic skirts ! |
| 10 | World stockmarkets reacted with relief and optimism at the start of the Gulf war , but some of the gains were wiped out when the first hopes of a quick victory faded , and the Soviet Union turned violent again . |
| 11 | For the most part it made use of trackways already established and ancient , though it is possible that new pieces of track were trampled out where the direct line required it . |
| 12 | Troops were called out and the Riot Act was proclaimed in Worthing in 1884 . |
| 13 | But , at length , the drawings and sketches were laid out and the plans for Flaherty 's new steam-powered melting pot which had unaccountably been packed by mistake put away again . |
| 14 | It also urged firms to make sure they completed and exported orders quickly in case they were found out or the UN introduced further sanctions against Iraq . |
| 15 | The effect is as if a central strip were cut out and the remaining top and bottom rectangles rejoined . |
| 16 | The stitches were taken out and the wounds healed well . |
| 17 | And again apprentice squads done er lesser jobs than the the journeymen such as er riveting casings , etcetera , that were not on watertight and er filling in the odd er seams here and there that er were left out while a riveter was progressing with his job . |
| 18 | I can only assume that the words were left out because an assurance ’ vigorously ’ to continue ’ fighting crime ’ would have raised only a horse laugh when offered by a Government with a record of this Government on this subject . |
| 19 | Two teeth were knocked out and a third was cracked . |
| 20 | Of the forty of us who had survived so far , another twelve were weeded out and the rest of us sat there until 6.00 pm looking at the posters on the walls and reading the few tattered paperbacks which sat on the shelves . |
| 21 | By 1988 , a fishing timeshare scheme had been successfully launched , the cottages were rented out and the lodge was open for guests . |