Example sentences of "been out [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I must 've been out at the wrong time . |
| 2 | She had been out with a young lawyer once , a bumptious and ambitious man , and a boring one . |
| 3 | The Yorkshire captain has been out with a broken finger since the opening day of the championship season and it was thought he would not be fit until next week . |
| 4 | She 'd been out with an earlier crew . |
| 5 | ‘ Giles said he and Ursula had been out with the two of you . |
| 6 | Had it been out on the public streets he would have been arrested for a breach of the peace . |
| 7 | The aircraft had a peculiar motion , rather like a small boat in a heavy ocean swell , or rather what I imagined that must feel like , never having been out on the open sea in a small boat . |
| 8 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 9 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |
| 10 | Brutally suppressed by bluecoats led by Rope Thrower , known to whites as Kit Carson , in 1863 , they had been out of the major Indian Wars because the Reservation lands given to them were so arid and dreary that even the white man did n't want to kick them off to somewhere else . |
| 11 | The man had n't been out of the top four since 1980 but he did n't have the luck to win a title — in ‘ 86 he lost the crown when his helmet strap came undone . |
| 12 | Tim , who has never been out of the top two in the competition in the last six years , then went on to clinch an exciting final by a narrow margin . |
| 13 | The next thing is that when the vote comes to the General Secretary for the union , anyone who 's been out of the particular industry for longer than eighteen months wo n't be able to vote . |
| 14 | For the last three days ten novice sailors have been out in the Western Approaches , sailing in winds of 40 knots or more through occasional sleet showers . |
| 15 | All being well , the skies will part once or twice during the festival — only the second time the event has been out in the open air . |
| 16 | While I 've been out in the fresh air enjoying myself she 's been stuck in this featureless boarding house , wondering if I 'll ever come back . |