Example sentences of "they were [verb] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snugly fitted into it they were flicked out , bulky and milk-white as the pearls from Madeleine 's necklace the time it broke and spilt into her plate at lunch . |
| 2 | On this occasion we thought it so important that we invited the bishop to lay hands on the team as they were sent out and began to meet on Sunday mornings , initially in a large sitting room as we searched for suitable premises . |
| 3 | In the case of Larbert , they were sent out to every applicant who sought them . |
| 4 | And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know . |
| 5 | By dawn they were staking out the Radcliffe Infirmary , Grosvenor Square , Downing Street and Scotland Yard . |
| 6 | Perhaps , like the mudskipper , they were tempted out by a hitherto untapped source of food , for already at this period there were abundant worms , snails and the ancestors of insects . |
| 7 | His R/T went u/s as they were taxying out and he called for control to stop " Jock " Calder ( his Deputy ) and tell him to get out of his aircraft and hand it over to Johnny 's crew , " Jock " overheard this plea , switched off his R/T , took-off and led the sortie , but was never forgiven . |
| 8 | Much of liberal politics before they were snuffed out by the Dej regime had been dominated by the Bratianu family . |
| 9 | On 16th however eight of them were despatched to Maleme airfield , Crete , from where next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern Greece at first light . |
| 10 | They were phased out by 1986 . |
| 11 | As they were phased out of first line units Londons went mostly to 4 Coastal Operational Training Unit , but a few passed to the Flying-Boat Training Squadron ( FBTS ) at Stranraer . |
| 12 | Hutchesons/Aloysians ' victory by 31-13 at Union Park against Corstorphine was not enough and they were edged out of the race on points difference . |
| 13 | ‘ I did not get the impression they were reaching out for help , there was not a general mood of crisis . ’ |
| 14 | I think Christmas beca cos there was that er you see , they were sorting out |
| 15 | Oh he was on the river he he was always connected with the river my father and in the First World War they towed the dredger from here to Ramsgate and er he was , he was in the Army but he was connected to the Inland Water Transport and cos they were dredging out the harbour at Ramsgate . |
| 16 | As the first group of pulses were directed to the satellite high above the Indian Ocean , mixed up with all the other transmissions going out to the Far East , they were snatched out of the ether by the NSA 's giant aerials at Morwenstow 60 miles up the coast to the east of Goonhilly , and compared with the watch lists of ‘ interesting ’ numbers on their computer memories . |
| 17 | Vangmoor came up on the screen as if they were looking out of the window , but Vangmoor in summer without the wind and with leaves on the trees . |
| 18 | Well at least it was nice that they were looking out and |
| 19 | During the 1970s they were called out to clear hundreds of tons rubbish from the streets of Glasgow during the 1975 dustmen 's strike . |
| 20 | During the 1970s they were called out to clear hundreds of tons rubbish from the streets of Glasgow during the 1975 dustmen 's strike . |
| 21 | During World War II they were called out 578 times for air-raid warnings . |
| 22 | The town 's ambulancemen had four times just arrived back at their station when they were called out again to the Spa , bringing in contestants with injuries including a black eye , broken nose , concussion and a damaged foot . |
| 23 | I will , I will mention , I did n't know they were sending out such a letter , otherwise I would have er , told them in advance . |
| 24 | Boelcke notes : ‘ They were sending out as many as twelve fighters to protect two observation machines . |
| 25 | ‘ They were togged out to the nines . ’ |
| 26 | They were acting out a version of one of Miss Austen 's stories , and it could go on by itself . |
| 27 | When it jerked to a stop they were led out into a narrow carpeted passage . |
| 28 | Certainly Russia has openly intervened with military force to control its satellites like Hungary and Czechoslovakia when it thought they were stepping out of line and also supported the introduction of martial law in Poland to curb industrial unrest . |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't mention him again ! ’ he said thickly , and a moment later they were stepping out into the sunlight at the Royal Hong Kong Cricket Club , the colonial sanctuary of Hong Kong Island with its Tudor pavilion , sweeping green lawns and the Union Jack flying against a halcyon blue sky . |
| 30 | The Defendants argued that the information concerned , on their computerised systems did not constitute records until they were printed out . |