Example sentences of "be [vb pp] out to grass " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , to the amazement of Murphy and the stable lad , she informed them that the livestock were all in their care until further notice and that the carriage horses could be put out to grass . |
| 2 | As the Party has grown and recruited more articulate and able activists , a number of the old ‘ war-horses ’ have been put out to grass and , quite naturally , some of them have resented this . |
| 3 | Neil could you tell me what 's happening to the apprentices in P S A as work staff been put out to grass I hope they are n't . |
| 4 | FAR FROM BEING PUT OUT TO GRASS , DOS IS SET FOR A FACELIFT . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , some preliminary cobbing could well have been done as the ore was brought out to grass . |
| 6 | During the campaign , he was put out to grass with three old political warhorses , Denis Healey , Norman Tebbit and Roy Jenkins , who provided a rather genial breakfast-time alternative to the Old Devils . |