Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] out " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Now you 've shot your load , you can eat me out . ’ |
| 32 | On the grounds of preventing young workers ' wages rising to a level which might price them out of work it scrapped the 1946 Fair Wages Resolution , which required compliance with minimum wage standards for firms trying to secure government and other contracts . |
| 33 | Matey was bustling about , doing some of the chores which McAllister had neglected while drinking coffee with him , and on opening the biscuit tin she complained bitterly that Dr Neil would eat them out of house and home if he continued to run through biscuits at his present rate — a judgement which amused McAllister , but also made her feel vaguely guilty . |
| 34 | Platt said : ‘ If Birmingham can get at them , they can knock them out of their stride because Bari will not be used to this sort of opposition . ’ |
| 35 | The connections were , of course , the Red Army : after 18 months of disastrous and brutal reforms , carried out in an overly reckless spirit because the PDPA leaders believed the Russians would always bale them out , Moscow decided in late 1979 that it had had enough . |
| 36 | Clough had written in a newspaper column : ‘ If England are switching to kick-and-rush football , you can count me out . |
| 37 | You can count me out . |
| 38 | You 'd better count me out . |
| 39 | For all I know , there may be a kernel of truth in what he says , but anyone expecting his followers to wear turquoise shell suits can count me out , even if his prophesy that New Zealand is about to disappear under water has a certain charm . |
| 40 | It might suit you to dabble around here and there , where you will , but you can count me out . ’ |
| 41 | Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’ |
| 42 | Luckily I knew how many there were of them ( 53 if I remember correctly ) so I could count them out again — something which involved a lot of shaking of the shell into a bucket of tank water . |
| 43 | Equally , if we conclude that other presuppositions are not true , we can be sure that in the long run they will not prove satisfactory either , and we should root them out . |
| 44 | His cousins would hunt the Spidergob bastards if they hurt the technerd too much ; they 'd root them out . |
| 45 | He 'd flick them out with an old hickory shafted wedge and say , ‘ Keep going , son . ’ |
| 46 | Conversely , if you have been papering over the cracks of a relationship these same eclipses will seek them out . |
| 47 | So he did nothing for Mary or Rufus that morning , did not even seek them out , scarcely knew whether Rufus was still asleep on the terrace or back in bed with Mary , and when he found further sleep impossible because of his shivering body and pounding head , he sat in the kitchen making instant coffee for himself but took none up to them . |
| 48 | When the Minotaur heard their cries it would seek them out and kill them . |
| 49 | I myself will search for my seech , for my sheep , and will seek them out . |
| 50 | But sooner or later checks like these will catch them out . |
| 51 | Once you have reached a knowledgeable level , and modestly let the fact be known , other people will seek you out . |
| 52 | One poet wrote a poem called the Hound of Hell in which he pictures Francis Thompson , the na name of the poet , in which he he pictures Je , er God pursuing men and women down through the corridors and labyrinths of time , down throughout their life , relentlessly pursuing and no matter how much you try and give God the slip , there he is , he will pursue you , he will seek you out , he desires to ca , for you to come to know him , and you can not get rid of God that easily ! |
| 53 | I 'll buy you out on that Ga . |
| 54 | Because if you are I 'd better count you out of the reckoning right away . |
| 55 | ‘ Oi oi , does your mother know yer out ? ’ |
| 56 | ‘ Does yer mother know yer out ! ’ |
| 57 | ‘ Aye aye , does yer mother know yer out ? ’ |
| 58 | ‘ Does yer mother know yer out ? ’ shouted one of the lads and then all at once they charged at him and manhandled him to the ground . |
| 59 | ‘ Does yer mother know yer out ? ’ |
| 60 | Even your first flight could end up with a field landing and , if the wheel brake lever is not in the usual position for you , your habits will catch you out as you claw for the non-existent lever in panic . |