Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [pron] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presently she said , ‘ Now I must n't keep you , I only sought you out in your lair because this benighted village boasts no telephone , one has to be one 's own messenger — well , as they say , on est jamais mieux servi que par soi-même . |
| 2 | Well I only did it out of curiosity basically to see how much er , one spent in in calls with th , like Lyndsey in Hong Kong . |
| 3 | I just made it out of the front door and to the end of my path , when the picture windows imploded inwards and the house erupted behind me through its triangular roof like Krakatoa herself . |
| 4 | How can I just ring her out of the blue and tell her that her daughter has married the first Italian she 's met , without telling any of us ? ’ |
| 5 | It was the weekend I bought the Granada , I 'm sure it was when we went away first time I ever took it out for a run . |
| 6 | ‘ If you so much as whisper a word about Dame Agatha to the Lady Maeve , you will regret the day I ever plucked you out of Newgate ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I always take him out in knee-pads , and usually put on exercise bandages , as we are still wary of his split tendon operation . |
| 8 | Because , as you 'll remember , it is frowned upon to begin a sentence with and , and I always cross it out in your essays , do n't I . |
| 9 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
| 10 | I quickly talked him out of that , telling him that he must find out the truth before passing judgment , and reminding him that he had had a good marriage . |
| 11 | I often clean them out of the church after the wedding . |
| 12 | Having arranged all the larger flowers in the design , I then filled it out with some astrantia and potentilla flowers . |
| 13 | Have I quite worn you out with my demands ? |
| 14 | There were some other guys featured but I definitely picked him out as the best . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I never made her out to be the Lady of the Camellias , ’ protested Hilary . |
| 16 | Although I never pointed it out to Ira Dilworth , I rather felt that certain Ogden Nash lines entitled ‘ The Purist ’ might also apply , on occasion , to him . |
| 17 | I never drink anything out of a can and hardly ever eat anything tinned , either . |
| 18 | I never lend it out in case it gets lost . |
| 19 | What , I used to se , see the book in the library but I never drew it out until I , recently . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're saying that you 've not seen him since I half carried him out of your place early yesterday ? ’ |
| 21 | I quietly let myself out of the flat and ran down the stairs coming too quickly upon a crumpled heap hunched at the bottom . |
| 22 | He would be well advised to insist on a written indemnity in that respect to cover both intentional and accidental holding out , and , as regards the latter , to cover his accidentally holding himself out as a partner so long as that is done in the course of carrying out his duties for and in the interests of the firm . |
| 23 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 24 | One could either leave the sliding door open and see the world go by down the corridor , or close oneself into a private cocoon ; and at night , one 's bed descended from the ceiling and on to the seat of the facilities which effectively put them out of use . |
| 25 | Giving his sparring partner one last crack on the jaw which effectively put him out of the reckoning , Adam rose to his feet , and took the gun from her suddenly nerveless fingers . |
| 26 | You only let it out to the girls because you got a shock when they said they 'd seen . |
| 27 | When she finally screamed it out at her mother four years later , her mother said : |
| 28 | Grumbling in Urdu while the bearer joked , she soon had him out of the door , motioned me to sleep on , and leapt into her own blankets for another half hour of rest . |
| 29 | In fact , she soon found herself out of a job . ’ |
| 30 | It was Tom who finally eked it out of him . |