Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] out to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 2 | The programme was a shambles and I took her out to dinner to cheer her up . |
| 3 | She asked you out to lunch to meet her . ’ |
| 4 | Then she took him out to supper to celebrate , Philip and Pat joining in , and the evening became one of those when the participants have to pause , to say to themselves : Yes , this is me , it really is me Happiness sat with them at the table in the Seashell Fish'n'Chips ; they could not stop smiling , or Jim from laughing and sighing . |
| 5 | The next time I went to Los Angeles , I called him and we took him out to dinner . |
| 6 | They took me out to dinner too — lunch they called it . |
| 7 | In the kitchen the fire was burning low but there was light enough to see the steam rising from the bedclothes as they held them out to air . |
| 8 | He asked her out to lunch because he hoped that she had missed him . |
| 9 | Four days later he asked her out to dinner , and she walked home without her feet touching the pavement . |
| 10 | ‘ Within four minutes he asked me out to dinner . |
| 11 | He led us out to sea after four 88s in a long stern chase — always deadly , particularly over Malta — when I saw we were actually overtaking the 88s , I realised they were acting as decoys . |
| 12 | He heard a cry from a man at the bottom of the stairs who seemed to have had his face burned off , and he helped him out to safety . |
| 13 | He ordered them out to execution on the instant , and it was done . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd been kicked by a horse and lost two front teeth and he took me out to lunch and gave me asparagus . |
| 15 | and him , my mother was away and erm I was with him and we went out he took me out to lunch and he took me shopping and stu well I mean he took , but he was really really , you know how your father always dotes on you if it 's just you and him ? |
| 16 | ‘ After the match , he took me out to dinner . ’ |
| 17 | I mean , he took you out to dinner one night . |