Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] out [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | He gently pulled her out of the chair and , kissing her , said , ‘ Come to bed . ’ |
2 | Mine constantly dragged it out of the pots . |
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 | The strangest of stories ( And of course when I told her that , she just threw me out of the house , my own Mother … well , Goodnight Mother , I can tell you ) were treated as entirely credible . |
5 | As the days went by and the busy little transport box seemed to be making only slow way into the huge heap of lime , he no longer eased it out on the blade of the shovel for the wind to take it but scattered it anywhere out of sight , anywhere to be rid of it . |
6 | Perhaps she just did it out of the goodness of her heart — or perhaps ( and this thought provoked a fresh spurt of giggles in my throat ) half the little souvenirs that littered her room were tokens of gratitude — from Torquay , Margate and Llandrindod Wells — I pulled myself together with a great effort , and took my hands from my face . |
7 | Like we 've had women who have wet their knickers and then put them on the radiator to dry , or just swilled them out in the sink and end up with a smelly room . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 ’ . |
10 | They promptly chucked her out of the bed and breakfast hotel and she and the baby are sleeping on a relative 's floor . |
11 | The Colonel always sought her out on the Thursday of her visit , and in the past few years he had , in the most circumspect manner , pressed his suit . |
12 | With a sound that seemed full of pain and anger and disgust , he picked up the poker and quickly raked them out into the hearth . |
13 | Four days later found me out in the garden learning the ‘ Western roll ’ over a beautifully ( if hastily ) made high jump frame . |
14 | Nearly pushed her out of the door . |
15 | Tom kept more erratic hours and the nature of his job often took him out of the office . |
16 | They even knocked them out of the Tennents Sixes this year . |
17 | Brigadier Canford admired the lightning reflexes , the way she adjusted to a not-very-easy pony in seconds and showed up the others as she ruthlessly shoved them out of the way and cat-and-mouse-whipped the ball away just as they were about to hit it . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Sister Cecilia held out a hand towards her , saying , ‘ Come child , come , ’ then led her out of the room , through the corridor , upstairs , and into her cubicle . |
20 | They then bundled him out of the car and left him on the road . |
21 | The gang assaulted him during the drive to Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire , then threw him out of the car . |
22 | She then hung it out in the outhouse for storage . |
23 | I helped to milk the cows and then took them out to the field . |
24 | But , leaving her for a brief while , he went to instruct Ivo to drive her back to her hotel , and then escorted her out through the front door . |
25 | Picking up the long gun , Doyle ran his finger along the barrel and then held it out to the Hare-woman . |
26 | When she 'd finished it was 17.31 and she almost pushed me out of the door . |
27 | I do n't collect criticisms , but the worst one I ever had was when they completely left me out of the write-up . |
28 | We never got them out in the first place . |
29 | He hurriedly ushered me out of the room . |
30 | There were some other guys featured but I definitely picked him out as the best . ’ |