Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] of his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're still a young man … well , youngish. ’ she said , trying to tease him out of his apparent lethargy and depression . |
| 2 | NIGEL MANSELL confirmed last night that he is aware of moves to buy him out of his Indy Car racing contract and sensationally persuade him to stay in Formula One next year . |
| 3 | His own answer to it was in some ways remarkably similar to those he attacked , for it added up to this : historical study can not bring Jesus down to our own time ; rather , it reveals his strangeness to us , and he loses all colour and significance if we attempt to tear him out of his own historical and religious setting in late Judaism . |
| 4 | He had n't made a deliberate decision to keep her out of his private and professional life . |
| 5 | Ruth shook her head , tried to twist it out of his menacing grasp . |
| 6 | His mind could be changed , she reasoned within herself , especially if Doreen made an effort to charm him out of his present anti-female trend of thought . |