Example sentences of "[to-vb] him out [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He tried to ease his body to one side to let her come in but he was surprised once again as she got hold of his hand and began to pull him out of the bed .
2 Oddly enough the worst was his shoulder , where the man had seized it to pull him out of the car .
3 THE business worked by magic — until Musgrave donned his only clean suit , the infallible sign that he was off on a call to Lord Glenconner or Sir Michael Culmne-Seymour , who used to bail him out to the tune of £50 or £100 .
4 On each occasion , he became engaged in long disputes with local reporters , some of whom tried to jostle him out of the room .
5 It was in the corresponding match last season that Marshall sustained the knee ligament damage which threatened to put him out of the game .
6 ‘ Of course he would n't take a bribe from you , or anyone , come to that , and especially someone trying to bribe him out of the country because of a woman — one he happens to love very much . ’
7 When Swan heard that Harvey was at the Ministry of Transport , he tried to draw him out on the subject of motorways in Warwickshire , but the junior Minister in charge of roads said that this was not the time or place to discuss the subject .
8 This , of course , has provided an extra excuse for the highly protective Kinnocks to keep him out of the firing line .
9 With Goodman 's hamstring injury certain to keep him out of the weekend 's home clash with Brentford , Colquhoun looks set to be handed another chance to prove himself to the fans .
10 The injuries are almost certain to keep him out of the Christmas cracker match at the National Ground on Monday and hand his two biggest rivals for the Welsh No 10 jersey the chance to shine .
11 A year ago she 'd have been able to race him out to the ketch , maybe even climbed on deck and dived off …
12 Was it a two-way respect — had the two got their heads together and decided it might be beneficial to Travis to send him out of the country for a short while ?
13 Depending on this year 's crop of foals , Jonadab was hoping to send him out on the road in the following spring .
14 All she really wanted was to see him out of the house .
15 He fought their attempts to carry him out with the strength of one possessed .
16 The second act rather concentrates on Chaplin 's ‘ non American ’ activities ( nothing worse than having Socialist views and an interest in Russia ) but it was enough to drive him out of the country .
17 The public pretend to love him out of the goodness of their hearts .
18 I sipped cocoa , and wondered how and when I would be able to turn him out into the night again .
19 Having grabbed the idea of the airline with both hands , Branson was now trying to squeeze him out of the operation altogether .
20 In contrast to this emphasis of the New Testament writers , much of the stress on the Spirit today dishonours Jesus , tends to squeeze him out of the picture , and infers that allegiance to Jesus is only the lower reaches of the Christian life , the heights of which belong to the Holy Spirit .
21 ‘ If it were possible for the Football League to kick him out of the club , that 's what I want .
22 But if Nicholas felt he had suffered at the hands of Celtic , then the suffering he experienced in London at the hands of the media was to force him out of the limelight and into a melancholic shell where scoring goals seemed harder than pulling Mother Theresa .
23 I used to watch him out of the back attic window in the late afternoon , when he had risen from his rest .
24 Milton , the provost believed , should write to the collector of customs to have him tell the threatened tide waiter that he was in no danger , and at the same time secure an order for Main to cross to West Lothian for a few days , around the time of the burgh elections , in order to get him out of the way , for the election of the deacon of the wrights would turn on this single vote .
25 ‘ I have been trying to get him out of the pram to get him ready for nursery but not now .
26 Worthless character had now run foul of the law and was willing to take one final payment , enough to get him out of the State , and out of her life for ever .
27 There were connections there , safe houses where he could hole up for a week or more , while his American friends made arrangements to get him out of the country and into free Europe .
28 At first they refused ; the Shah thought that the Americans were using Sadat to get him out of the country .
29 There is nothing which can be guaranteed to alienate the affections of a statistician more than the surveyor who goes for advice after he has made a mess of sampling and needs someone to get him out of the mess .
30 Now my Lord the defendants say of course , that they were never asked by the plaintiff to get him out of the contract so that the duty er never arose .
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