Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb past] out the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sperber and Wilson 's ( 1986 ) principle of relevance entitles the hearer to expect adequate contextual effects for the minimum necessary processing effort.5 This means that a speaker who is asked to say what , for example , was said in a lecture would not satisfy the principle of relevance if he or she read out the entire content word for word . |
| 2 | David and I went out the other Wednesday , he said . |
| 3 | Harvey and I came out the other side looking like a couple of spooks . |
| 4 | I forgot the departmental meeting and I bawled out the wrong kid yesterday , there 's a stack of mail that I have n't even opened in my pigeon-hole , my marking is getting pretty cursory , and I have decided regretfully that I do n't have the energy to organize the third-year science field trip this year , nor the time to prepare properly for my A-level group . |
| 5 | Cleaning lady move the bed and you got out the wrong side or what ? ’ |
| 6 | Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words . |
| 7 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |
| 8 | And she smoothed out the crumpled paper and neatened the desk still more , and found a wad of rag to stop the stool wobbling . |
| 9 | He saw something erm he saw a cat and he zoomed out the front door and he was gone and it 's only when he lost sight of the cat he thought about where he was |
| 10 | ‘ Now , ’ said Zach , jumping onto the bed , ‘ I can read my letter , ’ and he pulled out the crumpled envelope from his shorts . |
| 11 | Catherine Crane fell silent , and he fished out the one-page note Teversham had handed him and read it , scowling . |
| 12 | It brought out the best in our members and it brought out the best in the trade union movement . |
| 13 | Mr Rabin said he favoured allowing some deportees to join the Palestinian delegation , but he ruled out the two deportees on the reported Egyptian list because they were PLO officials . |