Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] out [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | There 's no way I intend to let you out of this bed until you 've promised that you 'll marry me . ’ |
2 | ‘ I tried to persuade him out of it but he would n't budge . |
3 | I tried to clean it out with a trolley . |
4 | I tried to talk you out of it but nothing worked . |
5 | Hell , Nick , I tried to get her out of that place , but she did n't care . |
6 | There are outright racists holding Tory membership cards and I want to see them out of the party . ’ |
7 | And then he said , I do n't mean to put pressure on , but I want to get to know you , we 've got so much in common and erm I want to take you out for dinner , not just go to the concert , but , we do n't get to know each other that way . |
8 | " I want to take you out to dinner , Lollie , " he said . |
9 | ‘ He had a terrible problem which he could n't talk about but I want to sort it out for him . ’ |
10 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
11 | A pity she really did have a cold on the morning she woke up and used her inhaler , the morning after I 'd taken it out of her hand-bag and added my little cocktail . |
12 | I 'd worked it out to the last breath . |
13 | And I put balanced it out across this , and I set my camera down er down below , on a time exposure which runs off in about one minute , so I had one minute to run up the side of the thing and get out here and balance myself . |
14 | ‘ I forgot to put it out for the birds yesterday morning . ’ |
15 | If I was n't able to admit it to some old woman I 'd never see again and who did n't matter a scrap to me , how was I going to face it out for the rest of my life ? |
16 | And I remember taking it out of my pocket and showing it to Basil and saying , now , this is the kind of thing I 'm interested in , as well as horses , because it gives me a feeling of English life . |
17 | So are you going to tell me or do I have to force it out of you ? ’ |
18 | Do I have to spell it out for you ? ’ |
19 | Do I have to spell it out for you ? |
20 | I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers . |
21 | ‘ I managed to talk her out of her mission of mercy , ’ André replied , grinning warmly at Alyssia . |
22 | Sometimes I managed to block them out for a while , then something would happen to trigger them back — a comment or something on TV . |
23 | Am I allowed to read them out to you ? |
24 | it was someone else that told me but told me not to tell anyone and I had to beg it out of him cos I just wanted to know . |
25 | Afterwards I had to take him out to the pub to revive him . ’ |
26 | When my mother , in a state of total embarrassment , attempted to enlighten me , I had to help her out by telling her what I knew already . |
27 | But by the time I had got it out of the packet and placed it between my lips , he had lighted a cerillo and was holding it out to me in cupped hands , smiling above the soft yellow flame whose elvish reflection danced in his blue eyes . |
28 | ‘ I 'm only sorry I had to bring you out in it . ’ |
29 | I had to get her out of bed this morning ! |
30 | I was n't sure if it would work so I had to try it out before buying it . |