Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid them out on the desk , got a plastic bag out of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet and swept all the bits and pieces into it . |
| 2 | And then he asked me out in the end . |
| 3 | He led her out into the huge marble-floored foyer . |
| 4 | ‘ There are two sides to our operation , ’ he had explained , when he led her out of the office block and across a bleak enclosed courtyard , where footsteps had scored a diagonal path through the snow , towards a high windowless wall of corrugated iron . |
| 5 | He led her out of the bedroom and onto the terrace where Victoria was waiting . |
| 6 | He led me out into the snow and we crossed the island towards the beach . |
| 7 | And then he led them out of the small room . |
| 8 | Father Peter asked as he led them out of the church . |
| 9 | The fellow 's resistance collapsed like a house of cards ; bowing and mumbling apologies , he led us out of the main palace building , across a deserted cobbled yard to a small tower built in the far wall of the palace . |
| 10 | He got me out of the stream and a bit further back from the drop to our right . |
| 11 | In fairness to him , Con was kinder than that , even when he got me out of the secretaryship last year . |
| 12 | He found him out in the garden , sitting on a wooden bench by the pond . |
| 13 | But he tricked them out of the deeds , then conned them out of £85,000 to buy a Bentley . |
| 14 | Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist . |
| 15 | All magicians can be tested by laughter because corruption can not stand mockery ; and when his daughter laughed at him he drove her out into the wilderness , and she lived in the wilderness with the wild beasts and angels ministered to her . |
| 16 | His successor , Majorian , is unlikely to have gained the support of the Burgundians in 458 , when he drove them out of the lands which they had received with the approval of the Gallo-Roman senators . |
| 17 | In silence , he drove them out of the hollow and back on to the track . |
| 18 | He drove it out of the garage , and she heard the high-pitched , wheezing motor with dread . |
| 19 | To cut a long story short , he threw them out of the house . |
| 20 | And if he threw her out of the palazzo afterwards , so what ? |
| 21 | ‘ At a loose end , Deveraugh ? ’ she queried disdainfully as he followed her out of the tent . |
| 22 | The sarcasm in her tone was not lost on David and he grimaced as he followed her out of the office . |
| 23 | I wondered , as Mum , Emily and Mrs Quigley got into the back of his brand new car and he thrust it out into the traffic . |
| 24 | He knocked it out of the way , reached into the dark space above , and drew out his record book . |
| 25 | Her father had turned against Bunyan , and when he heard that she had ridden behind him to a meeting , he locked her out of the house for two days . |
| 26 | Then he took it out to the back and burnt every bit of paper in his Dad 's incinerator . |
| 27 | When the punch had cooled he took it out to the garden shed , within easy reach of Tibbles who , since her dose of chicken thallium , seemed to have improved in every conceivable way , and went upstairs to the bedroom . |
| 28 | By imparting his enthusiasm to his pupils , impressing them most earnestly with the importance of their calling , he sent them out into the world with a store of self-respect which greatly contributed to uphold their position , and gave them an impetus to endeavour to raise its standard , which was often crowned with the most happy success ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ He saw us out of the church and locked the door behind us . ’ |
| 30 | He brought him out of the bar . |