Example sentences of "out [prep] [pers pn] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His line of chat , and a bonhomie which could at times border on insensitivity , marked him out for her as a survivor ; someone with whom she could risk herself ; someone who could both carry and withstand her . |
| 2 | At last , there was a national politician who listened to lesbians and gays and spoke out for us in a way that was without fear , shame or embarrassment . |
| 3 | Inspector Blakelock , with his mouth half-open in remonstrance , his arm flung out towards her in a gesture , stiff and histrionic , of protection or restraint . |
| 4 | Only George knew that she had run off to Brighton with a salesman , but his mother had guessed as much and beaten her daughter 's whereabouts out of him with a belt . |
| 5 | It makes , you know , if we we 're not gon na go bust just to get twelve months bloody work out of him on a service contract ! |
| 6 | Then , ducking his head under , he tried to free Gomez 's legs but the line was in and out of them like a cat 's cradle . |
| 7 | Well , I 'm trying to get information out of you for a start . ’ |
| 8 | Ten whole words out of you at a stretch ! |
| 9 | At least he 's out of it for a while , ’ she said , unaware of how much Chris meant to Maureen . |
| 10 | I 'll gouge the soil out of it with a knitting needle , when I go in . |
| 11 | A long dark room , it has a turret growing out of it with a view of untold magic , looking over the yew garden and the rose garden , on to Otmoor . ’ |
| 12 | They formed a circle round him and he broke out of it into a gallop , tearing round and round the square in a high-spirited frenzy . |
| 13 | They 're invited in to talk about a particular thing that 's coming in , about noise or about rats in the basement or about how to , and the interviewer has a very vague idea it 's a topic he 's heard it , he 's thought about it , he thinks it 's a local thing , and he 's actually trying to get something out of it in a sense . |
| 14 | On the wall was a gaudy oil painting of a bull pouring blood with pics sticking out of it like a pincushion . |
| 15 | The panorama of the estuary was spread out below them like a landscape masterpiece . |
| 16 | Elinor narrowed her eyes and swung her straight black hair out behind her like a scarf . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you think your mother would let you go out with me for a day in Newcastle ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I went out with him for a year and a half , ’ she replies . |
| 19 | Greg had rung Helen from London to tell her when he would be arriving in Manchester , and she had promised to work late and go out with him for a meal . |
| 20 | If you kiss another man publicly , or go out with him to a nightclub like 1997 , you 'll humiliate me in front of the whole damned colony ! ’ |
| 21 | I remember many years ago , we had friends who had a fishing boat , er herring drifter , and in Fraserburgh the there 's a young lad going out with them for a night 's fishing and it was a beautiful summer 's night ! |
| 22 | Well quite a lot , we we went out with them for a meal last night erm we had an interpreter who who was the only one that could speak English but it was it was well worth the evening , it did a lot for relationships and I think that there should be more of this in football , that off the field people should get to know each other a lot better and we felt at the end of the evening that it had been well worthwhile . |
| 23 | Vivienne said I should hang out with you for a while and then we can meet up with Malcolm later . |
| 24 | These young London detectives would come out with us for a meal , after we 'd finished the court-work , go down to several famous pubs , and order several drinks . |
| 25 | if you wan na come out with us for a meal erm we 're gon na go to The Fox . |
| 26 | In one corner , a tired traveller plays the flute beneath a willow tree , his cheese and ale spread out before him on a handkerchief . |
| 27 | Blinded , the Executioner stumbled back , thrusting his sword out before him in a reflexive but vain posture of defence . |
| 28 | The beautiful island of Gigha spread out before us with a cluster of houses around the little bay of Ardminish . |
| 29 | The Hidden Valley was spread out before us like a model landscape . |
| 30 | And he took me out in it for a test drive . |