Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pn reflx] out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well take to kissing Bruce Davidson good-night , he told himself , and got himself out of the door on this thought . |
| 2 | MOTORIST Nicky Lockyer left her dog in her car while she scraped ice off the windscreen and found herself out in the cold for two hours . |
| 3 | He grasped the forestay in both hands as high up as he could reach and drew himself out of the water and on to the forward hull beam as smoothly as a dolphin breaking for air . |
| 4 | In Allen v. Jarvis ( 1869 ) L.R. 4 Ch.App. 616 a solicitor-executor drew up a bill of costs amounting to £691 and paid himself out of the testator 's assets . |
| 5 | She pulled herself back together again , and hauled herself out of the cubicle to make full use of the facilities . |
| 6 | In this paper we shall argue that the Act must be understood in terms of themes , issues , developments and conflicts that emerged in the 1970s , and worked themselves out in the 1980s . |
| 7 | said Billy , and heaved himself out of the chair with difficulty . |
| 8 | Feeling hungry , Ellie made herself some toast in the kitchen , collected some brochures from the hall table , and took herself out for the day . |
| 9 | Gazzer lay face down on the bank and inched himself out over the edge . |
| 10 | Now , as if suddenly aware of the morning chill , he closed the top half of the door , drove home the bolt , then came and stretched himself out in the armchair opposite her . |
| 11 | In desperation , he gave one last , vicious backward kick and launched himself out into the dark . |
| 12 | I suddenly screeched at her , ‘ I do n't want to know ! ’ and threw down the phone and pushed myself out of the door . |
| 13 | When the radio began to grate , I turned it off and spread myself out on the bed , using the knapsack as a pillow , and then when it got too sharp , making dents in the back of my head , I took it away and lay flat . |