Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [verb] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six Hampdens were lost , three of them through running out of fuel on the return . |
| 2 | Jean-Claude would be pleased with me for staying out of the attic . |
| 3 | He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before . |
| 4 | She had a go at me for pulling out a You know you Just er the other week we walked from where was it ? |
| 5 | A LETTER reproves me for singling out rotten spelling in other places , notably The Guardian , and goes on to point out that this magazine is not immune . |
| 6 | ‘ However , current Education Minister John Patten said he regarded Church schools as making a crucial contribution to education but he had n't actually consulted them about opting out . ’ |
| 7 | The Incident happened in the 1930s when a Hartlepool couple were jailed for attacking a shop owner who 'd remonstrated with them for drinking out of the vinegar bottle . |
| 8 | And er , I thought I 'd probably have wall paper on that wall , you know , use , use the curtains just as plenty of fullness , but have them for keeping out the light or keeping in the heat , |
| 9 | A dark giant of a man , possibly Tonio , leaned out of the lorry 's cabin to thank them for pulling out of the way . |
| 10 | He did n't say anything to me about renting out his house . |
| 11 | You used to go on at me about getting out . |
| 12 | ‘ Anna warned me about sitting out in the sun , but … ’ |
| 13 | watch their fees , but they have n't watched yours for crying out loud it 's quite obviously , but I think it 's , it 's ridiculous , because you 're looking at doing it that way , the other , it 's ridiculous |
| 14 | So far as its origin is concerned , we shall take it as a factor in organic evolution , and shall content ourselves with pointing out certain more primitive features of which it is the natural development . |
| 15 | If you can not hold a conversation with someone without getting out of breath then you are going too fast . |
| 16 | We can choose between accepting the categories already defined , in which case theory remains implicit ; or we can ‘ commit ourselves to working out critical and explicit theory ’ . |
| 17 | Getting in would be hazardous ; to say nothing of getting out , but it was his only chance . |
| 18 | She thinks nothing of going out at ten o'clock at night . |
| 19 | The old man silently cursed himself for blurting out his intentions just now … about how he would leave nothing to David , yet everything he had to his own undeserving son . |
| 20 | Nigel himself vacillated between belief in and total rejection of death , and busied himself with sorting out his desk and jettisoning surplus papers . |
| 21 | Gandhi seems to have felt some flicker of remorse about his treatment of the Sarabhai family ; at any rate , without confessing error , he preoccupied himself with working out rules for what might be termed the just fast . |
| 22 | He jammed his hands deep into his pockets as if to prevent himself from reaching out , touching her , taking her … |
| 23 | The solution suddenly came to him , and he had to control himself from shouting out " Eureka " . |
| 24 | Burun clenched his fists and bit his tongue to stop himself from shouting out . |
| 25 | But he could hardly keep himself from laughing out loud in anticipation : he crammed his fist into his mouth to stifle the outburst . |
| 26 | He bent double with the pain but managed to restrain himself from crying out . |
| 27 | The patient may shoot himself before finding out it is only an ingrowing toenail . ’ |
| 28 | The joint working party 's paper correctly highlights the problem that one possible reason for non-response to hepatitis B vaccines is a pre-existing hepatitis B carrier status and suggests that non-responders should be tested for hepatitis B e antigen to identify infectious carriers and advise them against carrying out invasive procedures . |
| 29 | There is nothing like sitting out on a trapeze on a windy day , getting completely soaked by each new wave to make you feel cleansed of the city grime . |
| 30 | There 's nothing like going out there and playing in front of people . |