Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] me out " in BNC.
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| 1 | You tried to catch me out there did n't you ? |
| 2 | Then she tried to talk me out of leaving — laid on the flattery with a trowel . ’ |
| 3 | Then I found a place that was clearly headlined as a singles " bar , and no one tried to keep me out Now I 'd read about these VD workshops in Scum and Miasma , both of which adopted a markedly high-handed line . |
| 4 | ‘ In the cruel manner in which she tried to prise me out of my home . ’ |
| 5 | They tried to lift me out of my depression . |
| 6 | But they just tried to push me out . |
| 7 | Jo Saunders , a Re-evaluation Co-counsellor came to suss me out and see whether I was worthy of her efforts . |
| 8 | I had called Professor Ruiperez from my hostal , and at once he came to take me out to lunch at an expensive restaurant featuring all the local dishes , including a hearty paella and fine Rioja wines . |
| 9 | The feeling sent the adrenalin rushing around so fast that it threatened to wear me out before I got to my destination . |
| 10 | I read more widely and , as news of my expertise spread , people began to seek me out for a ruling on a specific industrial relations issue or for an historical precedent . |
| 11 | ‘ He threatened to throw me out of his office , ’ he remembered . |
| 12 | ‘ You make it sound as though we had a reasonable discussion , instead of which you threatened to throw me out — no matter what . |
| 13 | But Ngugi managed to lift me out of my armchair and place me inside his imaginary village of Ilmorog . |
| 14 | I promised myself I would n't come near you again unless you wanted me to , that the ball would always be in your court , and that if you chose to kick me out of your life for good , then I 'd respect that wish , even if it 'd half kill me to do so . |
| 15 | He planned to get me out of the way so he could bid for the portmanteau . |
| 16 | He was working until the evening of the following day , but he asked to take me out again and I said it would be delightful . |
| 17 | We tried one yesterday in and Vicki had to pull me out did n't you ? |
| 18 | There were two o there 's always two no matter where you go , there was two in that room they had to fetch me out . |
| 19 | I was sharing a place with Bobby ( Jacky ) Lee and Ted Halsall in the Portland Hotel , and they had to help me out of bed when the bell rang . |
| 20 | ‘ But my piano had to follow me out . |
| 21 | Well like Christie 's Manor had to show me out of it her and her her daughter ! |
| 22 | He wanted to take me out in his boat to see to his lobster pots , only I was too scared of the sea . |
| 23 | When she learned — shock , horror , dismay ! — that he wanted to take me out to dinner she had the brass nerve to call me ‘ a Jezebel ’ ! |
| 24 | Once on this tour … he wanted to throw me out ! ’ |
| 25 | ROBBIE My father , well , my so-called father , wanted to throw me out too . |