Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Britain 's top twenty girls fought or flowed it out in the championships over the weekend … the big prize for them this season is a place at the Olympics … only two girls can go … the competition is made up of four disciplines rope … hoop … ball and clubs …
2 She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank .
3 Sometimes the violent power of the Spirit is seen in almost physical terms , as when the Spirit of the Lord entered into Ezekiel and set him on his feet , or lifted him up , or brought him out into the valley ( Ezek. 2:2 , 3:12 , 37:1 ) .
4 No detractor however imaginative or ingenious could find anything that would pain him or put him out of countenance .
5 No-one said or did anything out of the ordinary , but still guilt made her jump when the nurse came in with lunch .
6 But although she moans , it was Michelle Pfeiffer 's looks that led her out of a dead-end job as a check-out girl at Vons supermarket in El Toro , California .
7 No I backed the first winner today and that got me out of trouble .
8 Wright is still suffering with the groin injury that ruled him out of England 's World Cup qualifier 12 days ago , while Adams also missed the Chelsea defeat after falling down some stairs on a night out last week , and needing 29 stitches in a cut forehead .
9 It it might be a help to him to have little local groups that helped him out with these things .
10 He recalled the uncanny way in which the wizard 's sword curved up and caught his own blade with a shock that jerked it out of his grip .
11 She was not alone any more in feeling oppressed by the strict formality , the strict time-keeping ; after-dinner games were more lively — and she was no longer the only one who wanted to giggle at the sound of the bagpipes that played them out of the dining-room after dinner every night .
12 Every time he 'd had a few drinks , they took starring roles in the fantasies that played themselves out in his head .
13 He noted the rapid , undignified scramble by which the culprit extricated himself from the ropes on the river path , followed by ominous little trickles of loose earth ; and the exaggerated dignity with which he compensated as soon as he was clear , his slender back turned upon the voice that blasted him out of danger , his crest self-consciously reared in affected disregard of sounds which could not possibly be directed at him .
14 There was something in the speed , as they rounded corners on two wheels , that shook her out of her bad mood , and when they drew up with a squeal of brakes in the narrow road just by Pepe 's Bar , she was laughing at Miguel 's uncharacteristic recklessness .
15 But the fifteen that stayed and played on Saturday typified the courage that pulled them out of the gloom .
16 Although he bought Jenny a £2,000 diamond engagement ring and happily re-settled in his Brentford mansion , his scoring prowess deserted him after a vicious tackle by Stoke 's notorious Chris Kamara left McAvennie with a broken leg , an injury that kept him out of first team football for months .
17 The won the tournament in 1959 , but was n't able to compete in 1960 due to a serious knee infection that kept him out of action for most of the first half of the season .
18 Manchester United skipper Bryan Robson has recovered from the muscle strain that kept him out of Saturday 's win over Premier League leaders , Norwich , leaving boss Alex Ferguson with a headache .
19 Between 1912 and 1928 Lutyens was responsible for redesigning eighty square miles of offices , avenues and palaces in New Delhi to house the British Government in India , an undertaking that kept him out of England for the best part of every winter .
20 It proved enough for a most handsome victory over decidedly off-colour Ontario and it was an enormous pity that Rod Snow , the dynamic Newfoundland no.8 , sustained a neck injury that kept him out of the final .
21 Likeably laid-back and a philosophic kind of personality , Hastings currently has a crucial priority — recovery from back damage that kept him out of that Second Australian Test .
22 But Reid 's fury was outweighed by his concern over Paul Lake , who was carried off after seven minutes with what appeared to be a recurrence of the knee injury that kept him out for two years .
23 Then she was able to take the mental step that brought her out into the light again .
24 Yeah and that put him out of his career .
25 Another Harlequin , Everton Davis , has been seeking a second opinion on the knee injury that forced him out of last month 's England training session .
26 Miller , speaking from Jersey where Hibs beat an island select 6-0 last night , confirmed that Budgie will be back in goal if Reid fails to recover from the ankle injury that forced him out of the trip .
27 And what better community could you get than in Spring Street , he would ask , for had n't it a shop that supplied food , and two others that fitted you out from top to bottom ?
28 Of large build and possessed of ritual mannerisms when facing the bowling , his technique was founded in the securest of defence , and , although he was a shrewd placer of the ball , it was perhaps his seeming doggedness that left him out of the international reckoning at a time when England possessed several middle-order batsmen of sterling class .
29 Jane had decreed bowls rather than plates for the curry and spooned it out in the kitchen whence it was ferried by Christopher , Francis and Martine ( Jane 's mind darted back involuntarily to Puchero and gauchos in Argentina ) .
30 They brought out large packs of cigarettes — then rationed — and shared them out among the men who were on the road watching .
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