Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] out [to-vb] the " in BNC.

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1 Causation or some of it might have come to an end just when I set out to snuff the candles , or never existed .
2 In my early career , I set out to meet the demands of my peers and fulfil the necessary qualifications for assessment as a ‘ real polis ’ ; although there were few opportunities to flirt with any real forms of marginality !
3 It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them .
4 In 1980 I set out to change the face of political presentation in the UK and to use some of these new concepts and techniques in business and industry as well .
5 You can imagine the excitement when I reached out to open the case .
6 Make me a whole man before I go out to take the field with Wales in my hands .
7 You build up the fire while I go out to milk the cows .
8 " I wanted to keep it because I did n't want to leave him while I went out to use the phone — assuming there 's one round here that works , which I doubt , " she said .
9 I went out to bring the washing in and he 'd got them in his mouth !
10 I went out to supervise the final stampede .
11 He dumped his overnight bag with mine and I went out to tell the driver we were just coming .
12 It seemed like every time I went out to walk the course I came back with wet feet . "
13 I went out to check the date on the and to turn the place over .
14 When you 're fighting and hating each other anyway , it must be nice for the chick when she turns out to have the law batting for her .
15 Joanna had cheered up considerably by the time Sophie had finished , and Sophie 's spirits were still high as she drove out to visit the old ladies ' home .
16 ‘ Party , party , ’ she yelled out to break the spell and Hosanna ran from where he had been sitting watching her .
17 ‘ Did you set out to hurt the children in any way ? ’
18 And she whisked out to answer the telephone .
19 She reached out to touch the surface , aware of a chill that seemed to have settled around her .
20 He drew his hand back , and she reached out to stop the punch .
21 It was a sardonic jibe , but as she reached out to accept the proffered wine she met his eyes , and felt jolted by the gleam of warmth she detected in the grey-green depths .
22 no every time you go out to feed the birds you should take a bucket out
23 Often she went out to see the sky complete , unfettered by any window-frame .
24 In the early mornings the heat came in through her open bedroom window and when , later , she went out to take the air , there was no air , only a dense , clinging humidity .
25 Matilda said , and she went out to wash the soot off her hands .
26 After the two men had shaken hands she thankfully escaped , leaving them to talk while she went out to prepare the treatment-room for the first of the morning 's patients .
27 Within a year or so you will have the satisfaction of moving in to the house you have built with your own hands ; your old home will have been sold , allowing you to pay back the building society loan you took out to buy the land and materials ; and there will be more than enough profit , considering how much you saved by using your own labour , to pay for some champagne to celebrate .
28 Then she ran out to unlock the gate .
29 When you come out to do the same session two weeks later , you know that you can do it , so you can afford to go a little faster .
30 She set out to play the world circuit completely on her own , as she had no financial resources and no sponsorship .
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