Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] him out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone in his financial position could easily have got a doctor 's certificate to pull him out of tournaments but to his credit he never even considered it . ’ |
| 2 | Laughton is in a hole and the players as professional sportsmen have a responsibility to pull him out of it . |
| 3 | Vacation time Francis arranged for him to caddy at the Lyford Cay club to keep him out of trouble . |
| 4 | Adams benefited from the tailenders ' intention to belt him out of the ground , taking three of the last five wickets for final figures of four for 43 from 21.4 overs . |
| 5 | Theda opened her mouth to blister him out of the torment that consumed her … and paused , arrested by the look in his face . |
| 6 | He was hauled back to New York and given that column to keep him out of any more mischief . ’ |
| 7 | You think the girl knocked him off , and then hired some help to get him out of there ? ’ |
| 8 | Otley and I held on to him while Nigel searched for a large piece of wood to haul him out with , and in the meantime we had a close-up of the lush vegetation of the riverside : buttercups , forget-me-nots , dog roses and honeysuckle and the shy little water avens modestly hiding its peach-coloured face . |
| 9 | He had laid by his sword , but he had a dagger still upon him , and managed to draw it and slash through the folds that smothered him ; and Norbury and Erpyngham and half a dozen others of his own people came plunging and splashing through the storm to help him out of these ominous grave-clothes . |
| 10 | From there he was handed on to Bloomsbury House , where Elaine Blond agreed a one-off payment to fit him out for another job . |
| 11 | I always regarded Ellen 's attitude towards Grimes as one of sympathy and understanding and a desire to help him out of his difficulties . |
| 12 | Even if it was n't quite enough finesse to keep him out of the loony bin . |
| 13 | But Mr Donnellan claimed they wanted him to admit a lesser charge to get him out of the college quietly . |
| 14 | Now my Lord the defendants say of course , that they were never asked by the plaintiff to get him out of the contract so that the duty er never arose . |
| 15 | Nails had hoped Biddy would have foregone her offer to meet him out of school the next day , or at least be late so that he would have a chance of escaping her clutches , but when he came out she was there outside the gate on her motor-bike , and there was no escaping . |
| 16 | He does n't need his father to bail him out of trouble any more . |
| 17 | The band and crew have a month to talk him out of it . |
| 18 | He seemed far too competent for life to catch him out in so trivial a way . |
| 19 | He 's got a bad knee and without the union to keep him out of hard physical work he 's stuck really — he 's got no qualifications or anything . ’ |
| 20 | It wo n't have escaped anybody 's attention that the Indian spinner Anil Kumble rose to the dizzy heights of No 3 in the world thanks to the vain attempts of Robin Smith and Co to fathom him out during the disastrous tour of the subcontinent . |
| 21 | Possibly a convenient excuse to get him out of the team , the way he 's playing at the moment ? |
| 22 | Her mind worried the problem of where would he find lodgings , how could she summon the strength to put him out of the only refuge he had ? |
| 23 | ‘ If it were possible for the Football League to kick him out of the club , that 's what I want . |
| 24 | Ruth moistened her dry lips , feeling this Fernando moving into her secret world and not having the strength to shift him out of it . |
| 25 | Whenever you 've seen Rob in my office you 've taken good care to get him out of my clutches very smartly , on the flimsiest of pretexts . |
| 26 | Today , if a man takes over a farm and gets into a muddle , he has the fertilizers , the sprays and the weedkillers — the whole lot to get him out of it . ’ |
| 27 | His mind could be changed , she reasoned within herself , especially if Doreen made an effort to charm him out of his present anti-female trend of thought . |
| 28 | But Travis had been marvellously patient for months and months now — could n't she find a way to put him out of the private hell he was in ? |
| 29 | Though Venezuela is traditionally considered Latin America 's most secure democracy , soldiers tried not once but twice last year to force him out of office . |
| 30 | Milton , the provost believed , should write to the collector of customs to have him tell the threatened tide waiter that he was in no danger , and at the same time secure an order for Main to cross to West Lothian for a few days , around the time of the burgh elections , in order to get him out of the way , for the election of the deacon of the wrights would turn on this single vote . |