Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think what you got ta look out for , is a block of grain here which supports a dwelling . |
| 2 | They found that the types of pupil behaviour in the secondary school classroom presenting teachers with the most difficulty ranged from talking out of turn , physical aggression towards the teacher , calculated idleness , verbal abuse , hindrance of other pupils , general rowdiness and so on . |
| 3 | I did n't understand Ward 's behaviour , so I just concentrated on getting out of the city as fast as I could . |
| 4 | She disapproved of the haphazard selection of foster parents ( she would have much preferred the children to go to hostels run on the lines of Bunce Court ) and , when the Movement pressed ahead anyway , she concentrated on plucking out from the crowd the children she identified as especially gifted and on salvaging those who had been packed off to unsuitable foster homes . |
| 5 | Woosnam had had three birdies in his first five holes and the only shot he dropped in going out in 34 was to take five at the ninth , where he drove into the trees . |
| 6 | She escaped by getting out of the vehicle while it was moving . |
| 7 | At one moment Beveridge can be found looking to the exchanges for the ‘ discouragement ’ of ‘ blind-alley ’ work , but he also warned against starting out with ‘ the idea of rigidly prescribing all but the best employments … |
| 8 | erm but you homed in on the needs and you persisted in finding out from me what I wanted which was good and you checked very carefully on the policies in existence so yeah , considering it 's a page which erm can be a bit confusing you did very well . |
| 9 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 10 | I thought about popping out to ! |
| 11 | Last February , Georgina Meinetzhargen , a student at an Oxford tutorial college , died after falling out of her flat window . |
| 12 | For a moment I thought of driving out to the Jackson house , and beating out of the lawyer whatever information he had . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 14 | For one mad moment he thought of climbing out of the seat and sliding down a girder to safety : ‘ No , you berk , they only do that in films ! ’ |
| 15 | He dreamed of going out in glory , winning the best-platoon prize — a dream that appeared to be shattered when he saw Ken and his barrack mates arrive . |
| 16 | Angry with Dmitri , who obviously lied about his affairs with adoring women , she felt like pulling out from the carezza ; however , it might wake him , and she would be unable to continue reading the intriguing correspondence . |
| 17 | He felt like hitting out at him , this kidnapper of his daughter . |
| 18 | I only hit him when the situation looked like getting out of hand . ’ |
| 19 | Half of the secondees struggled with finding out about the nature of the job and how the administrative system worked . |
| 20 | They insisted upon coming out to Reine to inspect my living accommodation , and the person with whom I shared it . |
| 21 | I was surprised how weak and light-headed I felt on nipping out of my hospital bed to recover a dropped book . |
| 22 | Plod could herd them all together into a group , march them to and from their destinations , depriving them along the way of all alcohol ( not to mention all civil rights ) and beat the living daylights out of any who still insisted on stepping out of line . |
| 23 | The first name on the ‘ 92 list is that of a lady who insisted on coming out in her dressing-gown to rill the boot of the car with bags of glossy paperbacks one freezing February night , and then stood on her doorstep waving till I was out of sight . |
| 24 | Having thus established his own reality , he proceeded by working out from there to ‘ prove ’ the existence of the external world , of other people , and of God . |
| 25 | At the time , the teenaged Bowie and Roxy Music fan dreamt of getting out of the rain and opening his own record shop . |
| 26 | Mr Adnan Khashoggi , a Saudi arms dealer , is being tried with her , accused of helping out in the property deals . |
| 27 | As she heard him come back she refrained from looking out of her window , nor did she go down to the corridor outside his room when , a little later , she heard him groaning as he always did in the grip of a nightmare . |
| 28 | Those who were influenced by this belief refrained from setting out on a journey or from starting a major task on that day of the week . |
| 29 | so the scumites may face a hard task down in Ankara ( ? ) — lets hope this leads to the kind of league form for Scum that we had after crashing out of Europe last year ; - ) YES ! |
| 30 | I 've probably finished what little chance I had of getting out of here in one piece . |