Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] out of [art] " in BNC.

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1 You can always look back and say " What if " , but we must remember that we got ourselves out of a couple of scrapes on last two days and for a time we looked absolutely terrible , but we turned it around and could have won .
2 The ex-250 world champion ( 1969 with Benelli ) had been with Yamaha for over 20 years but after the collapse of Giacomo Agostini 's 500 team , Carruthers found himself out of the heat of competition .
3 He grasped the forestay in both hands as high up as he could reach and drew himself out of the water and on to the forward hull beam as smoothly as a dolphin breaking for air .
4 He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks .
5 Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him .
6 Then , looking at the man as if he was so much dirt , he let himself out of the front door .
7 When he was satisfied that everything was straight , he let himself out of the back door .
8 He listened before he let himself out of the cellar , but there still seemed to be nobody around ; Reynolds felt gritty and smeared , at an unhappy disadvantage if he should have to lie his way out of an embarrassing situation .
9 Daniel levered himself out of the sofa and stood up .
10 ‘ I 'm helping to set out the stalls for the hospital bazaar — should be back about midday , ’ she called , as she let herself out of the house .
11 Then she let herself out of the door and walked through the yard , muttering quietly to Ferry , so that he would know who it was .
12 Then she let herself out of the farmhouse , and started to walk .
13 Carolyn let herself out of the french windows and made her way along the trodden track to her garden , now a dug rectangle of some eight by twelve yards , backing on to the wall of Keswick 's warehouse .
14 After six o'clock , when the cheap rate had started , Karen King let herself out of the side door of Aunt Jane 's bungalow and walked the quarter of a mile to the public call box .
15 In fact , she soon found herself out of a job . ’
16 The much-travelled Allison , 65 , coaching consultant and now caretaker-manager of Division One 's bottom club , immediately ruled himself out of the job full-time .
17 Argyle player-manager Shilton ruled himself out of the hiding-to-nothing trip with a groin strain .
18 Another senior Democrat , Senator John " Jay " Rockefeller , ruled himself out of the contest on Aug. 7 .
19 Pears , 30 , virtually ruled himself out of the crucial Wolves game when he said : ‘ Time is against me .
20 As well take to kissing Bruce Davidson good-night , he told himself , and got himself out of the door on this thought .
21 There had been unsuccessful attempts even further south ; the unfortunate Raleigh got himself out of the Tower by promising to find James 1 a supply of gold in Guiana , but he found no gold and he irritated the Spanish so much that they pushed James into having him executed in 1618 on the 1604 charge of treason .
22 Glass in hand , she bundled herself out of the room .
23 At that moment a slim figure flung itself out of the shadows to tumble Lefevre 's giant adversary from his feet .
24 He shook himself out of a spiral of suspicion and isolation .
25 In Allen v. Jarvis ( 1869 ) L.R. 4 Ch.App. 616 a solicitor-executor drew up a bill of costs amounting to £691 and paid himself out of the testator 's assets .
26 Eventually , Joicey cornered him , and in desperation , the keeper threw himself out of the nearest open window ; landing ten feet below , with a badly sprained arm and sore head .
27 A two-year-old child hauled itself out of a ditch where its mother lay dead with dozens of others and began to crawl away .
28 She pulled herself back together again , and hauled herself out of the cubicle to make full use of the facilities .
29 She hauled herself out of the bath , pulled on a bathrobe and wandered through into the sitting-room .
30 As he lunged for her she threw herself out of the way and looked desperately for a way out .
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