Example sentences of "and he [vb past] [verb] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | His equanimity was legendary amongst his colleagues and he had gone out of his way to make her feel a part of the team when she first arrived at UNACO . |
| 2 | Patrick too was watching the shops go by , remembering the last time he had walked down them , it had been early in 1916 , and he had gone out with Mickey — God Rest Him — to buy his mother an Easter gift . |
| 3 | And he had gone out by the front door , presumably to present an appearance of normality if he should be seen by any of the family — a late evening stroll before bed being a simple enough amusement — while she could save the whole circuit of the house by using the back door close to the kitchen . |
| 4 | Dora had told him that Miss Alexandra was but a month short of her twenty-second birthday and he had gone out of the kitchen , scratching his head in disbelief . |
| 5 | Puddephat had given evidence , saying Melanie Gandell had been one of his brightest students , and he had gone out of his way to encourage her academically as a result . |
| 6 | And he let her go quickly , so that she stumbled , and he had to reach out to steady her . |
| 7 | He had held a great council which , in turn , encouraged the holding of local synods , and he had sent out legates and nuncios on the Church 's mission . |
| 8 | He had quite a long way to walk to the bridge , but there was plenty of time ; he had taken the trouble to find out the train times and he had worked out at what time the train would arrive at the bridge — about 9pm — so he enjoyed his walk . |
| 9 | A double-furrow plough would take a great chunk of the money in his possession , and he had worked out it would need at least four great horses , not three , to carry out the intended task . |
| 10 | Chris said she laughed and he had to rush out of the house or he 'd have killed her … . |
| 11 | Wycliffe was alone and he had to get out of the car to rouse a sleeping dog in the roadway . |
| 12 | Iain called it The Prison , and he began breaking out at weekends , finding his way back to Pinner , and Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 13 | He says that they spoke to Mr Morley and he agreed to come out . |
| 14 | Hers said it was by mistake but I know it was n't and he came wandering out of the wood , all black and shaggy like the Beast in the fairy tale in the most peculiar clothes , very ancient , and dreadful wild hair like pictures of the Prophets . ’ |
| 15 | And he came running out behind us and at the back this massive puzzle and he slipped over in the mud sli slide straight forward and into the . |
| 16 | And he went stumbling out , crying . |
| 17 | I 'd once had to miss a rendezvous with him after he 'd done his own stripping vicar act for some giggling secretary 's twenty-first birthday and he 'd shot out of the pub stark bollock naked to find me somewhere else . |
| 18 | But , yes , it was in front of the Ministry of Defence , and he 'd jumped out of one of the windows . |
| 19 | ‘ The newsagent across the road arrived with a huge pile of Mirrors at eight o'clock and he 'd sold out by 10 . |
| 20 | And he 'd laughed out loud , talking through her , ignoring her frantic attempts to stop him . |
| 21 | Fortunately , the head keeper arrived before Father , and he managed to sort out the mess . |
| 22 | but he worked through and he managed to get out that it said appreciation |
| 23 | And he continued reading out the names of all the hardest rocks in the world . |
| 24 | And he kept shouting out , feed me , feed me , so I woke up at one o'clock in the morning . |
| 25 | Andy Slater had organised and taken part in the race , but with its rapid growth it was getting out of hand and he decided to back out . |
| 26 | The glass was bullet-proof , sky-proof , sea-proof , plant-proof , stone-proof , everything-proof and he refused to come out of it , not even when the Headmaster threatened to throw him to the giant eel for being so cowardly . |
| 27 | He knew , and he tried to get out of Poland . ’ |
| 28 | He 'd got a small garden fork and he started taking out rough bits of grass from the edge of the drive . |
| 29 | Finch thought , bestirred , that the cat was an advance guard for Henry and that Henry must be on his way back to see them , and he wanted to call out to the animal , but in his excitement he could n't remember its name , so he lay back and assumed fatigue again . |
| 30 | ‘ It was a commonsense scheme and he wanted to get out : it was bound to work . ’ |