Example sentences of "but he [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a year or more since they had met , but he ran out of the shop and clung to her elbow . |
| 2 | I do n't know how many years had There 's a chap in the village , Jim , he might be remember , but he ran out of time too , to win the cup I think . |
| 3 | But he ran out of steam in the closing stages , took a 6 at the long sixth , and gave hope to the rest that the £41,660 top prize might still be available . |
| 4 | But he dropped out of the limelight after moving to Watford from Nottingham Forest . |
| 5 | But he turns out to be a devastatingly good campaigner . |
| 6 | His counterpart in ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ — George Wickham — stands also for the rejection of society 's standards , but he turns out to be a rake and a liar — a totally unsuitable match for any of the Longbourne girls . |
| 7 | After the Restoration , pursuing his erstwhile reversion on Edmund 's behalf , he was pronounced unfit for a tellership , but he kept out of trouble until 1671 , when he was sent to the Tower on suspicion of involvement in the conspiracy of Colonel Thomas Blood [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | I mean I 'm not saying he 's alcoholic but he goes out with the lads and he you know he 'll he 'll sort of thud up the stairs . |
| 9 | he says he does n't go out so often but it 's more a question of qality and not quantity … its tough to stay on top but he goes out to Florida most years to train and learn the new techniques |
| 10 | He 's retired , of course , but he helps out at St Clem 's and he 's still very vigorous . |
| 11 | Bob was a fine dribbler , with a distinctive hunch-shouldered gait , and was a neat header of the ball , but he fell out of favour when Cyril Spiers arrived and introduced a policy of replacing the more experienced men with younger players . |
| 12 | Former Wales football manager Mike England ( Rhuddlan ) led the field after a morning round of 68 but he fell out of contention with a 76 in the afternoon . |
| 13 | Richard , the ‘ Lion Heart ’ , was crowned King Richard I , in September 1189 , and in his Crusade he conquered Cyprus and the city of Acre , advancing to within twelve miles of Jerusalem , but he fell out with other Christian princes on the Crusade and was shipwrecked during December 1192 , in the Adriatic , and fell into the hands of Emperor Henry II of Austria , who held him captive until he received a ransom of one hundred thousand pounds . |
| 14 | McLure , the Spons-A-Tee Northern Amateur Masters Champion picked up valuable points towards retaining the title thanks to his win at Seaton Carew , but he looked out of it after a first round 79 , despite a birdie at the 18th . |
| 15 | His eyesight was below par which disqualified him from being a pilot — and annoyed him a lot — but he passed out as a navigator . |
| 16 | I first met with Arnie it must 've been ‘ 44 , I did n't get to know him well then but he came out of that with one hell of a name as a field man . |
| 17 | But he went out for three days , never for an hour and a quarter . |
| 18 | Hawkins protested , but he went out of the room . |
| 19 | I knew he could withdraw , but he went out of his way to be rude . |
| 20 | Initially , Richard Burton was to direct , but he pulled out of the project and Taylor persuaded John Huston to do it . |
| 21 | He was scheduled to compete in his 100th , and last , Grand Prix at Watkins Glen but he pulled out of the race in respect for his team-mate Francois Cevert who was killed in practice . |
| 22 | He would have preferred to stay at Lyons , but he set out at once in mid-March , and arrived in Rome about the end of April 1098 . |
| 23 | He was hit in the legs , but he backed out of the line of fire . |
| 24 | But he lost out on the First Division title because he was reluctant to strengthen the team . |
| 25 | One fan sang along and plucked at an imaginary guitar , but he turned out to be the roadie . |
| 26 | With his entrepreneurial skills , and his international connections , he seemed for a time the man most likely to lead the British film industry away from its artisanal base , but he turned out to be no more responsive than anyone else to developments that were going to make things very difficult for the pioneers . |
| 27 | They caught a suspicious individual one evening , and turned him over to the police ; but he turned out to be a frightened bilberry-picker who had lost his way . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought he was French , ’ said Emily , ‘ but he turned out to be Corsican . ’ |
| 29 | Werner 's " General " turned out to be the commander of the armed forces in southern Celebes — a figure whom we would normally have done our utmost to avoid , given his political power and our absence of filming permits , but he turned out to be an exuberantly friendly man who never asked for them . |
| 30 | For all his undoubted talent Grayson may not have been a budding Ian Rush but he turned out for one of the country 's most famous clubs , perhaps not the best but certainly one of the best known — Accrington Stanley . |