Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] [pron] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had successfully stamped it out in his own country , and if he 'd been rather too hard on the jews at the same time , well why not ? |
| 2 | After a sideways hack , played left-handed , a poor shot into a greenside bunker and two putts , Harley had effectively played himself out of contention . |
| 3 | With a compulsion to work that must have been almost the equal of that of Van Gogh , he plunged into print-making and in too short a time had effectively burnt himself out . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , you had better tuck it out of the ‘ seducer 's ’ sight ! ’ |
| 5 | Well then , retorted her amused audience : you had better find it out had n't you ? |
| 6 | He had better try them out to James . |
| 7 | He glanced at Catherine but she had obviously noticed nothing out of the way . |
| 8 | The 1947 Press Commission had already pointed it out — but the proportion sharing at that time was only one-fifth . |
| 9 | He had already put himself out by agreeing to see Dougal at such short notice . |
| 10 | The current had already sucked us out into the centre of the river , and we were gathering speed downstream . |
| 11 | Well done Kieran he had already worked his out good boy . |
| 12 | I do n't believe it was a coincidence , and if it was n't — ’ he had finally sorted it out — ‘ if it was n't then it means that Sardinian shepherds dressed themselves up as Sardinian shepherds to do a kidnapping . |
| 13 | Mr Wolski knew already that the old eagle had been ailing for months now and that three weeks ago they had finally taken her out of her cage and into the veterinary block to see if there was anything they could do for her . |
| 14 | Steve reached out desperately to stop his father but he had already opened the driver 's door and had somehow inched himself out . |
| 15 | Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery . |
| 16 | But on this particular morning it was taking him longer than usual to kindle the cheeky spark that had always singled him out from the rest . |
| 17 | He had screwed girls who hated him before , and had always got something out of it . |
| 18 | It was the first time that Kirov had ever seen him out of uniform . |
| 19 | My Lord that is in dispute , it is in dispute firstly that in fact as a matter of fact , Mr had ever held himself out to be an experienced man er of business , that Peter believed him to be as such , er and in any event , even if he was to seem as such it is the plaintiff 's case that there was still a duty upon the solicitor in that situation . |
| 20 | ‘ When I got home last night and found the yard door bolted I thought the old man had deliberately locked me out but the police reckon that whoever killed father was with him then — while I was banging on the door , trying to get in . ’ |
| 21 | Denis did n't remember what happened to the bowler hat after the old man had laboured to haul himself up into the cart and , in response to a wave of the gun , had carefully stretched himself out on its messy floor . |
| 22 | The model represented more than Dr. Lorrimer who had been unkind to her and William , who had practically thrown them out of the laboratory . |
| 23 | Peter Mueller 's experience brought him no great success , either racing or on the French roads ; the new roundabout in Bourg St Maurice , on the road to Val d'Isere , had nearly caught us out , and later we heard that Mueller had crashed and written off his car . |
| 24 | Once they must have been dead level , but not for long It was Student Cross that had really swept him out of her reach . |
| 25 | Yet I have to admit Elaine had really thought it out . |
| 26 | How could she tell him about that dreadful note , about what had really driven her out here ? |
| 27 | He had even pointed it out to her one day , although as she recalled now , he had n't actually invited her to stop by . |
| 28 | He had assured Lucille that he fought only because his pension would be jeopardized if he refused , but in truth he had wanted to know whether the old skills were still there or whether , like a cannon fired too fast and too often , he had simply worn himself out as a soldier . |
| 29 | Illness and death came suddenly : it was as if , over many years , she had simply worn herself out . |
| 30 | But on the other side , a large fire had almost burned itself out . |