Example sentences of "but he [verb] out [art] " in BNC.

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1 She moved to go past him , but he shot out a hand and restrained her .
2 Mr Rabin said he favoured allowing some deportees to join the Palestinian delegation , but he ruled out the two deportees on the reported Egyptian list because they were PLO officials .
3 But he sells out every time he plays a show in Merseyside .
4 She moved as if to go by him , but he stuck out a hand and grabbed her arm .
5 I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right .
6 Mr Valdimir Petrovsky , a UN envoy , said he had had ‘ frank , serious and businesslike ’ talks with the Libyan leader , but he held out no hope of a breakthrough .
7 But he held out the flat of his hand towards her .
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