Example sentences of "i [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I change out of my pyjamas into them to write |
2 | What do I want out of my working life ? |
3 | Ask yourself the question ‘ What do I want out of life ? ’ |
4 | As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight . |
5 | Anyway , as you know , we were almost brought up in the same bassinet , and , as I made out to Mama just a short while ago , if Isobel had to choose between the horse and me , the horse would come out best . ’ |
6 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
7 | What I made out of I mean a lot of small businesses , small business , its like paying Russian roulette every single day . |
8 | In the second place , if you think I crept out into the street last night and daubed some portentous graffito on the wall opposite your room , you are very much mistaken . |
9 | I felt very much the wallflower as I crept out of the room without speaking to anyone , my books held tightly against my chest in a way which , I was to learn , was feminine and wrong for a man . |
10 | As soon as it was light , I crept out of the room and went downstairs for a coffee at a nearby café . |
11 | A few minutes later , when Nelly was preoccupied , I 'm sorry to say my cowardice got the better of me and I crept out of the room , down the stairs and ran off home . |
12 | I crept out of the sitting-room and into the small room next door , where I chose a book full of pictures from the bookcase . |
13 | I crept out after this , my last encounter with a commissioned officer , with my hard-won confidence and self-esteem in shreds once more . |
14 | I crept out from under the chair and smelt the dark liquid which had formed a pool on the hearth and soaked into the rug . |
15 | Just I mean out of interest the reason why I did n't take Sheffield |
16 | I mean out of the three that he saw and prefer , I must admit he did prefer forty four . |
17 | I had no sister , I went to all-boys schools , I lived out of town , never went to parties and while for others girlfriends were the in-thing , I lived for sport . ’ |
18 | Did I stay out of loyalty to the priest , the human being , or was there something else that compelled me to remain there , when all the more ‘ Christian ’ elements had long ago fled ? |
19 | Should I stay out of the sun ? |
20 | You , you were n't auto sort of automatically allowed out till ten you had to go to the office and say , please may I stay out till ten . |
21 | And he was n't in today I mean came into work and I passed out in the . . |
22 | Then Clay and I rode out on horseback for a tour of the beautiful sage-covered landscape which seemed to stretch to Mexico . |
23 | But as I rode out with the nation 's most prestigious hunt , I found its members the model of politeness . |
24 | So , at half-past eleven that night , Sapt and I rode out to the house in New Avenue . |
25 | As I rode out of town , past the railway station and its ‘ Welcome to Prestatyn ’ message , to alighting holidaymakers , I could not help thinking that they certainly were . |
26 | Then , on 24th April , I rode out of Edinburgh to the north . |
27 | ‘ I 'm black and blue from head to toe , ’ said Crawford then , ‘ I 've got eight pulled ligaments in my leg and bruises all over and , when I limp out of the theatre at night , these bloody bastards are walking up and down with signs saying ‘ English actors will be working next year — will you ? ’ . |
28 | And , with that , I stalked out into the corridor , as pansy , still dazed from the effects of the explosion , meandered feebly after my mother , muttering about notes and the headmaster 's policy on being excused important school activities . |
29 | I stalked out of the hall , quite pleased with myself , and went back to my own chamber . |
30 | Why did I rush out like that ? |