Example sentences of "[to-vb] he out " in BNC.
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| 31 | Bob tried to talk him out of it when they were on their own , at the sandwich bar in the Gates . |
| 32 | When Maxim had gone , Agnes said : ‘ You did n't even try to talk him out of it . ’ |
| 33 | I ca n't be bothered trying to talk him out of taking drugs cos it wo n't work . |
| 34 | I imagined God saying something like this : ‘ So you are going to sort him out , are you ? |
| 35 | I could n't get Nutty to wear that flowered frock you gave him , he 's dead ignorant and I wish you 'd send the lads to sort him out again . |
| 36 | They took nearly an hour to sort him out . |
| 37 | The pony really needs a vet to sort him out . |
| 38 | We could do nothing to sort him out because we had decided not to do anything foolish . |
| 39 | They had a huge row when he got back home early yesterday — and she called police to sort him out . |
| 40 | ‘ One of you really ought to sort him out . |
| 41 | None of this convinced Mrs Singh who left the classroom saying in an unusually dictatorial tone to the class teacher , ‘ I want you to sort him out and bring homework home . ’ |
| 42 | He would get up and blunder about falling over shoes and unable to find his dressing gown , until at last the light had to be turned on to sort him out , and Chrissy had worked himself into a frenzy . |
| 43 | I said well it 's up to the teachers , I said , you ca n't expect me , I mean if there was if he was picked on I would go down there but I mean if he 's being naughty then it 's up to the teachers to sort him out |
| 44 | Would we want to rule him out as being conscious , on the grounds that the above condition is a necessary one ? |
| 45 | You 're still a young man … well , youngish. ’ she said , trying to tease him out of his apparent lethargy and depression . |
| 46 | But he was under exclusive contract to Universal , and they wanted a prohibitive amount of money to loan him out . |
| 47 | In addition Drury persuaded one witness to amend his evidence so as to incriminate Cooper , arranged for another to be shown a photograph of McMahon so as to pick him out in an identification parade , omitted to tell the defence of two witnesses crucial to their case , cited another as prosecution witness to prevent the defence from calling him , and bribed two prisoners in Leicester Prison , where McMahon was on remand , to say that McMahon had admitted to them his part in the crime . |
| 48 | ‘ Do you think you will be able to pick him out ? ’ |
| 49 | ‘ That 's why I 'm hoping Ali will be able to pick him out . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ When we put the cage down on the grass and opened the door we thought we might have to urge him out , but not a bit of it . |
| 51 | From there he was handed on to Bloomsbury House , where Elaine Blond agreed a one-off payment to fit him out for another job . |
| 52 | It would be paranoia , of course , to suggest that someone had arranged for him to drop into this particular hole , but it was certainly true that no one would be eager to fish him out . |
| 53 | or they just did n't bother to fish him out . |
| 54 | On each occasion , he became engaged in long disputes with local reporters , some of whom tried to jostle him out of the room . |
| 55 | He would have liked to help him out , but … |
| 56 | It 's just that they were not inclined to help him out . |
| 57 | I sometimes used to help him out with double dates , but they always ended with both girls squabbling over yours truly and Stuart sulking in the corner and displaying all the charisma of a limpet . |
| 58 | She 'd been surprised and off-balance on hearing his voice , but her subsequent enthusiasm and willingness to help him out had been well-feigned . |
| 59 | I was able to help him out . |
| 60 | He had laid by his sword , but he had a dagger still upon him , and managed to draw it and slash through the folds that smothered him ; and Norbury and Erpyngham and half a dozen others of his own people came plunging and splashing through the storm to help him out of these ominous grave-clothes . |