Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] he [adv prt] of " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Someone in his financial position could easily have got a doctor 's certificate to pull him out of tournaments but to his credit he never even considered it . ’
2 Laughton is in a hole and the players as professional sportsmen have a responsibility to pull him out of it .
3 Corbett followed him out of the house .
4 Vacation time Francis arranged for him to caddy at the Lyford Cay club to keep him out of trouble .
5 Was it a two-way respect — had the two got their heads together and decided it might be beneficial to Travis to send him out of the country for a short while ?
6 And although Hick hit him out of the attack briefly , producing a second cameo of the series which included an extraordinary one-handed straight six , Patel returned downwind to sneak one through before the Zimbabwean could reach a maiden Test half-century .
7 Adams benefited from the tailenders ' intention to belt him out of the ground , taking three of the last five wickets for final figures of four for 43 from 21.4 overs .
8 A battleground of historic events and a jungle of eyes watching him out of the gloom , bright eyes and eyes dulled from misuse , flaring nostrils and faded plumage and gaping jaws and once-golden beaks .
9 Theda opened her mouth to blister him out of the torment that consumed her … and paused , arrested by the look in his face .
10 Our attempts to talk him out of this merely provoked his scorn .
11 As Nancy helped him out of bed , Sikes swore and cursed at her clumsiness .
12 When lo ! an angel called him out of heaven ,
13 He was hauled back to New York and given that column to keep him out of any more mischief . ’
14 Three years ago Adam Dent 's parents took him out of school because they thought he was n't making enough progress .
15 It was irregular because his duties took him out of touch for weeks at a time .
16 Another fall put him out of the reckoning in the first heat , but an eighth and a sixth were good enough to earn seventh overall .
17 You think the girl knocked him off , and then hired some help to get him out of there ? ’
18 He looked so frail as I watched Gavin help him out of the car , followed by the cat basket .
19 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 .
20 I always regarded Ellen 's attitude towards Grimes as one of sympathy and understanding and a desire to help him out of his difficulties .
21 Willi followed him out of the dressing room .
22 Carrie followed him out of the kitchen , through the hall , and up the polished stairs .
23 When the Russkies dig him out of the snow tomorrow he 'll say he knows nothing about our operations in Helsinki and I 'm going to make sure he 's not lying .
24 Irina said to Ludens , ‘ For heaven 's sake get him out of here ! ’
25 Martinez pulled him out of the Hi-Flight contract and signed him up with Supersight . ’
26 Now we will be collecting on Monday to keep him out of jail instead . ’
27 Even if it was n't quite enough finesse to keep him out of the loony bin .
28 He finished on the rostrum in three of the first four GPs ( ignition failure put him out of the fourth ) and he beat John Kocinski in stunning style to win the fifth GP of the season at the Nurburgring .
29 He was in Belfast in 1990 , but two heart attacks put him out of action for a while .
30 But Mr Donnellan claimed they wanted him to admit a lesser charge to get him out of the college quietly .
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