Example sentences of "[to-vb] out [coord] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He wanted to reach out and wrap her in his arms , to hold her tight and comfort her , but he had been wrong before . |
| 32 | I know now that owls are not at all like living cuddly toys , but at the time I wanted to reach out and cuddle them . |
| 33 | She flicked him a perfunctory smile , seeing the mockery lingering in his dark eyes in a way that made her itch to reach out and slap him . |
| 34 | Infuriated , she forgot herself sufficiently to reach out and prod his knee . |
| 35 | Yet , though she longed to flee from him , to put huge distances between them , there was something drawing her , some mystery in him that seemed to reach out and take her in its clutches . |
| 36 | Unfortunately there are sacrifices to be made , it could mean less time with loved ones or a more pressurised lifestyle , but if that 's what you want now is the time to reach out and take it . |
| 37 | Birthdays from January 8-11 are in the front line of change in 1993 and it may be that no matter how you try to reach out and claim what you want , it eludes you — for now . |
| 38 | Robbie had to fight down an impulse to reach out and run her fingers over the dark mat . |
| 39 | She longed to reach out and touch them . |
| 40 | I want to reach out and touch her , like she 's just been bereaved . |
| 41 | ‘ Calm yourself , Theda , ’ he said gently , not daring to reach out and touch her , in case his own forced calm should desert him . |
| 42 | I want to reach out and touch him , to put a hand on his shoulder or something , but he avoids my eyes . |
| 43 | She wanted to reach out and touch him , to tell him that life could be wonderful . |
| 44 | I 've just rung up to see , I was gon na ask Jo to nip out and get me a cake and see if the advert was in , but it do it does n't actually come out , it 's like the local Chronicle here , it comes out on a Thursday night |
| 45 | These nonconformists or dissenters — were no longer , however , simply allowed to opt out and organize their own services , for the legislation of the Clarendon Code passed in the 1660s made any such unauthorized meetings for worship illegal . |
| 46 | I suppose we ought to go out and give him a hand really but |
| 47 | I mean Friday night we do n't do much anyway you know , I mean it 's like everything else if I do n't , if I say to mum , mum we 've got nothing to do , I mean it 's like everything else you ca n't afford to go out and do what , things that you would like to do , but you know like bingo and things , so we al , we get a game of cards going just to stop the rot and the boredom |
| 48 | I always tell the younger athletes to go out and do it , to believe in themselves . |
| 49 | ‘ I 've never had any doubts about my scoring ability but I have still got to go out and do it on a consistent basis . ’ |
| 50 | To go out and do it again , and then wheel the goodamn babes out for the inspection of the nation is beyond comprehension . |
| 51 | Can you ever remember your husband asking you to go out and leave him alone with anyone ? ’ |
| 52 | I hope I can encourage the uninitiated to go out and treat themselves to several for their Christmas stocking as well as see the value of videos as a valid support technique during the long winter evenings ahead . |
| 53 | Many of my male colleagues would have asked their female secretaries to go out and choose one for them . |
| 54 | But if your repertoire includes standards like Wo n't Get Fooled Again , Substitute , and My Generation , it must be galling to be made to justify your desire to go out and play them . |
| 55 | He did not want to be bothered with the problems she encountered , with water that seemed brackish or ceilings that had cracked — they were her concerns and , as she complained in a letter to Minnie : — I am driven to distraction with those household concerns with which you will be familiar Minnie but then in your case you have but to report them for them to be seen to by the master who will instruct the butler to bring in workmen and I am obliged to go out and seek my own help which is no easy thing . |
| 56 | And if we want any bilberries bottled this year someone 'll have to go out and pick them soon . |
| 57 | As soon as the shops opened after the holidays he was going to go out and buy himself a tie ! |
| 58 | Not till I can afford to go out and buy one . |
| 59 | I imagined it as clearly as one could , to the point where I was ready to go out and buy my burial outfit . ’ |
| 60 | He played one record I liked so much I decided to go out and buy it . |