Example sentences of "i [vb past] out [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made out what I could : |
| 2 | Yes , I could tell from Aunt Nessy 's breathing that she would not recover consciousness ; nevertheless , before I crept out I did kiss her , just in case some little part of her , still aware , should feel it . |
| 3 | I stammered out my history , my eyes occasionally wandering to a winter view of rooftops , an opaque winter sky behind his head . |
| 4 | So I whipped out something I 've done eleven hundred words , re-wrote it and it 's now seventeen hundred words about the house . |
| 5 | I checked out what was happening ahead . |
| 6 | ‘ The second killer , the one who murdered the girl , I checked out his MO because that sounded familiar , too . ’ |
| 7 | On the day I got out they picked us up in a taxi at the prison and then we went to the hospital to pick him up . |
| 8 | The door was locked but I got out my key and let myself in . |
| 9 | I got out my sheet sleeping bag and slipped it between the regulation army blankets on the bed . |
| 10 | ‘ When I got out I looked at the car and the lorry and I just could n't believe it . |
| 11 | I went back to Desmond and got myself into more trouble because as soon as I got out I wanted money . |
| 12 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 13 | Oh well last I got out I found that I was about a foot too far forward out into the |
| 14 | And she said to him , when I got out she said oh , was he knife happy ? |
| 15 | Fortunately , there were sheep in the adjacent field and to prevent complete suffocation , I tried out my best ‘ sheep coughing ’ impersonation . |
| 16 | Years later , after my mother 's death , I found out what had caused that first attack and precipitated the fatal one . |
| 17 | I would never try on something revealing like a swimming costume in a communal changing room , because when I was bigger I 'd be thinking everyone would be looking at the bulgy bits thinking how fat I was ( well , this is what I thought after I found out what my friends had been saying ) , and now I would feel too self-conscious because other girls would be thinking how skinny I look . |
| 18 | It was n't until The Byrds ’ ‘ Untitled ’ double album came out with the liner notes explaining all about the string-bender that I found out what a fool I 'd been … |
| 19 | ‘ My first reaction was ‘ meals on wheels ’ , ’ he laughs , ‘ but then I found out what a big organisation it was and that what they did appealed to me . |
| 20 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't give my own name , till I found out what that fellow was up to . |
| 22 | Later , I found out what it was all about . |
| 23 | The next morning I tried again , I found out what his name was ( vile coincidence ! ) , |
| 24 | I found out what made him tick . ’ |
| 25 | As I did when I found out what he 'd done . ’ |
| 26 | When I found out what was going on I persuaded the colonel to go for a little holiday — and then , ’ he continued angrily when Hilary snorted derisively again , ‘ when I did meet you , I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 27 | it has n't really been erm all that eventful but at least by staying put rather than going off at , I , I 'd , I 'd thought about , at one time , erm emigrating to New Zealand but er erm when I found out what the conditions were like out there I decided to stay and er |
| 28 | That 's the one I found out what mine was . |
| 29 | I 'm glad I found out what that is . |
| 30 | And basically they ha and the other thing , right , I found out what they had for dinner the other night right ? |