Example sentences of "[v-ing] out and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that Jocasta was unlikely to come bouncing out and invite her in to listen to a Mahler symphony on her record player . |
| 2 | I felt like murmuring the verses about Judas going out and hanging himself , and that he should go and do likewise , but Benjamin looked so quietly pleased with himself that I bit my tongue . |
| 3 | Are you all going out and leaving me in here ? |
| 4 | Three young men , all old enough to buy shirts for themselves , and their father 's still going out and buying them shirts ! |
| 5 | If you 're unhappy and miserable because you 're lonely , then you have to find other ways to address that than going out and buying something to wear , or getting drunk . |
| 6 | The only supervision required is the kind that will keep the addict from going out and buying something to satisfy his craving . |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher saw this as the tragic side of a prosperous Britain , pointing out on the BBC news on 20 August 1989 when visiting the wreck , that people had more money nowadays , and seemed to be going out and enjoying themselves , which was why so many people were on board . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure he would , the good man , Lord rest him , ’ said Julia and Mrs Redmond went on , ‘ I came home one night and Sarah told me my mother had told her she should start going out and enjoying herself , and I was relieved . |
| 9 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 10 | In addition to improving service you also have a sound basis for going out and telling your customer what you are doing , which can act as a useful marketing tool . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You could sense Elizabeth 's excitement at the thought of going out and meeting her friends . |
| 12 | They use a business language that is so predictable and going out and doing it is not part of the course . |
| 13 | It was n't because I enjoy killing , not just going out and doing it . |
| 14 | WE schemes did not involve the ‘ initiative ’ involved in going out and finding your own part-time job . |
| 15 | You think going out and killing oneself for a few shillings is normal to a Masai ? |
| 16 | The most dangerous of all the spiders is the black widow , a small species that is common throughout America and which responds to vibrations of its web by rushing out and biting what it considers to be its next meal . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ Money 's available to George , but there 's no point in him rushing out and spending it for the hell of it . |
| 18 | And she also hopes to spend time with Chester Zoo 's own black rhino baby Emma , mucking out and washing her to raise money . |
| 19 | In contrast , in the unusual paintings of the old women , the oozing , languid application of oil mirrors their own physical deterioration , their ageing , slowing bodies , spreading out and losing their deftness of youth . |
| 20 | The doctors are appalled by the press , everybody is appalled ; the nurse is freaking out and saying she will not take me to the operating theatre because they will take my picture and harass me ; she is terrified somebody is going to hit her , so in the end my lawyer wheels me because nobody else dares . |
| 21 | I saw him crying out and holding his hands over his face . |
| 22 | He came running out and took me by the sleeve in the darkness . |
| 23 | It stops them from dropping out and makes them look longer and thicker — I think it really works . |
| 24 | It was right up to his mouth when Lamarr Dean nudged him , reaching out and pushing him a little , and the mescal spilled over the Apache 's chin and down the front of his vest . |
| 25 | He found himself suddenly reaching out and touching someone or making some wild arm movement without thinking . |
| 26 | ‘ I always thought it was solid , ’ said Billie , coming up to it , reaching out and touching it in awe . |
| 27 | ‘ George Galloway ‘ urt us all , Mum , but yer got ta try an' put 'im out o' yer mind , ’ Carrie replied , reaching out and squeezing her mother 's hand in hers . |
| 28 | Xanthe was shaking out and smoothing her full skirt . |
| 29 | Daalny was shaking out and combing her long black hair in the women 's rooms , and listening to the chatter of a merchant 's widow from Wem , who had availed herself of a night 's lodging here on her way to Wenlock for her daughter 's lying-in . |
| 30 | Eventually , and despite the onset of winter weather , we managed to get most of the sequences we wanted , including foxes scavenging on long , lonely stretches of shingle , male foxes pacing out and marking their territorial boundaries , foxes fighting , and cubs in search of their own territories . |