Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking after the withdrawal of the final charges Buckey , who had spent five years in prison before being released on bail in 1987 , said that he planned to move out of the state and " get some fresh air " . |
| 2 | The claim is disputed … but it 's still a good excuse for a ballooning festival.So the lawns of the Chase Hotel were busy this evening as the fist arrivals for the weekend event prepared for their ascent.We took up the offer of a flight with Ian Ashpole , who told us he planned to jump out of the balloon when we reached full height : |
| 3 | It 's got nothing to do with the fact that he got bent out of shape at an early age and has been shaping laughs out of the kinks ever since . |
| 4 | The teacher used to come in and take him and he got fed up of it 'cause he could n't get on with his other work . |
| 5 | I used to have one but he got fed up of me using it so he cut plug off |
| 6 | Why do you suppose he got thrown out of Windsor ? ’ |
| 7 | There consul in Rome came up on an official visit and there was nearly a diplomatic incident when he got thrown out of the new university canteen he come to expect . |
| 8 | The answer to that was made plain to him with a stab of dread when he ventured to peer out of his embrasure , for the tall figure was already at the top of the staircase and advancing silently and at leisure along the stone corridor . |
| 9 | He tried to wriggle out of his responsibilities however , but his boss said : " If you want to keep your job , this is what you must do . " |
| 10 | He tried to wriggle out of it , as usual . |
| 11 | The coroner concluded he had choked to death when he tried to climb out of his cot . |
| 12 | Philip knew he was thinking about the swimming , the way he objected to spending all his time training and how he tried to get out of it . |
| 13 | Hayes next hit Roger Ford just above the glove as he tried to get out of the way , and was out lbw ; 384 for 9 . |
| 14 | He knew , and he tried to get out of Poland . ’ |
| 15 | If he mentioned moving out of her parents ' house , she dissolved into tears . |
| 16 | He 'd stepped out of the house at noon believing the woman he 'd left was devoted to him , and come home five hours later to find the house as it was now . |
| 17 | By the time that he 'd stepped out of the kitchen and into the main hall , he 'd lost her . |
| 18 | Just as he 'd gone out of his way to bait Lotta by kissing her , Gina , so passionately ! |
| 19 | Yes , she 'd been worried about Nicolo 's intentions , but he 'd gone out of his way to tell her — to show her — that he was n't the least bit interested in her as a woman . |
| 20 | The garments fitted perfectly ; he 'd grown out of them in 3 weeks . |
| 21 | And shortly after the daylight found him , he was pensively studying a box of a dozen contraceptives that he 'd turned out of her soapcase . |
| 22 | I 'd once had to miss a rendezvous with him after he 'd done his own stripping vicar act for some giggling secretary 's twenty-first birthday and he 'd shot out of the pub stark bollock naked to find me somewhere else . |
| 23 | He 'd fallen out of the tree and the tiger was close somewhere just beyond the clearing . |
| 24 | But , yes , it was in front of the Ministry of Defence , and he 'd jumped out of one of the windows . |
| 25 | He 'd branched out of mod and his look and outlook had changed little for years . |
| 26 | He held out the handful of nails and stuff he 'd taken out of his Dad 's shed . |
| 27 | Next thing I know , he 'd driven out of there , hell for leather , in a bright red sports car , and headed south . |
| 28 | She still had n't got over the shock of seeing David Markham again ; it must be … she did a rapid calculation in her head … all of five years since he 'd walked out of their lives . |
| 29 | The reason the trade union movement should support the Maastricht Treaty is it 's the only Treaty that is on offer , there 's nothing else on offer but it 's a reasonable Treaty , it has differences in the U K and the reasons it has differences in the U K is the one Mr Major came back last December tell us what a wonderful opportunity it was for Britain , what a wonderful success it was for Britain that he 'd opted out of the Social Chapter . |
| 30 | He wanted to show me how much he 'd got out of them . |