Example sentences of "out and [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a shame in many ways that Robert Harris ' Fatherland ( Arrow ) has such stiff competition in the same area , for judging by the hardcover success I , along with Arrow , have stuck my neck out and made it a Giant . |
| 2 | She also employed a woman who let her guests in and out and offered them a glass of wine while they waited . |
| 3 | The Bloodthirster lashed out and struck him a terrible blow , breaking the bones of his left arm so that his shield hung useless at his side . |
| 4 | It leapt forward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch . |
| 5 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
| 6 | As she spoke , she reached out and poured herself a glass of water from a jug that was always on her desk . |
| 7 | By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate . |
| 8 | There is a story that two painters had been drinking until dawn and , on hearing the news of the occupation on the radio , went out and found themselves an inspector of police . |
| 9 | When surveyors started sizing up her land , ‘ I got my shotgun out and showed them the gate , ' she said . |
| 10 | ’ ‘ ’ A nice bit of steak , ' ’ he said and she rushed out and bought him a steak . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , she said he needs some new pyjamas — his old ones are so worn through they 're hardly decent — so I went out and bought him a pair . ’ |
| 12 | She went into the bathroom and added water to the whisky , then came back out and handed him a glass . |
| 13 | I hung the carpets out and gave them a good beating . ’ |