Example sentences of "out [conj] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , every time you grab somebody with your hands or arms , you lose the use of those natural weapons , because you ca n't use them to hit out or to defend yourself . |
| 2 | The excesses of overpayment in 1987–89 were made worse by a simple point : companies , whether buying themselves out or releveraging themselves in competition with outside bidders , paid their investment-bank advisers fees linked to whether the transaction was completed or not . |
| 3 | I suppose she bought clothes like other girls , and went out and enjoyed herself . |
| 4 | Half a dozen guards hurtled through it , spread out and flung themselves down on one knee . |
| 5 | Claudia stared at him blankly , unable to take it in for several minutes , and when she did she cried out and launched herself at him , her hands raised . |
| 6 | Cross with herself for even trying to work out his peculiar behaviour , she climbed out and dried herself . |
| 7 | Before it grew too chilly she climbed out and dried herself on her dirty shirt before dressing . |
| 8 | In the face of thumb joints with developing arthritis , I decided to lash out and treat myself to a Silver Reed punching machine , PM10 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At the first opportunity , she had clambered out and dragged herself upwards to this warmer , darker , more humid place where she now slept . |
| 11 | But it 's a dangerous thing to come out and commit yourself to publicly . |
| 12 | After a period of silence from outside , a voice now hailed Place , told him to come out and give himself up . |
| 13 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 14 | It 's just a race , after all — if you 're any good , you can wave your arms about while pulling a horse 's back teeth out and keep yourself out of the stewards ' room . |
| 15 | Boys to get dressed I 'll put the washing out and get myself |
| 16 | One timid secretary with very little self confidence was instructed " Go out and get yourself a driving licence . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 20 | They were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure : ‘ They get up at any hour they choose , and go out and amuse themselves . ’ |
| 21 | When he 'd finished at the sink I came out and wound myself lovingly around his legs but he shut me in the kitchen . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Then , larger than life , so vivid she might almost have reached out and touched herself , there she was , transformed , hardly recognizable : teeth bared in a grin of manic glee , her eyes white-hot and blazing like a berserk android in a film she had seen once . |
| 24 | Owing to pressure of work , Brush evidently purchased sixteen body shells from U.E.C. for the larger cars , which they fitted out and trucked themselves at Loughborough . |
| 25 | Not even the fantasy that one of the Tsar 's descendents was preparing to come out and offer himself as a leader within Russia itself , defying the authorities to arrest him and prove that they had n't changed after all . |
| 26 | She had some exotic liquids in bottles , one of which Nutty tried out and turned herself native . |
| 27 | Mum said he had to watch the house and the food in case anyone slipped in while we were out and helped themselves . |
| 28 | She poured a little whisky into a glass , put the stopper back in the decanter , thought for a moment , then took it out and helped herself to a more sensible amount . |
| 29 | She reached out and helped herself to an almond pastry . |
| 30 | As she spoke , she reached out and poured herself a glass of water from a jug that was always on her desk . |