How To Use Key out In A Sentence

  • It's nice to be with people who take the mickey out of each other. Times, Sunday Times
  • My other half has started taking the mickey out of my taste in TV programmes, noting that all I watch are ‘Long Ago’ documentaries.
  • Don't take the mickey out of me, sunshine. Times, Sunday Times
  • I always took my key out of my bag and put it in my pocket.
  • And he loved to tell the yarn about how he and a pal pilfered a barrel of whiskey out from under the noses of the police during Prohibition.
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  • Neither starter was dominating against the opposing batters, but both managed to keep the game close with some fine defensive help and key outs in clutch moments.
  • The government may soon repeal the law that makes it an offence to take the mickey out of judges. Times, Sunday Times
  • I used to stomp out of my room in protest in the evenings after he placed an antique clock from Turkey outside my room.
  • You had to try and block your mind off from what they were talking about because they were laughing and joking and taking the mickey out of me.
  • But if we make a monkey out of it, then we make a monkey of ourselves. The Sun
  • People are always trying to take the mickey out of him because of his funny accent.
  • They have always taken the mickey out of me for being a blocker, but in that match I hit 22 and I actually played some shots.
  • Dad and I helped Sharkey out of the wagon, then tied Jewel to the old gumbo-limbo tree. BLOWN AWAY!
  • But if we make a monkey out of it, then we make a monkey of ourselves. The Sun
  • He famously quipped: 'You want to make a monkey out of me? The Sun
  • Swedish woman, who lived on tea and sugar, and afterwards had gone away and borne nine children, more frail and anaemic than herself; there had been the stout personage with the Irish brogue who had dropped the Christmas turkey out of the window and had not taken the trouble to go down after it; there had been the little old negress who had gone insane, and hurled the salt-box at his mother's head. Love's Pilgrimage
  • We take the mickey out of human foibles and how people react to things. The Sun
  • But if we make a monkey out of it, then we make a monkey of ourselves. The Sun
  • You don't take the mickey out of Test cricket. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you haven't seen the show you may not know the attitude, so I should point out that the whole thing is taking the mickey out of the reporting methods of the major news channels, with a fair bit of commentary.
  • They used to take the mickey out of Ade because of the way he spoke.
  • Reaching her apartment, Marla pulled her key out of her pocket and stuck it in the keyhole.
  • Watson says the band took the mickey out of people who took themselves too seriously.
  • Is it wrong that I find myself wanting to kill a monkey out of vengeful jealousy?
  • City women give the blokey outdoors life their best shot.
  • Of course some of them love to take the mickey out of me because I'm the bloke on the telly. Times, Sunday Times
  • He swerved into his parking space on the dock, took his key out of the ignition, locked the car and ran up to the ship.
  • Another key outcome of these new initiatives is to increase the number of custodians guiding the quality of urban design in our cities.
  • They used to take the mickey out of Ade because of the way he spoke.
  • I'm going to make some little doohickey out of paperclips for the next half hour and then maybe wander off and get a candy bar.
  • Now first-time offenders who jacklight deer at night, kill deer and turkey out of season or exceed the limit of animals they can bag will face 90 days in jail, a fine of at least $1,000 and a three-year loss of their hunting license. Post-gazette.com - News
  • Father: Would you get the key out of my pocket for me please, dear?
  • Sliding her dorm key out of the pocket she had sewn onto her swingy black 50's flapper dress, Gabby was about to shove it into the lock when the door swung open on it's own.
  • Finally, she stopped on the landing, and took the key out of her purse.
  • They used to take the mickey out of Ade because of the way he spoke.
  • ‘I used to stick up for her at school and in the town when people took the mickey out of her,’ said 17-year-old Debbie.
  • MILES O'BRIEN: You don't think those high risk customers will find a way to take the dohickey out of the vehicle? CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2006
  • The euro is the key outperformer on the day," said Greg Anderson , a foreign-exchange analyst at Citigroup in New York. Euro Advances on Dollar
  • I do understand that it can be difficult dealing with male colleagues, especially if they are accustomed to mucking about and taking the mickey out of each other.
  • I wasn't really sure if I was taking the mickey out of her, or she was taking the mickey out of me!
  • The Morgantown resident said she was getting a spare house key out her car's trunk on Monday when her cat Mork, one of three in the car, stepped on the automatic door lock.
  • The others love taking the mickey out of my accent, but they are a cracking set of lads, and from day one made me feel very welcome.
  • I know I took the mickey out of you for that letter, but I mean... aw, well. MUSIC FOR BOYS
  • She slowly took that key out from under her dress and placed it on the ground.
  • He had mocked the laws and made a monkey out of the lawmen.
  • Taking the mickey out of modern dance, they conjure up moves by all the greats, starting with Isadora Duncan swanning around the Louvre and ending in a symphony of blue.
  • She's full of stories and takes the mickey out of herself with a nice combination of faux puzzlement and sarcasm. Times, Sunday Times
  • The government may soon repeal the law that makes it an offence to take the mickey out of judges. Times, Sunday Times
  • What I am saying, is that America is severely f%@*&cked up and you need to hang your little pinkey out in the storm to gauge how bad it is out there … blanco_nino Follow-Up: CHS Attackers' Ringleader at cvillenews.com
  • It's a joke; you fool about; they take the mickey out of you and it's fun.
  • I always took my key out of my bag and put it in my pocket.
  • They used to take the mickey out of Ade because of the way he spoke.
  • His capacity for taking the mickey out of defences was also legendary even though he could be diffident in front of goal in a way that Finney would have found unnatural.
  • Swinging a leg over the seat he fished the key out of his duster pocket and cranked the engine into life.
  • Just about the time that I pulled my key out of the ignition, the house's front door burst open.
  • I was terrified he might turn on me, and he soon did, calling me ‘Miss Prim’ and ‘Miss Powell’ and taking the mickey out of my clothes and accent.
  • A PUB landlord took the mickey out of his MP neighbour's opposition to wind farms by erecting a mini-turbine in his back yard.
  • His key out from his pocket and fell onto the ground.
  • I turned around towards the door, pulling my spare key out of my purse and unlocking it, walking inside.
  • I've already had one busy weekend with them and they're taking the mickey out of me, which is a good sign.
  • I always took my key out of my bag and put it in my pocket.
  • He famously quipped: 'You want to make a monkey out of me? The Sun
  • A group of other boys were taking the mickey out of him.
  • The other lads took the mickey out of me because I spent my 21st birthday on patrol.
  • People are always trying to take the mickey out of him because of his funny accent.
  • You can take the mickey out of him, so long as you can take it back. Times, Sunday Times
  • Father: Would you get the key out of my pocket for me please, dear?
  • My fiancée's mother works at police headquarters and she has been taking the mickey out of me.
  • I couldn't find the key out there so I thought I was screwed.
  • So compulsive were his sketches, in which he mercilessly took the mickey out of his erstwhile colleagues, that at the age of 53 his public profile is higher than that of almost anyone in the shadow cabinet.

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