1. They were running from the police like all get-out.

2. Friendly as all get-out, Latino stand-up comic Paul Rodriguez was born in Mexico but raised in East Los Angeles.

3. He was funny as all get-out and could talk an owl out of a tree.

4. The restrained language, and the apparent diplomatic get-out, could reflect China's concern that the North Korean crisis will overshadow a planned trip to Washington in January by President Hu Jintao.

5. Opera's End User License Agreement contains the get-out clause that attempts to get around the fact that a significant percentage of data shared on the service could break the law.

6. Look at CSS. Great in concept, but obscure as all get-out to program and inconsistent on browsers.

7. If we're not ready to strip religion of its sacred cow status, how 'bout we at least scale back a little on the constitutional dogma exalting it as all get-out?Sentencedict

8. The rituals of the racing world are as macho as all get-out .

9. There are so many anchovies, you can "walk on the sea" without wetting your feet—"or so I am told", said Mr Sarkozy, carefully giving himself a get-out clause even as he pandered.

10. He was a marvelous man, bright, humble, funny as all get-out , and kind to a fault, even to his opponents' young campaign workers.