Example sentences of "have gone out on a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Most analysts have now cut their first quarter forecast , and the views now range from a loss of 64 cents a share to a profit of eight cents — and David Wu of S G Warburg has gone out on a limb with forecast $0.80 a share loss .
2 ‘ Would he have gone out on a limb for anyone other than David ?
3 ‘ Because New York were giving me hell about employing you and I 've gone out on a limb .
4 He reflected gloomily on the price of his ambition , because he had gone out on a limb to persuade a mistrustful and increasingly hostile Kenamun to consent to the operation he had mounted , and then he had only achieved it by linking Surere to the serial killings .
5 In the club atmosphere of La Cigale , the spark was always there , the reason why so many have gone out on a limb to should their name from the rooftops , but the Mondays are in danger of slipping into routine .
6 ‘ He 's gone out on a customer 's boat … ’
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