Example sentences of "out for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , Baldock and Ungerson have argued that ‘ because most care-work is actually carried out for no payment at all … these payments , however small , are an improvement on the usual position of informal carers ’ ( Baldock and Ungerson , 1991 , p. 147 ) .
2 According to Swayne , it is the creature 's habit to be out for no more than half an hour at night . ’
3 He looked round all their sobered , pitying faces , and registered what was there to be registered , but it was not much ; nothing more than was due to any boy of sixteen , suddenly wiped out for no good reason .
4 And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram .
5 ‘ On the new album I went to extremes , and for each song I had two or three complete lead breaks worked out for every solo , prior to actually going in to make the album .
6 Right-wing newspapers singled her out for every conceivable hostility , particularly the circumstances of her divorce from her first husband .
7 Make sure that the ladder you are working on is secure and put up at the correct angle ( 1 metre out for every 4 metres up the wall ) .
8 ‘ Every seat was sold out for every performance when we did it last year . ’
9 ‘ We 're by no means sold out for every performance , in spite of Gesner .
10 She was a somewhat intense woman who probably rather enjoyed such gatherings , but I 've often wondered if she secretly used them as a ruse to get her husband home to mind the little one while she nipped out for a breather .
11 If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that .
12 She has n't a clue and asks me out for a drink .
13 Generally , it is best to send out a strong opener , that is someone who can be relied upon to go all out for a victory .
14 I read more widely and , as news of my expertise spread , people began to seek me out for a ruling on a specific industrial relations issue or for an historical precedent .
15 ‘ Would you like to go out for a drink ? ’
16 How about going out for a meal instead ? ’
17 I met a friend at the college library and we went out for a coffee .
18 ‘ Go out for a coffee . ’
19 HOW COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT WHEN ONE IS FINDING CITY LIFE A TRIFLE TIRESOME , ONE HAS FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO INVITE ONE OUT FOR A DAY IN THE COUNTRY …
20 Instead , I suggested Jeanne and John tire Moby with a few chase and throw-fetch games in the garden before taking him out for a walk on an extendable lead .
21 Failing to see this masked sign , a family out for a drive goes on to the crossing at the very same moment as a rare Leopold 's Toad , and runs it over .
22 Brain , the Rugby captain , is out for a minimum of three weeks with a dislocated collarbone .
23 I went out for a walk , then picked blackberries on Periton Hill , in that far clump at the edge of the downs .
24 Neath 's outside-half Paul Williams , who scored 268 points last season , is out for a fortnight with a rib injury and replaced by Jason Ball , who is the son of the club coach , Glen , and was once on Arsenal 's books .
25 Common sense cries out for a moratorium to allow the herds time to recover .
26 You see , some girl 's been out for a drink , or to a disco , met a fella , the fella invites her back , she goes , and things go a bit further than she intended .
27 You were as cool as if you were out for a stroll , ’ Moran said .
28 ‘ She 'd hold out for a while but it would always be made up after he came back with the roses .
29 ‘ No one who is out for a business return would look at football shares , ’ commented a leading sporting paper .
30 Scotsmen , Englishmen , and Welshmen joined with local fighters like Spider Kelly , Jackie Quinn , and Rinty Monaghan to slug it out for a few pounds .
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