Example sentences of "[pron] be out for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
| 2 | Whenever we 're out together they wo n't go near a food shop , even if we 're out for the whole day . |
| 3 | DON T BE MISLED , whether Socialists run in their true colours , or in an underhand way as ‘ Labour ’ or ‘ Cooperative ’ , they are out for the same end , and your only remedy is to VOTE THEM DOWN . |
| 4 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 5 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 6 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 7 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |