Example sentences of "[noun sg] out to dinner " in BNC.

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1 Library or no library , he would take Marigold out to dinner .
2 This can have a rather unsettling effect over a long period — the family man can not promise to take his children to the seaside or his wife out to dinner more than a week ahead without the chance that he might be in India , California or Scotland at the time he promised .
3 George , it has to be faced , was a bore ; he grunted and grumbled and refused to take his wife out to dinner on the grounds that the night air would bring on his fever .
4 Finally , Fred has invited his wife out to dinner .
5 He admired the beast rapturously ; he took the owner out to dinner , assured him he would make a fortune , and advised him to write to King Louis Philippe on the matter .
6 ‘ We find a lot of people stop off on their way home from work and then again on their way out to dinner .
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