Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] out for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave . |
| 2 | The transport consultants Oscar Faber TPA will develop work already carried out for a study on short-term measures in the Forth area . |
| 3 | The impression of a house where the occupants had just walked out for a stroll in the garden was very strong . |
| 4 | Pike was standing by a wooden rack of pamphlets , including What Has Old Mother Walsh to Say to Us ? and a large , colourful one for the kiddies entitled Daddy is n't Dead , He 's Just Gone Out for a Bit . |
| 5 | It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game . |
| 6 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 7 | After an evening of pleasure and profit with my friends in Bank Street , I had clearly gone out for a drink or two . |
| 8 | Oh , service with a smile , he 's probably gone out for a coffee ! |
| 9 | In Melbourne on the afternoon of 8 February , 1983 , the sky was completely blacked out for a while . |