Example sentences of "[vb past] out for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Myitkyina we camped out for the night in a mission schoolroom and early next morning managed to get a lift out to the airstrip two miles away . |
| 2 | One official wrote that the missing cattle ‘ have probably been driven off some distance by some of the bolder spirits of the village , and hired out for the season to some not over-scrupulous cultivator , with instructions to let them go loose when done with . |
| 3 | Sixty fishermen turned out for the competition on Rutland Water , which had opened for the new season only four days earlier , after an initial stocking with 40,000 trout . |
| 4 | He usually turned out for the Palace at right-back and was the composed and effective successor to the brilliant Arthur Hudgell , epitomising the honest footballer who would always give of his best for his club whatever the situation . |
| 5 | Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of the PC Patrick Dunne , who was shot dead on duty in South London . |
| 6 | It was then that they scooped out for the storage of goods the extensive vaults and cellaring that still run beneath the old town today . |
| 7 | His background , too , reached out for the security of tradition . |
| 8 | He listened out for the trickle of water , but the wind offered nothing but rustling grass , now very loud in his ears . |
| 9 | An independent inquiry carried out for the DTI by Sir Godfrey le Quesne QC in 1989 emphasised the reliance the DTI had placed on Spicers ' opinion in granting BC a licence in 1985 . |
| 10 | Penfield and Roberts ( 1959 ) give the following data for those of their patients who received electrical stimulation in Broca 's area and/or in inferior parietal and/or posterior temporal regions of the left hemisphere during surgery carried out for the relief of focal epilepsy . |
| 11 | However , since the company itself can only act through human agents , a transaction carried out for the benefit of the company , will mean that those acting for it will be liable under the CSA 1985 . |
| 12 | A sample survey carried out for the NCC in 1978 showed that most country-dwellers go to town or out-of-town shopping centres to buy things like furniture or clothes . |
| 13 | This paper explores the social policy contexts of prevention , as developed in a research study carried out for the Department of Health ( Hardiker et al . , |
| 14 | The analysis is based on data from two linked surveys of low income families ( the Family Finances Survey and the Family Resources Survey ) carried out for the Department of Health and Social Security in 1978/79 . |
| 15 | She seized her valise and struck out for the back of the house and the kitchen . |
| 16 | The sharp cold , after his warm exertions , took his breath away for a moment as he hung on the stern of the canoe , but as soon as he had recovered his breath , the Commander struck out for the shore in a strong breaststroke that did not disturb the phosphorescence more than he could help , and barely ruffled the water . |
| 17 | Panic gave her the strength to break free , and she struck out for the side of the pool . |
| 18 | Suddenly Sheikh shouldered his bat and , letting out a kind of howl , set out for the middle of the pitch , elbowing a fielder out of the way . |
| 19 | He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse . |
| 20 | Flavia was working ; the long days in the tower were intact , only in the evening she set out for the house on the other bay ; the difficult hour at the cafe was cut , even writing became bearable . |
| 21 | But there was a FOR SALE board up , new today , he had n't seen it there this morning when he set out for the meeting with the AC . |
| 22 | He went out immediately , and stayed out for the rest of the week-end . |