Example sentences of "he [verb] out a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lunch was set on the terrace , as he 'd promised , and Luce let him draw out a chair for her . |
| 2 | He made out a case for dressing down rather than up . |
| 3 | There is a deep aviation history in the Red Lake area , Romeo Vachon is credited with the first flight into Red Lake in 1924 , when he checked out a fire for Ontario Provincial Air Service . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , he pulled out a chair for her . |
| 5 | In 1678 he took out a patent for a simple ‘ engine ’ turning wheels for spinners of flax , and recommended county workhouses to Parliament in Provision for the Poor . |
| 6 | ‘ Allegory ’ would after all imply , to Tolkien ( see pp. 33–7 above ) , that The Lord of the Rings had only one meaning , which would have to remain constant all the way through ; he toyed contemptuously with the notion in the ‘ Foreword ’ as he sketched out a plan for his work as a real allegory with the Ring itself as president Truman 's atomic bomb . |
| 7 | He put out a hand for her key , unlocked the driver 's door and held it open while she settled into her seat . |
| 8 | Roebuck was very interested in Watt 's invention and suggested that he take out a patent for it . |
| 9 | He stretched out a hand for the headset which I gave him . |
| 10 | ( This evening — as I knew I would and could — I coaxed and bullied him , and he wrote out a cheque for a hundred pounds , which he 's promised to send off tomorrow . |