Example sentences of "out for [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a system stresses economic self-interest as all-important , rather than community spirit , public duty and so on ; everybody is out for what they can get . |
| 2 | But my favourites are definitely the ambitious Punjabi boys out for what they can get : |
| 3 | She attested in September 1939 that ‘ universally , householders have been shocked at the disgraceful and disgusting conditions in which a certain portion of the population lives ’ , and that ‘ the low slum type form the majority of the mothers , some out for what they can get , most of them dirty , many of them idle and unwilling to work or pull their weight ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ You could n't help liking him , but you always felt he was out for what he could get , ’ she said . |
| 5 | ‘ You think he 's out for what he can get ? ’ |
| 6 | On the surface Dana was hard and self-assured , out for everything she could get , but Claudia knew that exterior was n't completely genuine . |
| 7 | Would you like to go and sort the books out for me I 'll give you a ticket . |
| 8 | ‘ When I left it was open ended so that if things did not work out for me I could go back to playing Charlene . |
| 9 | Moreover , when you try it out for yourself you will wonder how you ever managed without it . |
| 10 | We 're always looking out for somebody who could cause er problems in Wolverhampton and problems generally . |
| 11 | That caveat notwithstanding , those close to Mr Bush insist that there was an effort to get a non-military solution , and that if Saddam Hussein had reached out for it he could have walked away from Kuwait with something gained from his adventure . |