Example sentences of "out for a [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wet , cold body was aching and calling out for a hot meal and warm bed . |
| 2 | She listened sympathetically , murmured the right endearments and then said , ‘ The only thing to do now is to get up , have a shower , go out for a brisk walk and come back and have a nice soothing gin and tonic . ’ |
| 3 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 4 | Ockleton described a sweeping circuit of the room , missing all the many obstacles in his path without apparently noticing them , and finished by the window , where he peered out for a full minute or so at the view it commanded of a blank gable-end and half the dome of the Radcliffe Camera . |
| 5 | We fell out for a little while but I mean , playing loud but I mean upstairs is fine . |
| 6 | ‘ And what kind of dybbuk informs their victim that they 're slipping out for a little coffee-break or whatever ? ’ |
| 7 | The thief is on the look out for an easy opportunity and if you leave chemicals , feedstuffs or hand-tools in unlocked sheds or outhouses , you 're giving a criminal an open invitation . |
| 8 | The body of a cat when hunting takes on a quite different demeanour to that of the same pussy when out for an idle stroll or with some other intention in mind . |