Example sentences of "had been [verb] [verb] out for " in BNC.
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1 | The officers had been warned to look out for a red Ford Sierra car following the shooting , in the early hours , of Special Constable Goodman and PC Kelly during a routine vehicle check on the A64 Leeds-York Road . |
2 | The Immigration and Customs people at Ramsgate had been instructed to watch out for the Renault 18 but to keep a low profile and let it through . |
3 | A coastguard claimed he had been ordered to look out for ‘ charred bodies ’ in the water . |
4 | It was but a short step from there to the deduction that the woman was the one they had been ordered to look out for , and the guard shouldered the door aside , bounding inwards . |
5 | Malcolm , who had been told to look out for him by Steve , was impressed . |