Example sentences of "[verb] out [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gitsham said a survey of bereaved families was being carried out asking for their views on various issues including how best to provide a permanent memorials . |
| 2 | We 're having a whole day next term to sort out testing for the eleven year olds . |
| 3 | Mark : I certainly found quite a distinct difference between actually going out looking for sex , which I often associated with going to discos and , on the other hand , just making friendships which happened in a much more natural and less forced way . |
| 4 | You probably remember , erm , a stimulating little book published last year by Frank on the Impulse to Philanthropy , where certainly in his nineteenth century analysis of the growth of philanthropy , he saw to main things , evangelicalism , which er , meant that people were going out looking for converts , and therefore doing good social work on the way , and the growth of the women 's movement , in the sense that women otherwise unemployed were looking for a new area of activity to get into . |
| 5 | Timed out waiting for DC … to be agreed |
| 6 | Timed out waiting for LIFESPAN mail message … check manually |
| 7 | When we were six to two on evening patrol , to be truthful , we used to go out looking for drunk and disorderlies — just to stop the bloody boredom . |
| 8 | All of these things encouraged the movie moguls to put their faith back into entertainment , to make good movies , and to go out looking for new and bigger audiences . |
| 9 | Well probably in your early days you 'll probably do a mix , but if y the quicker you can get to only work , and even to the extent I mean I went out and bought my own book that had personal recommendations on the front and I would actually show that and say look John the only way I actually work , while I get everything ready you might like to look through because it 's the only way I work , I purely work on a personal recommendation basis and that enables me to get quality clients like yourself erm and I can devote time to you rather than have to go out looking for people to tell my story |
| 10 | I 've had to go out looking for one all these years ! |
| 11 | So each interviewer goes out hunting for informants who fit into the right boxes — or quotas . |
| 12 | In this case , the researcher decides how many of each category of person should be included in the sample , but then , instead of selecting them at random from a sampling frame , the researcher goes out looking for the right number of people in each category until the quota is filled . |
| 13 | The researcher goes out looking for respondents who conform to the quota requirements , either by knocking on doors or by asking people in the street to participate : it must be stressed that the point is not to interview everyone who happens to live on the street or who happens to pass by , but only those who conform to the quota controls and in the proportions specified . |
| 14 | If you were last the food would be cold , because it all used to be laid out waiting for you to collect . |
| 15 | This afternoon you started out apologising for spying on me , and ended up accusing me of spying on you . ’ |
| 16 | As a result , many of AEA 's bright scientists and engineers went out hunting for work . |
| 17 | ‘ They went out looking for him and reported him missing to the police at 3.30am . |
| 18 | . As I said , people go out looking for stress . |
| 19 | It is cheaper for them to get a garden fork and go out digging for their own . ’ |
| 20 | But no , The Day Leeds Won The Title they were n't there , apart from one fat bloke called Jimmy who 'd gone out hoping for a quiet drink … |
| 21 | He had gone out looking for these mule packers who had wandered off the trail , hunting them all day and finding them , three mozos and eighteen mules , an hour before dark and a moment before the sudden gunfire came out of the canyon walls and caught them and ended four of the mules . |
| 22 | And all that let me tell you after Pisa looked so dangerous in the first eight minutes , clearly they 'd come out looking for the early goal themselves , and who was badly fouled by in the early stages and needed attention , he 's the number eight , and the number eleven , who looks as quick as any player I 've seen in ages and ages , they are the two danger men and they will need some marking . |
| 23 | This was clearly insufficient to produce a building adequate for the needs of the county , and another circular letter was sent out asking for support . |
| 24 | We do n't say nothing on the way back , but sometimes we just burst out laughing for no reason at all . |
| 25 | At 8am a convoy of vans and unmarked police cars swept out heading for the addresses . |