Example sentences of "[verb] out for a " in BNC.
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1 | And when in Rome … just send out for a takeaway . |
2 | He was wondering how he was going to slip out for a few hours without alerting his mother . |
3 | Speaking of all things Mexican , our ragga tipping acquaintances SL2 did n't have the best of times when they headed out for a Big Rave in the land of tequila . |
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 | Shell out for a nest egg |
6 | ‘ All I did was come out for a walk before going to bed , and I was about by that place where the bank 's caved in , when somebody jumped me from behind . |
7 | I think she 's probably just come out for a quick stroll , we wo n't spend our time over that at the moment , hello |
8 | He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray . |
9 | When I wandered out for a surf-check in the morning , Michael was sitting on the bench . |
10 | He was let out for a walk in the grounds of the medium-security Runwell hospital , near Wickford , Essex . |
11 | She moved out for a while , but carried on cleaning for her ; and then when she married , she moved back in again , and had her first child there . |
12 | When this is suggested , the invitation should always be along the lines of : ‘ I 'd love you to come out for a run in the car with me some time . |
13 | Will you be able to come out for a drink on New Year 's Eve , next Tuesday evening ? ’ |
14 | The Samaritans have threatened to call in the police if I do not stop pestering them with phone calls , and Alcoholics Anonymous refuse to come out for a drink and discuss my problem . |
15 | I promise to come out for a drink or dinner , even a game of tennis with you . ’ ’ |
16 | We were in Glasgow last weekend , and were quite chuffed when Ewan consented to come out for a walk just with us two , as he clings to Joyce a bit at the moment . |
17 | ‘ The times cry out for a dramatic change in our relationship to our neighbour , the Earth and , at root to God . |
18 | And the advice was on the back of the most comprehensive research ever carried out for a new paper . |
19 | Observation was carried out for a total of nine weeks in the offices of four solicitors . |
20 | The research was carried out for a doctoral dissertation on the princely sum of £410 per annum ( this was the ‘ married woman 's ’ rate of postgraduate grant at the time , £120 lower than the full grant ) . |
21 | Investment business may only be carried out for a ‘ corporate finance client ’ in connection with ‘ corporate finance activities ’ in accordance with the terms of a ‘ corporate finance engagement letter ’ which has been agreed with the client . |
22 | The transport consultants Oscar Faber TPA will develop work already carried out for a study on short-term measures in the Forth area . |
23 | The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on . |
24 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
25 | I know when to duck out for a breather . |
26 | In one task — rhyme monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word which rhymed with a cue word given in advance ( e.g. doubt ) . |
27 | In the other task — category monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word belonging to a particular semantic category ( e.g. fish ) . |
28 | The events that followed have been chronicled by several of those that took part , My fate was similar : we were to listen out for a coded signal from Group at Lyon if we were to proceed to the target . |
29 | He went over to the window of the post-operation side-ward I was occupying alone and stood looking out for a while , then he turned and said , ‘ Something awful happened yesterday . ’ |
30 | Company secretary Peter Nicholson said : ‘ We are currently looking out for a suitable steam locomotive but it could not be too big or heavy . |