Example sentences of "[am/are] out for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They come in twos when they 're out for trouble .
2 the grave danger to the people as a whole from the extreme section of the Socialists , who are now beginning to openly admit they are out for REVOLUTION and CONFISCATION .
3 However , if you happen to be in a situation where you are out for lunch , then you can happily have your dessert at lunch-time instead of that evening .
4 This team won 15–0 in a foreign friendly a few weeks ago , they are out for blood .
5 Charles Anson , the Queen 's press secretary , tells a reporter ‘ the knives are out for Fergie ’ .
6 SO , the palace knives are out for Fergie , are they ?
7 We 're just five weeks into the season and the knives are out for Laughton after just one win in four championship games plus a second round exit from the Yorkshire Cup .
8 ‘ I 'm out for Number One ’ .
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