Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] out for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The fact that , for various reasons , Crosland opposed suggested ‘ transbinary ’ mergers — including Lancaster and the University of Warwick , Brighton and the University of Sussex — strengthened the feeling that the new public sector was being protected or singled out for special development . |
| 2 | But , on the other hand , this perspective produces global strategies which have little purchase on concrete instances , and tend to assume instead the burden of a messianic project in which the enemy is supposedly being smashed , crushed , or stamped out for ever . |
| 3 | She has been discovered by the feminists , who have rescued her from being seen as a minor pastoralist ; but in certain cases , they have also subject her to psycho-symbolic sexual analysis which she would have loathed , or blamed her for not having cared more for sexual politics or stood out for lesbian sexuality . |
| 4 | Maybe when he really got roughed up or stayed out for more than just a few days , Manuel would think about talking things over with the vet , but for now , well , ‘ what 's the hurry , man ? ! ’ |
| 5 | I would like to be well versed on a particular subject at work and sought out for my advice |
| 6 | Kaysen has pointed out that : ‘ [ d ] ecisions as to the technical areas which will be systematically explored by research and development divisions and decisions as to what scientific and technical novelties will be translated into new products and processes and tried out for economic viability have very deep effects . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | One official wrote that the missing cattle ‘ have probably been driven off some distance by some of the bolder spirits of the village , and hired out for the season to some not over-scrupulous cultivator , with instructions to let them go loose when done with . |
| 9 | We all got locked in our rooms afterwards and allowed out for meals three at a time . |
| 10 | I never really listened to The Beatles and looked out for the guitar , I 'd just listen to the song as a whole . |
| 11 | In the language they aggrandised their past , they made their history legend , they cherished themselves — as minorities always have done : the Jews , the American blacks , the Basques , the Sikhs — and looked out for Redeemers , Messiahs or , in the case of the Welsh , Heroes . |
| 12 | It was far too big for one , but it was regularly cleaned by the leaseholders of the building , who maintained all services and looked out for security . |
| 13 | Mark crossed the imposing entrance hall and went out for the last time . |
| 14 | Joe cleared his table , put his carpet-bag in the larder , locked the door and went out for some fresh air and to get an evening paper , afternoon edition . |
| 15 | Anna read the letter with incomprehension , then put Charlotte into her secondhand pram — donated by the Young Wives ' Group — and went out for a long and significant walk . |
| 16 | After breakfast he put a book in his pocket and went out for a walk . |
| 17 | But in the end he could stand it no longer and went out for a walk . |
| 18 | He smiled and reached out for her hand . |
| 19 | She spooned coffee into their cups and reached out for the kettle . |
| 20 | ‘ Piper , I 'm sorry , ’ he choked , and reached out for her . |
| 21 | Tuan Ti Fo crouched down , the boy balanced in his lap , the small , dark , tousled head resting against his chest , and reached out for the water-bottle . |
| 22 | Occasionally , he took his hand off the gear lever and reached out for hers , and sometimes he glanced towards her with a look so full of tenderness that she felt she could weep for joy . |
| 23 | He walked to the window and stared out for some moments . |
| 24 | Going into the first Test at Port-of-Spain under the leadership of Mike Denness , England were put in and bowled out for a meagre 131 ( Greig top-scored with 37 ) . |
| 25 | On the ground where Durham were put in and bowled out for 120 on Sunday , the wicket was again damp following watering of the drought-stricken square . |
| 26 | I write as someone who 's always been able to take or leave Harrison Birtwistle 's music : the oeuvre as a whole arouses my respect , and impresses by its fiercely-defined character and self-consistency , but only a limited number of pieces ( among them The Triumph of Time , The fields of Sorrow , Melancolia I , Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum ) have spoken to me strongly and cried out for repeated listening . |
| 27 | The guests are legless anyway ; they 've paid at least £75 per head and shelled out for the tombola , raffle and auction . |
| 28 | At last , there was a national politician who listened to lesbians and gays and spoke out for us in a way that was without fear , shame or embarrassment . |
| 29 | Ant Everard pulled a small leather-bound notepad from his breast pocket and wrote out for them , ‘ 1/9/60 ’ . |
| 30 | Rostov spat out a mouthful of river water , and struck out for what looked like the nearest bank . |