Example sentences of "[v-ing] out for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stayed in work until she was 29 walking out for five years with her fiance , an engineer 's blacksmith who was himself a great reader , while they saved up to marry . |
| 2 | Lancaster 's objections to the regime , however , were concerned just as much with domestic affairs : he criticized the queen for her greed and acquisitiveness , singling out for special mention her appropriation of the lordship of Pontefract which had been held by Earl Thomas in right of his wife , He complained that the treasure left by Edward II had been ‘ wastede and born away withouten the wille of Kyng Edwarde his sone , in destruccioun of him and of his folk ’ , and proposed that Mortimer ‘ shouldd dwelle oppon his owen landes ’ . |
| 3 | Mr Vernon added that , as though to celebrate the anniversary , the fund raisers had turned in record figures yet again , singling out for special thanks the branches and guilds new record of over £10m . |
| 4 | To be worth singling out for special attention , a semantic relation needs to be at least systematic , in the sense that it recurs in a number of pairs or sets of related lexical units ( it will be recalled that the expression lexical unit is used to refer to a lexical form together with a single distinguished sense ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Ghosts ’ at least demonstrates that the music does n't have to have the speed of a cocaine-snorting cheetah to create the energy and is worth checking out for this alone . |
| 6 | prospecting ( looking out for new selling opportunities ) |
| 7 | On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other . |
| 8 | This refers to concentrating on and looking out for specific details in the world around you . |
| 9 | There was something of the Regency dandy in the way he trailed his cane and rotated his globular head , as if looking out for fellow beaux to salute . |
| 10 | ‘ My mother ’ , Ivy said , ‘ told me that when I was a child , she spent all the year looking out for small things to put in my stocking . |
| 11 | This applies also to the British Council , our arm of cultural diplomacy , which is facing unprecedented demands from the newly liberated countries which are looking out for English language teachers . |
| 12 | Secondly , you are looking out for minor defects which will cost you time and money — plumbing , heating redecoration , bathroom and kitchen fittings , replacement windows , floor finishes , insulation etc . |
| 13 | Study this example : unc We can save rewriting by looking out for common factors above and below the division line . |
| 14 | he must be maybe he 's looking out for more work , I admire |
| 15 | looking out for hidden signals . |
| 16 | Men are the root cause , always searching out for sexual adventures . |
| 17 | Surely no supporter actually believed Bobby Charlton , Justin Fashanu and Tom Finney were turning out for United ? |
| 18 | My boyfriend and I have been going out for six weeks and everything is wonderful but it takes me honestly two hours to reach orgasm . |
| 19 | Morland says most of its tenants are meeting the sales targets but those landlords faced with fines say the lights on their pubs could soon be going out for good .. |
| 20 | A medical model has a strict routine , whereas a social work model allows for more individual autonomy and choice in matters such as times of getting up , going to bed , and going out for independent activities , which might conflict with staff shifts and rotas . |
| 21 | Erm , because I was going out for half past two and er , she rang , she says he has n't rung yet so I assume he 's going to be home . |
| 22 | I said oh I feel I 'm going out for half an hour that 's all . |
| 23 | Yeah I know it 's easier no you must feel really gutted , I mean I would I know , because as you said , you going out for ten months yeah exactly , yeah , exactly I mean come on you really liked him fancied him loved him oh wow , I said love , love love , I do n't know love hey man yeah yeah it 's probably , you know like when you dumped him for Danny it 's just probably like that yeah exactly exactly , so do n't worry oh come on he ca n't give up ten months for nothing I know it has to end someday , but it does n't I mean it 's like everyone thinks like that , it really annoys me , everybody , right who 's about our age yeah , they just go out with someone knowing that one day it 's gon na end , they 're just waiting for the day , and that you know , you should go out with someone with the intentions of being with them forever I know that sounds pathetic , but it 's true , yeah I know , yeah exactly yeah , yeah I know , why do you think I said it ? |
| 24 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 25 | I just went through and said , " I 'm going out for some cigarettes , " and went out , and I 've never been back . |
| 26 | look it does n't matter now because we 're going out for some milk , here |
| 27 | If your whole departments going out for any reason , for a departmental meeting , if you 're all out at a conference , or if there 's some sort of briefing or something going on , please let the switchboard know which numbers will be unattended , and how long you 'll be out for . |
| 28 | When they returned with one last load Bicker stopped them -from going out for more . |
| 29 | so you 'd be paying out for some more tyres if you do n't have that checked or anything |
| 30 | They therefore received the doubtful honour of pouring out for some two hundred ladies , regardless of the fact that it was a very arduous and tiring task . |