Example sentences of "[was/were] out for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , on the day when the knives were out for Taylor , his main support came not just from the man he took over from in July 1990 but also from Terry Venables , a potential successor . |
| 2 | When we were out for lunch a few weeks ago , Alan asked where I was brought up and I said popped out on stalks two brothers had gone to school at . |
| 3 | They were out for Mrs Dyer 's blood . |
| 4 | On one occasion , for instance , a lunch between a journalist and a Minister resulted in a front page story suggesting the knives were out for Mr Kenneth Baker . |
| 5 | Once , when native Hawaiians were out for blood after a visiting Australian had abused a local , he brought the two sides together and persuaded them to settle peacefully . |
| 6 | In his analysis , Hewlett-Packard Co , Sun Microsystems Inc and Intel Corp were out for blood , DEC and Compaq Computer Corp started eating their own children and ‘ the press , in a striking example of pack journalism , turned vicious , ’ playing up all the bad stuff — most notably MIPS ' financial distress — never mentioning the $50m it has in the bank — though see page three for MIPS ' disastrous results . |
| 7 | A warrant was out for Aung San , but Suzuki helped him and another young Thakin , Hla Myaing , to escape by ship . |
| 8 | Detectives feared he was out for revenge and armed police were put on guard at police stations . |
| 9 | The London Government , sensitive to the disquiet , hastily granted a general pardon , but Cornwall was out for blood . |