Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] out for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This at least gives him the freedom to go out for air and to do errands such as visiting local shops or going to the hairdresser . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you want the cheque made out for cash ? ’ |
| 3 | Bob picked up one of the knives laid out for dinner and scored along the grain of the table with it . |
| 4 | They are a work force crying out for engagement and reward , a force moreover that from its roots understands the value of technical skills , and of education allied to technology . |
| 5 | Dot sends out for pet parrot |
| 6 | After the death of Haran , Terah sets out for Canaan , with his grandson Lot and his son Abram and childless daughter-in-law Sarai . |
| 7 | Singh steps out for peace in Sikh heartland . |
| 8 | Singh steps out for peace in Sikh heartland . |
| 9 | The Star agrees : ‘ Now knives come out for Smith … the left seemed poised to turn the party back to red-blooded socialism after being forced to hibernate by Mr Kinnock . ’ |
| 10 | Two days ago I ate baited carrion left out for fox or crow over in Skye and its effects were to poison me and make me feel near death . |
| 11 | The company believes that 40 per cent of company cars will be diesel within the next few years , following Gallup research carried out for Shell Oil U.K. |
| 12 | Radiance Strathdee , the author of research carried out for Centrepoint , said this was not enough : ‘ There is a need for the government to get round the table with local authorities , not to lay down guidance , but to look at strategies to set about moving the impasse which exists ’ . |
| 13 | It is not certain how many of the leading members were privy to this scheme : Lloyd-Greame seems to have sat on the fence ; Hoare , Wood , Cave , Salisbury and some of the other peers stood out for Baldwin , but this was not contained in the advice which convinced Stamfordham . |
| 14 | But by the time the delegation set out for Paris , the French Draft Constitution had already been rejected — and with it the principle of free consent on which the French Union was to be based — and while he was still en route to France Ho learned that a Provisional Government of Cochinchina had been announced . |
| 15 | It is connected with an inborn propensity to look out for regularities , or with a need to find regularities ' ( 1963 : 47 , original emphasis ) . |
| 16 | In the wood look out for whinchats , redstarts and spotted flycatchers as well as evidence of deer and pine martens who live here . |
| 17 | Other countries singled out for criticism included Turkey , which fails to prevent the illegal slaughter of huge numbers of dolphins and porpoises in the Black Sea , and Canada , which has allowed the beluga , or white whale , to be hunted to a point near extinction . |
| 18 | Not all traditional or other communities singled out for study get the anthropologists they deserve , or vice versa although a surprisingly high proportion seem to . |
| 19 | Most prominent among the effects singled out for blame is the hostile takeover , both in America and in Britain . |
| 20 | The national coach singled out for praise Ally McCoist — ‘ the predator ’ as Roxburgh calls him — and Eoin Jess . ’ |
| 21 | Many tendencies in ‘ commercial ’ nineteenth-century music which Adorno singles out for criticism — ‘ mechanical ’ , formulate composition , for instance , or ‘ effects ’ writing such as that of the piano virtuosi , or the interest in sheer sound — can be traced back , as he himself is aware , to the eighteenth century — to dance music , operatic virtuosity , the early symphonies , and so on . |
| 22 | We always tell folk to watch out for clubroot , because the wallflower is actually a member of the cabbage family . |
| 23 | IBM PAYS OUT FOR SERVICES OF NEW CHAIRMAN |
| 24 | The designer fakes come out for Christmas . |
| 25 | In Northern Ireland , Craigavon , Antrim , Ballymena and Londonderry were all designated between 1965 and 1969 , following the Belfast Regional Survey and Plan carried out for Stormont by Professor Robert Matthew ( Murie , 1973 ) . |
| 26 | Clean white half-moons of nails held out for inspection , hands reddened from hot water and soap , hair brushed . |
| 27 | ( 3 ) Ducks watch out for predators . |
| 28 | America 's infrastructure cries out for refurbishment , yet private-sector projects have yet to take off . |
| 29 | The extraordinary power and influence of " McCarthyism " in " the land of the free " over a period of four years cries out for explanation . |
| 30 | Refloating ruled out for wreck |