Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] out for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to be well versed on a particular subject at work and sought out for my advice |
| 2 | He walked to the window and stared out for some moments . |
| 3 | Mark crossed the imposing entrance hall and went out for the last time . |
| 4 | Undaunted , the Carlist militias — the Requetés — formed into columns and set out for Madrid , some 500 kilometres to the south , in buses , in trucks and on foot . |
| 5 | She spooned coffee into their cups and reached out for the kettle . |
| 6 | I never really listened to The Beatles and looked out for the guitar , I 'd just listen to the song as a whole . |
| 7 | He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse . |
| 8 | The guests are legless anyway ; they 've paid at least £75 per head and shelled out for the tombola , raffle and auction . |
| 9 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 10 | So it was that with high spirits I packed Baedekers and prejudices , boots and a bootload of assumptions and set out for Dover . |
| 11 | Ant Everard pulled a small leather-bound notepad from his breast pocket and wrote out for them , ‘ 1/9/60 ’ . |
| 12 | After breakfast he put a book in his pocket and went out for a walk . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Otto had been true to his word and left out for me a pair of boy 's shorts . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She seized her valise and struck out for the back of the house and the kitchen . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York . |