Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] out for [art] " in BNC.

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1 The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on .
2 No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing .
3 Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal .
4 Visitors Cholmondeley held out for a draw on 130 for seven .
5 Rover stands out for the dogged determination with which its faced a world recession , for introducing an ever wider range of quality cars and for the spectacular success of Land Rover ’
6 The following morning , Connor went out for a stroll before breakfast .
7 Aussie skipper Border and pace bowler Merv Hughes , who was fined Pounds 185 , appealed vigorously for lbw decisions as tail-enders Ian Bishop and Courtney Walsh held out for a draw in Brisbane .
8 When Midland Amalgamated headhunted him for the MD 's job at Pringle 's they offered him a Rover 3500 Vanden Plas , but Vic stuck out for the Jaguar , a car normally reserved for divisional chairmen , and to his great satisfaction he had got one , even though it was n't quite new .
9 Adam reached out for a fig-leaf — kept it on while he swung through the trees
10 As a result of the rebellion in 1745 , there was no election in the burgh of Montrose , and indeed there may well have been no elections in a number of other burghs , but Montrose stands out for the following reason .
11 I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads .
12 Chola and Mina set out for the fields to continue the millet harvest , and Kalchu fetched the flat wooden spade and began beating down the mud to repair the leaking roof .
13 Soon afterwards Chola and Mina set out for the hills to gather grass .
14 Mushtaq Ahmed held out for an hour-and-a-half for 11 , standing by Malik while the biggest stand of the innings — 64 — was constructed .
15 Jazz reached out for the photograph and held it , examining it closely .
16 Holmes went out for the morning , but he came back at lunch-time .
17 Yeah I think I 'll walk down to Green went out for a couple of hours in the morning felt grotty did n't go out at all .
18 Mum drove the car into the huge car park and Stuart looked out for a parking space .
19 Sheldukher reached out for the modulator control .
20 While Pavel set out for the next town on his list .
21 Wallace Mercer holding out for a better offer .
22 Treleaven strolled out for the first play-off hole , the par-four 10th , and saw off all opposition with a birdie three on the second most difficult hole on the course .
23 Then Crawford went out for a welcome late-night meal , before staying up to read the reviews in the early editions of the next day 's newspapers .
24 It 's a sort of goodwill thing that Bonn puts out for the Allied forces ; it does n't outsell Playboy .
25 The new owner of Low Birk Hatt digging out for the new road
26 After the interval , chances were few and far between and most of the early play took place in mid-field , but towards the end Hucklecote applied severe pressure , but the visitor 's defence superbly mastered by outside half , Neil Smith held out for a fine hard-earned victory .
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