Example sentences of "[v-ing] out for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You children were excited on the journey to Gibraltar and kept running from side to side of the boat looking out for the small destroyers that were guarding the convoy . |
| 2 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 3 | Yet anyone who cocked an ear to their self-titled debut EP earlier this year will have been impressed by how un-English it was , both in its rough-hewn melancholic tangle — most obviously echoing both Buffalo Tom and the N-band , though not actually resembling either — and the absence of what has now become the standard English guitar-band attitude : jumped-up barrow boys jostling those same old post-punk moves , all looking out for the main chance and a quick route to the charts . |
| 4 | So , instead of splashing out for the big one , we 've got a number of gorgeous jewels to give away . |
| 5 | ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then . |
| 6 | Eric Cantona 's 85th minute goal was far too little and unfortunately far too late to save Howard Wilkinson 's men suffering the agony of going out for the second time in the space of five weeks . |
| 7 | Well there there are three there are three organizations or companies there that I think you 'd be er happier in especially going out for the first time and also er your style . |
| 8 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 9 | ‘ The Division 's been going out for the last fifteen years ; slowly but surely . ’ |
| 10 | They will then have to get money from the dole or the Benefits Agency , which will cost taxpayers a great deal more on top of the £25 billion that the state is already paying out for the unemployed . |
| 11 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 12 | Most people in the territories feared the PLO was in danger of rushing into some unsatisfactory settlement rather than holding out for the right conditions . |
| 13 | ‘ Still holding out for the twenty per cent , I see , Maurice . ’ |
| 14 | We were like juvenile hurlers togging out for the first time . |
| 15 | Whether speaking out for the silent rock majority against the soulboy mediacrats , or representing The Smiths as media martyrs . |
| 16 | I know many millions of people have already asked , but when is Lemmings coming out for the 64 ? |
| 17 | Coming out for the same reasons , Nicholas found him there and heard him make his excuses . |
| 18 | Remembered the horrible , fair , insinuating Frome sidling up to her at the counter and suddenly , unexpectedly , braying out for the whole shop to hear in exaggerated cockney : ‘ Better not fatten him up too much , love , or he 'll be too heavy to baby-snatch . ’ |
| 19 | Dr Peggy Heeks reports on research she has been carrying out for the British Library |
| 20 | This follows ICL 's successful implementation of a departure control system for airline Cathay Pacific ( CI No 1,842 ) , and the work it is carrying out for the on-line departure system planned for the Channel Tunnel passenger rail services ( CI No 2,016 ) . |
| 21 | Just concentrate on watching out for the right opportunity to broach the subject of Janice , she reminded herself . |
| 22 | Over in Cheltenham , Frank Ford has been watching out for the first signs of winter . |
| 23 | All these people I know will be trying out for the new series . |
| 24 | Other bits stayed where they were , making her look like something Special Effects was trying out for the next Dr Who series . |
| 25 | The new owner of Low Birk Hatt digging out for the new road |
| 26 | As it turned out the final Report , published in 1889 after almost five years of investigation , did embody a number of recommendations regarding the education of deaf children in future Education Acts , thus setting out for the first time proper legislation with regard to compulsory entry , ages of admission , the length of education , the size of classes , and even that Principals/Headmasters of boarding institutions had to reside on the premises . |