Example sentences of "[vb pp] out for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All I did was come out for a walk before going to bed , and I was about by that place where the bank 's caved in , when somebody jumped me from behind . |
| 2 | He was let out for a walk in the grounds of the medium-security Runwell hospital , near Wickford , Essex . |
| 3 | Observation was carried out for a total of nine weeks in the offices of four solicitors . |
| 4 | The transport consultants Oscar Faber TPA will develop work already carried out for a study on short-term measures in the Forth area . |
| 5 | The rain having petered out for a while , we all went out to stare at the sunset , about which the two poets made lurid remarks . |
| 6 | After Seve 's win at Lytham I was worn out for a week . |
| 7 | In Melbourne on the afternoon of 8 February , 1983 , the sky was completely blacked out for a while . |
| 8 | The impression of a house where the occupants had just walked out for a stroll in the garden was very strong . |
| 9 | In the 10th round , he was ruled out for a foul , and lost his world championship . |
| 10 | Pike was standing by a wooden rack of pamphlets , including What Has Old Mother Walsh to Say to Us ? and a large , colourful one for the kiddies entitled Daddy is n't Dead , He 's Just Gone Out for a Bit . |
| 11 | Now let's keep reminding you about the time situation , sixty five minutes gone , Shrewsbury have another twenty five minutes in which to hang on here , it 's Shrewsbury three , Blackburn Rovers two , it 's gon na be a nervous evening here for the normally placid Shropshire folk at as that ball is headed forward by and here 's , again in field to , clipped forward for Mike , here comes advancing towards the edge of the penalty area , he 's got ta try and get past the brick wall of , and it 's now who tries to release down the right hand side , he 's got ta get past , he does so , he gets the ball across and that one is cleared importantly by only as far as who tries to hook it back in and that the ball would n't reach him and it would n't reach either and it 's gone out for a goal kick to Shrewsbury . |
| 12 | After an evening of pleasure and profit with my friends in Bank Street , I had clearly gone out for a drink or two . |
| 13 | He 's gone out for a while . |
| 14 | It was dusk , and the evening was as still and airless as the previous one when , impatient for news , Zen had gone out for a stroll . |
| 15 | Oh , service with a smile , he 's probably gone out for a coffee ! |
| 16 | She wondered if the others were playing a joke on her : perhaps they 'd gone out for a walk ; perhaps , at this very moment , they were laughing at the thought of her waiting for a killer who would never come . |
| 17 | ‘ Gone on holiday , gone out for a walk … ’ |
| 18 | They 've gone out for a walk to have a cigar but as far we 're concerned they 're not having a cigar . |
| 19 | A Teesside inquest heard how Wayne had gone out for a spin in the W-reg white Ford Escort with four pals in November last year . |
| 20 | The other voice — Caribbean — says : ‘ I reckon he gone out for a packet of chips , ’ and several guys laugh . |
| 21 | She assumed he had gone out for a reason but became worried and phoned a friend . |
| 22 | I had this octopus once in Germany and it , we 'd gone out for a meal and I was gon na have steak and mushrooms and |
| 23 | She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave . |
| 24 | It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game . |
| 25 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 26 | The 20mm and 40mm quick-firing guns here were in or on concrete emplacements , and although the crew of the outer guns were knocked out for a time the Germans got this battery firing again , and the searchlight on the Mole 's tip was never put out . |
| 27 | He was knocked out for a time . |
| 28 | It is very tough to be left out for a rookie like Steve Ojomoh . ’ |
| 29 | Beatty shot weakly when put through by Johnston , while Haylock was unlucky with a good strike which was deflected out for a corner . |
| 30 | When anything important happens you 're stunned , and thrown out for a while , and then you recover … |