Example sentences of "[was/were] out for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 2 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 3 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
| 4 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 5 | After lunch , Graham Lloyd reached 34 before falling to Parsona , but Wasim Akram hit only five and Mike Matkinson was out for a lively 16 . |
| 6 | But Eric came back from a working holiday and Peter was out for a little while , was n't he ? |
| 7 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |