Example sentences of "[vb -s] out for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He numbers among his close friends Patrick Hourcade of French Vogue , who looks out for fine furniture for him . |
| 2 | Well A Alison goes out for one evening so that means I have to get back early for that evening |
| 3 | If the pilot light goes out for any reason , a heat-sensing thermocouple detects the fault and prevents the main gas supply from operating . |
| 4 | It is a situation which cries out for centralised resolution of the type the large commercial organisation can impose . |
| 5 | Do you think that there is even a sort of ‘ them and us ’ attitude , a feeling that the arts world is an ever open maw that cries out for endless sums of money and that the proper business of government is to resist ? |
| 6 | The scale of injustice , cruelty , and tyranny in the world in 1988 cries out for continuing protest of various forms including the democratic and peaceful marches and assemblies which in the 1960s helped to achieve greater civil rights in the USA and in many other nations , whilst the same phenomenon , sometimes more disorderly , hastened the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War . |
| 7 | ‘ As Mr. Pannick says , it cries out for some explanation from the board . |
| 8 | The Virgilianism of Hardy cries out for further investigation . |
| 9 | As a seller , it costs you £25 to cover lost legal fees of up to £300 if your buyer pulls out for any reason other than an adverse survey , a defect in title , or unreasonable delay on your part . |
| 10 | In The Written Language Bias in Linguistics ( 1982 ) he lays out for fellow linguists the detailed ways in which that bias has , he believes , affected their theory . |
| 11 | More impressive still was the menu in the college dining-room , something which the salivating Mutahhar singles out for special praise : ‘ Pheasants , partridges , herons , fish , roasted fowl , grilled kids , fried loaves , brightly-coloured sweets of different kinds and other good things were heaped everywhere in large quantities . ’ |
| 12 | And that sets out for each district in the County a few areas of different environmental constraints . |
| 13 | Bob Dylan comes out for ultra-right Pat Buchanan |
| 14 | Mr Hann came across Mr Ford through the investigative work he carries out for financial institutions . |