Example sentences of "were out for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time the families staying there for summer quarters were out for a forenoon walk : mothers , nurses , playful youngsters — some with towels for the bathing , others with picnic baskets , making for the cliffs or the shore . |
| 2 | But I mean I think the feeling of the the miners were out for a year I mean time and time again I 've heard people say , Oh how d how do they do it and look at the money they 're sending us and look at what they 're doing for us and how ho . |
| 3 | When they were out , they were out for a drink . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd dreamt of coming near the mountains and the sea and were out for a drive one Sunday afternoon with that idea in the back of our minds . |
| 5 | Beside the ocean , then climbing a narrow road towards woods — the clown and the Man with the Big Bow Tie were out for a drive . |
| 6 | You were as cool as if you were out for a stroll , ’ Moran said . |
| 7 | It was a Sunday afternoon and they were out for a stroll in the park . |
| 8 | So it went on day after day , night after night ; we were out for a month . |
| 9 | Well everybody thought we 'd be out for a week or so , but we were out for a month or er more when these scabs started going back . |
| 10 | They were out for a walk . ’ |
| 11 | The clown and the Man with the Big Bow Tie were out for a walk . |
| 12 | Mrs Hardy , of Tower Hill , Chipperfield , was found crawling through undergrowth in the woods yesterday morning by two women who were out for a walk . |