Example sentences of "was [vb pp] out for " 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 The third sitting member , Alan Montgomery , made it clear that he would not be running , but Mr McGimpsey was squeezed out for one of the other two Unionist nominations .
3 Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough .
4 The survey , which covered 93 of the UK 's top 500 companies and 21 financial services groups , was carried out for accountants Ernst & Young last month because of concern about level of understanding among business leaders of the issues involved in ERM membership .
5 Observation was carried out for a total of nine weeks in the offices of four solicitors .
6 The research was carried out for a doctoral dissertation on the princely sum of £410 per annum ( this was the ‘ married woman 's ’ rate of postgraduate grant at the time , £120 lower than the full grant ) .
7 This analysis was carried out for mixed schools only ( there were four single-sex schools in the sample , three boys ' and one girls ' ) .
8 Analysis of covariance for possible factors affecting mean hearing thresholds was carried out for each of the four different types of ear .
9 Elongation of the transcript was carried out for 1,5 or 15 min , and was initiated by adjusting conditions to 2 mM of all four nucleotides and 400 mM KCl .
10 For most work completed prior to 1989 construction was carried out for the Regional Council by teams employed under the Special Measures Programme of the City of Edinburgh District Council with financial support from the former Manpower Services Commission .
11 The original base mapping was carried out for most of Scotland between 1865 and the start of the First World War .
12 Hybridisation was carried out for 18 hours at 50°C in a humid environment .
13 A dynamic study of the posterior lung fields was carried out for the first 15 minutes after injecting the radiolabelled leucocytes .
14 The survey was carried out for Personnel Today magazine and its editor , Adele Kimber , says holidays are a good thing .
15 He was let out for a walk in the grounds of the medium-security Runwell hospital , near Wickford , Essex .
16 The Staffordshire Blithe , whose lower reaches escaped the axe and are therefore witness to how exquisite a properly managed river can be , was picked out for special mention in the Journal of Agriculture for 1927 .
17 Her life was mapped out for her by providence , she told herself firmly .
18 His future was mapped out for him .
19 One booted foot was thrust out for her to use as a stirrup .
20 It was made out for £2m from the Football Trust , but should have been £1m .
21 Their grey sandy fur was ruffed out for warmth and occasionally he saw the snarl of their teeth as they turned for a moment on each other in play .
22 It was written in such haste that only the violin part was copied out for the performance ; Mozart played his part from memory .
23 MANY musical celebrities visit Newcastle but it was a red-letter day on Wednesday , when the Tyne Theatre and Opera House was sold out for Joan Sutherland 's first appearance in the city .
24 ‘ Every seat was sold out for every performance when we did it last year . ’
25 And when I When it was opened out for me going to Deerness , well that was a great event .
26 Many of the earlier ones came to grief , especially workers ' co-ops , where money was handed out for projects such as a vegetarian quiche restaurant in Deptford .
27 After Seve 's win at Lytham I was worn out for a week .
28 Noel Blake was kicked out for exactly the same reason — he could nt handle being in a squad .
29 The Schlosspark at Donaueschingen was laid out for the princes of Fürstenberg in the eighteenth century .
30 Wenceslas Square was laid out for one of Bohemia 's most attractive rulers , King Charles IV , Holy Roman Emperor , who was born and died in Prague .
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