Example sentences of "out for the day " in BNC.

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1 One day a week , the men were allowed a dark suit to go out for the day to visit friends or relatives .
2 This sort of conditioned need makes it very difficult for the horse to be taken out for the day , and makes it completely unsuitable for a day of hard work .
3 Back at Louth , we found the TD to be out for the day , to my secret relief .
4 So I arranged for one of the estate stalkers to take the remains up the river , when the Colonel and his lady were out for the day . ’
5 Sweet Molly , who he was about to take out for the day and seduce if he got the chance .
6 I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place .
7 Well do I recall the ecstasy , and the shame , when on about two occasions each year during the summer he would take Jerry , Anna and me out for the day to one of the many beautiful villages around Glasgow .
8 We 're chasing up two other people who were at that party , and who both seem to have gone out for the day .
9 It might be needed if they went out for the day .
10 Jessica 's grandparents took her out for the day as father-of-four Mr Egerton , of Enfield , north London , recovered from Friday 's ordeal .
11 You 'll also find a Slow-set control which will cook a casserole to perfection while you 're out for the day doing something more interesting .
12 ‘ Do you ever go out for the day , Joe ? ’
13 The presenting problem should be recognised , for example , ‘ Your niece wondered if you would like us to arrange for you to come out for the day once a week ? ’
14 Families can be encouraged to take the relative out for the day for as long as that can be managed , and to carry on visiting at least weekly .
15 But then , ’ he again indicated the child , ‘ they 're a handicap where jobs are concerned , unless you farm them out for the day , or altogether .
16 The teachers could n't ask Frank where his mother might be because his class was out for the day on a Project Course .
17 They let me out for the day and then , when he regained consciousness five days later , they let me out again to see him .
18 Next morning after breakfast the whole group went out for the day .
19 He 'd scattered a few items around the place so that anybody looking in through the window would get the impression that the owner was in residence but out for the day or the evening : a box of tissues and some magazines in the main room , a half-empty bottle of fresh milk and some crockery draining in the kitchen .
20 Watch out for the day when the daisies in the grass show their flowers close enough together for you to feel that spring is really here .
21 ‘ The first week , they plodded up the stairs and when we took them out for the day they were wiped out the next .
22 Is n't it awful to think your legs decide what your retirement 's going to be , but they do , more or less , so that if you th if you think a if you 've ever had any trouble with them you 'll realize , people say , you know , would you , we 're going out for the day , you coming ?
23 It had not been lived in recently it had none of that slight warmth of humanity you find in a dwelling whose inhabitant has gone out for the day .
24 I went out for the day , and came back to find the room full of thick smoke from Holmes ' pipe .
25 Amy and I went out for the day .
26 So why had he invited her out for the day ?
27 Feeling hungry , Ellie made herself some toast in the kitchen , collected some brochures from the hall table , and took herself out for the day .
28 ‘ Well , why do n't you come up and take her out for the day .
29 She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day .
30 And , by the way , the reason I have to go is because Joanna is going out for the day with Ian Woodall . ’
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