Example sentences of "were out for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the opposition were out for 171 , the CCG team reached the required total with two overs to spare , largely thanks to an opening stand of 95 by Jeremy Hook and Philip McKenna . |
| 2 | Fish and chips , council housing , State pensions and holidays at home were out for all the young . |
| 3 | Certain people were out for other and more sinister designs . |
| 4 | They were out for two or three minutes , during which no one in the hall spoke . |
| 5 | I was not thinking of the fact that two New Zealanders were out for 99 , which is stupid and by no means a Test match first , nor to the fact that seven of England 's XI were born outside Britain . |
| 6 | Ho how in fact di di did you keep on go you said mentioned you were out for seven months . |
| 7 | Harrow had grounds for confidence at tea when they were more than half way there but Martin , taking six for 43 with his slow left-armers continued to attack and Harrow were out for 194 with a few minutes left , despite a valiant 97 from Charles Danby . |