Example sentences of "were out for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were as cool as if you were out for a stroll , ’ Moran said . |
| 2 | They were out for a walk . ’ |
| 3 | It was a Sunday afternoon and they were out for a stroll in the park . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | When they were out , they were out for a drink . |
| 8 | If the last time you were out for a duck was eating a salade tiéde magret de canard in an austere brasserie , or your most recent celebrated run was rushing to the embrace of the Cricketer 's Arms as last orders was called , pausing briefly to adjust your googlie , all is not lost . |
| 9 | The clown and the Man with the Big Bow Tie were out for a walk . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | So it went on day after day , night after night ; we were out for a month . |
| 12 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |