Example sentences of "knife [be] out for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're just five weeks into the season and the knives are out for Laughton after just one win in four championship games plus a second round exit from the Yorkshire Cup . |
| 2 | Charles Anson , the Queen 's press secretary , tells a reporter ‘ the knives are out for Fergie ’ . |
| 3 | SO , the palace knives are out for Fergie , are they ? |
| 4 | Ironically , on the day when the knives were out for Taylor , his main support came not just from the man he took over from in July 1990 but also from Terry Venables , a potential successor . |
| 5 | On one occasion , for instance , a lunch between a journalist and a Minister resulted in a front page story suggesting the knives were out for Mr Kenneth Baker . |