Example sentences of "be [adv prt] for blood " in BNC.
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| 1 | This team won 15–0 in a foreign friendly a few weeks ago , they are out for blood . |
| 2 | ‘ This house will be watched , make no mistake about it , we shall be out for blood . ’ |
| 3 | Once , when native Hawaiians were out for blood after a visiting Australian had abused a local , he brought the two sides together and persuaded them to settle peacefully . |
| 4 | In his analysis , Hewlett-Packard Co , Sun Microsystems Inc and Intel Corp were out for blood , DEC and Compaq Computer Corp started eating their own children and ‘ the press , in a striking example of pack journalism , turned vicious , ’ playing up all the bad stuff — most notably MIPS ' financial distress — never mentioning the $50m it has in the bank — though see page three for MIPS ' disastrous results . |
| 5 | The London Government , sensitive to the disquiet , hastily granted a general pardon , but Cornwall was out for blood . |