Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] out for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a pleasant voice , with an undertone of humour , and Alexandra was immediately jealous , envisaging Matthew and his secretary in his office , laughing together , sharing jokes about his work , perhaps going out for a quick meal before they both went home . |
| 2 | He said Libya was not being ‘ stubborn ’ , but merely holding out for an honourable solution to the crisis . |
| 3 | Ah sure he 's only staying out for a while till he gets married and that . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm just going out for a minute , Mam , I wo n't be long . ’ |
| 5 | Kissing or touching another man in a sexual way or even just going out for a drink without telling a partner is regarded by most as being unfaithful . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 7 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 8 | I 'm just going out for a bit . |
| 9 | ‘ She said she was just popping out for a minute , ’ she replied . |
| 10 | The role of a positive mental set , i.e. deliberately looking out for a panic attack as an opportunity to practice self-control techniques , rather than running away from it , supports the school of thought that views a panic attack as largely cognitive — behavioural in nature . |
| 11 | Yet as was noted , inventions , like choices , are always constrained by social experiential factors such as available opportunities and knowledge of alternatives ; even the most ardent indeterminist would acknowledge such things ( while still holding out for an irreducible residue of free choice ) . |
| 12 | He was also crying out for an efficient office . |
| 13 | The thought of those yards of bare floorboards , pounded day in and day out by scores of muddy boots , fairly crying out for a bucket of hot suds and a good brush , filled Nelly 's heart with joy . |
| 14 | Company secretary Peter Nicholson said : ‘ We are currently looking out for a suitable steam locomotive but it could not be too big or heavy . |