Example sentences of "out for an [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A bit of security of employment so they can sort of sort out for an holiday . |
2 | I can also keep alive inside me an awareness of the delicate balance , looking out for an opportunity to support independent initiative within whatever restrictions are imposed . |
3 | An architect on holiday in the Scottish Highlands was out for an afternoon 's hill walking . |
4 | She would be out for an hour . |
5 | ‘ Take her out for an hour or so , ’ he urged . |
6 | I shall pop out for an hour this afternoon , to fetch the van and pick up some things . |
7 | ‘ I have to go out for an hour or so ; therefore I suggest that you acquaint yourself with the filing system and generally try to get the feel of the place . |
8 | The hon. Lady had the advantage of slipping out for an hour , when no doubt she managed to get hold of that news . |
9 | ‘ Should we pop out for an hour or so and take a late breakfast ? ’ |
10 | Bet it 's blasting cold air out for an hour ! |
11 | Two o'clock and I always used to leave work and take him out for an hour . |
12 | well I thought well if it checks me another six months at least when they say have you got any experience , but as I say I 'm still in touch with Mencap and I 'm still in touch with mine and I 've also er put in for , what they call them mobility insistence for the Princess Marina which again an education and you just go in and be , be a friend to somebody and you take them out for an hour , er a couple of hours , you , and you 're paid five pounds eighty for a two hour session |
13 | But he 's even becoming a complete , in the holidays when I 've got the housework to do and meals to cook , and him to look after if there 's another pair of hands that can take him out for an hour |
14 | cry out for an interpreter |
15 | And look out for an OS/2 and a Windows NT implementation too . |
16 | From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups . |
17 | Touche Ross thought that the requirement was appropriate in relation to partnerships , but recommended that it should apply only to cheques made out for an amount greater than a specified sum — a suggestion also made by a number of others . |
18 | From the demonstrations of British pluck and enterprise in The Wooden Horse ( 1950 ) , the first of a series of escape pictures , and the celebration of one woman 's heroism in the Anna Neagle-starring Odette ( 1950 ) , through action films such as The Dam Busters ( 1955 ) , The Battle of the River Plate ( 1956 , Pursuit of the Graf Spee in US ) and Sink the Bismark ( 1960 ) , there is a sense of well-known events being played out for an audience that already knew about them . |
19 | A defence lawyer said : ‘ It is apparent she was asked to go along to give the appearance of a young man and woman out for an evenings drive . |
20 | I set out for an appointment in Sunderland on the day of its launch , full of hope as York station 's displays indicated the 11.34 InterCity to Newcastle was running ten minutes late . |
21 | He went out for an evening walk , and that really got Dolly 's goat . |
22 | Some other students — but he knew from experience that his mother would want all the details , and he clearly remembered the time he had slipped out for an evening to meet a girl the only girl he had ever really liked . |
23 | Are you going out for an evening meal , or ? |
24 | Well he 's taken us out when they 've been to bloody shop working and come back and wa I admitted that , but I mean just to go out for an evening . |
25 | Below Harry Dodson taking gardenia and stephanotis out for an airing , backed by a hedge of oldfashioned sweet peas |
26 | WE were out for an airing with Air Hanson this week . |
27 | One afternoon at the beginning of July , when the pub was closed for a few hours , she suggested they might take little Lil out for an airing . |
28 | It 's suggested that you should linger on the great avenues and squares in the morning and afternoon , to see the swarms of officials and experts who administer the universe hurrying to and from their offices ; or sit a while in the shady walks of the various public gardens , and watch these same officials ' wives proudly taking the baby out for an airing . |
29 | And if I have one person dearer to me than another , why must that person be singled out for an object of your violence ? |