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 ?
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