YOU SAID:
There were three giraffes that went out to dinner
INTO JAPANESE
夕食に出かけたキリンが3匹いた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There were three giraffes that went out for dinner.
INTO JAPANESE
夕食に出かけたキリンが3匹いました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There were three giraffes that went out for dinner.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.