Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] went for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a list of phone numbers , it seems like fifty , of different people who have been invoked — the doctor , the home help , district nurse , chiropodist , social worker , hospital doctor , Age Concern , the Red Cross , the old people 's home where she went for a break and dozens more , I hardly know who they are . |
| 2 | where you went for a walk , down , went to the shops |
| 3 | I was awake early , so I went for a swim . |
| 4 | Not a wink all night did I get , so I went for a breath of air . ’ |
| 5 | Robyn found herself saying , ‘ So he went for a drive to let off some steam and that was the last … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But there were some problem areas , and I went for a swim to get it out of my system . ’ |
| 7 | The following morning , the scout picked me up and I went for a trial . |
| 8 | When the telegram arrived , Joan and I went for a walk so that I could work the adrenalin out of my system . |
| 9 | It was pleasant out of doors and I went for a walk , down by the station , along the Wharf and across the promenade . ’ |
| 10 | If I went for a walk now , I would still be thinking about band things . |
| 11 | She felt weak and seedy and if she went for a walk her ankles puffed up . |
| 12 | The last time I saw Jonathan was Thursday evening when he picked me up in the car and we went for a drive . |
| 13 | I gathered up all my courage and went home and we went for a walk and I just told him . |
| 14 | and you go and stand at those castle round parts and we went for a walk and there was a football match going on was n't there ? |
| 15 | After supper my father went to see the doctor and they went for a walk together to kill time up until the appointed hour . |
| 16 | If they went for a drink everybody was calling them scabs and if they went anywhere then , some some had their cars sprayed with paint and oh they had everything done , they were all against them . |
| 17 | One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies . |
| 18 | Alan left him howling in the cot again while he went for a bowl of water . |
| 19 | Well aware of the undertaking he added ‘ The day before I went for a load of beers to prepare for the ordeal . ’ |
| 20 | After the congratulatory hugs and tears and kisses , they opened a bottle of champagne before they went for a drive round London nursing their secret . |
| 21 | But er I did go with Con when I went for a perm she said oh would you like to , would you like to go and see Valerie |
| 22 | And there was prejudice once when I went for a job . |
| 23 | This is the story about Miranda Mouse , and what happened when she went for a walk in Puddle Lane . |
| 24 | And then when we went for a drink he used to say are you not buying me a drink ? |
| 25 | But when we went for a fitting , the garments had been made with buttons just sewn onto tacky fake buttonholes . |
| 26 | There were a lot of crows when we went for a walk before flying round . |
| 27 | One man was shot four times in the legs as he went for a walk . |