Example sentences of "[pron] went [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 2 | If I did manage to get the rubber disc in now , but then he arrived an hour or two late , and then we went out for a romantic candle-lit dinner , and then we chatted for a while … the spermicide would have decided to cease hostilities at just about the time I needed it to be at its most fierce . |
| 3 | In the final between Bridgend and Gloucester , after a flash of brilliance from Glen Webbe towards the end when he went over for a magnificent try and another brilliant individual effort by him when he sent over Mark Jones , Bridgend clinched a 22–12 victory . |
| 4 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 5 | Having got to Bristol , he went home for a short holiday and died . |
| 6 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |