Example sentences of "[was/were] going [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count . |
| 2 | Oh , must be Friday then , I knew they were going away for the week , weekend |
| 3 | Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them . |
| 4 | They were going out for a west end meal in the evening . |
| 5 | Her son and daughter who cared for her were going abroad for a fortnight 's holiday . |
| 6 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 7 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 8 | He had left Marler in the bar , saying he was going upstairs for a shower . |
| 9 | Even while the war was going badly for the English , they suffered fewer major military defeats , and fewer English nobles had to pay ransoms than received payments from their French equivalents . |
| 10 | So that was going alright for a while . |
| 11 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 12 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 13 | He went back into the flat , grabbed his coat , told an astonished Frau Nordern that he was going out for a moment and , without waiting for any protests , dashed out and joined Bodo at the foot of the stairs . |
| 14 | She 'd told her husband she was going out for a walk with their pet dog , Kirsty , when she was found the dog was still clinging to her . |
| 15 | During the previous weeks there had been fine weather , and after a day in the office Paul would keep his mother company in the evenings for a little while , then , as they had nothing to say to one another , he would tell her he was going out for a breath of air . |