Example sentences of "[noun pl] go [adv prt] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As a result , many of AEA 's bright scientists and engineers went out hunting for work . |
2 | Every year after the three-hours service on Good Friday , in which we choir boys were divided into three groups to lead the singing of the hymns , each group for an hour , a number of villagers went off to look for primroses in the hedgerows and woods . |
3 | When western doctors went in to look for thyroid and other illnesses , they could not tell whether the apparent increase they discovered in these things was due to radiation or to the fact that no one had done such a thorough diagnosis before . |
4 | The two men went about readying for flight , with practised , unspoken efficiency . |
5 | The girls , spurred on by their victory went on to win their next league match and the boys went on to play for England football and cricket teams . |