Example sentences of "gone for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | someone 's gone for a swim |
| 2 | They had got up early and gone for a swim in the reservoir , which was deserted and silk-smooth , with a pearly mist hovering a clear foot above its surface . |
| 3 | We asked my cousin if the poor laboratory rats had ‘ gone for a Burton ’ , and the sally caused to flit across our minds a phrase from The Anatomy of Melancholy condemning gluttony as ‘ the source of all our infirmities and the fountain of all our diseases ’ . |
| 4 | De Gaulle reacted like a sullen schoolboy ; the august professor had gone for a while . |
| 5 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 6 | And I so I , I went to the doctor just because I did n't go , had n't gone for a while |
| 7 | That 's a weekend gone for a ball of chalk ! |
| 8 | She was gone for a quarter of an hour , then , like a ghost , she reappeared in the downstairs room and sat down . |
| 9 | In the immortal phrase that heralds so many climbs , we had just gone for a look . |
| 10 | Mr. Lennis sent for me and said that Mr. Andrew was feeling run down , and had gone for a cruise in one of the ships , the Emily T. I kept expecting a letter or a postcard from him , but nothing came . |
| 11 | Has he gone for a fortnight or a week ? |
| 12 | Mr Reid told Oxford Crown Court , Clarke had finished work in Cheltenham at about noon on December 15 and gone for a drink with his father before going home . |
| 13 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 14 | Erm my thread 's gone for a minute . |
| 15 | Dale 's father , Michael , said the family had gone for a day trip and returned early in the evening . |
| 16 | John Mumford had been a curate in the Church of England with a significant ministry and had gone for a year 's sabbatical to California . |
| 17 | If they had all gone for a midnight swim , we would have had the worst slick since the Torrey Canyon . |
| 18 | What I mean is he 's gone for a chop-job . |
| 19 | The draw for the Mini Cooper was held at Armagh 's Gosford House Hotel where Simon had gone for a night out with his mates . |
| 20 | I 've told Pepe to put a notice up that Miguelito has gone for a holiday abroad . ’ |
| 21 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 22 | she 'd gone for a couple of days when she was up but she says she has n't been up to see her for about eighteen months ! |
| 23 | Call me suspicious , but this implies that the crampon , far from adhering steadily to the spot upon which its owner has chosen to commit his or her weight , has decided it prefers an altogether different rock and has gone for a bit of a slide . |
| 24 | It was n't exactly square on to the place where Sal 's Golf had gone for a roll , but it was n't far off . |
| 25 | Non-pilot John Anderson had gone for a ride in father-in-law Les Rhoades ’ Rallye Minerva . |
| 26 | The two told how Pringle had called for Jason at his home in Geneva Road , Darlington , on Sunday afternoon and they had gone for a ride around in a van . |
| 27 | The helpers had gone for a siesta , but Lopez still worked , carving the branches into intricate shapes , with dozens of little crannies where pots of flowers could be sited . |
| 28 | The vestal virgins had gone for a tea break and I sat down thankfully in the cool of the ruins and closed my eyes . |
| 29 | ‘ Gone for a pee at the back . ’ |
| 30 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |