Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv prt] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We trudged around for an hour or so , unable to face the thought of lunch , and found another small hotel near Chamartin ( we were going back by train the next day by the last evening train ) . |
| 2 | We turned round for a look . |
| 3 | We walked round for a bit then we came back and watched The Bug-Eyed Monster Strikes Back on the television . |
| 4 | And erm and then we went and got my fruit and veg and then we went in Top Marks and got them so we never got we went through for a video really , never got round to looking for a video did we ? |
| 5 | All three of us if we went up for a weekend . |
| 6 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 7 | ‘ We were staying in a hotel in Maidstone and we went back for a meal , then later , about tennish , we sneaked back to see if there was anything going down . |
| 8 | We went out for a day — and a night — then he disappeared in a cloud of smoke to get the ferry at Dover . |
| 9 | Ch king prawn chow mein with the noodles and stuff and he had whip marks all over him but anyway I ate all that and I did n't have a sweet , , did n't have a sweet and I we went out for a while and on the way home |
| 10 | We went out for a lunch that was late even by Madrid standards , then went to a zarzueia . |
| 11 | We went out for a meal , and when he took me home he wanted to come in . |
| 12 | I met a friend at the college library and we went out for a coffee . |
| 13 | We floundered around for an hour or so , seeing a few wood sandpipers and dusky redshanks ( who invariably saw us first ) . |
| 14 | We stayed in for a week |
| 15 | Then we sat down for a rest under a hedge , and Dana asked that typically American question : ‘ Do you want to talk about it ? ’ |
| 16 | But anyway , this was the first we have such a conference every five years , but over a thousand of us sat around for a week and talked about evolution , and there was one rather curious fact about Vancouver , or the media of Vancouver , during that week . |