Example sentences of "we [verb] for a [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | With an interpreter we met for a drink and he told me that because his home was in East Germany he had been forbidden to travel abroad until quite recently when he became an old-age Pensioner ; this voyage was his first taste of freedom . |
| 2 | We stopped for a while and , leaving Billy well secured outside with Pat , took our headlamps and torches and walked into the level . |
| 3 | We stopped for a snack and were introduced to gorp ( good old raisins and peanuts ) , rather like a trail mix for energy . |
| 4 | If we pause for a moment and consider the place of the Neolithic revolution in the theory of human personality and society so far advanced in these pages we will be struck by the fact that the coming of cultivation posed a major threat to the psychological foundations of human society as they had evolved up to that point . |
| 5 | We rang for a taxi and while we waited , looked at books of photographs of school plays , trips , art work and sports days . |
| 6 | Your consent is required before we apply for a report and you may see the report before it is returned to us . |
| 7 | We went for a coffee and Odd-Knut explained his ideas for the trip . |
| 8 | I gathered up all my courage and went home and we went for a walk and I just told him . |
| 9 | and you go and stand at those castle round parts and we went for a walk and there was a football match going on was n't there ? |