Example sentences of "went [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 2 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 3 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 4 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 6 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 7 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 8 | That went on for a long time . |
| 9 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 10 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |
| 11 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 12 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 13 | This went on for a long time . |
| 14 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 15 | Morrell went on for a comfortable victory over three seconds clear of the defending champion , Mark Kirk , of Ballymena . |
| 16 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 17 | His father , however , preferred that Farrar went in for a professional career , and Farrar was articled to a firm of architects and surveyors in Northampton , becoming a Fellow of the Geographical Society . |
| 18 | Went in for a hot chocolate and that was it we did n't |
| 19 | Like Marx , William 's grandad went in for the broad dialectic of history and was n't too fussy about the fine print . |
| 20 | In the final between Bridgend and Gloucester , after a flash of brilliance from Glen Webbe towards the end when he went over for a magnificent try and another brilliant individual effort by him when he sent over Mark Jones , Bridgend clinched a 22–12 victory . |
| 21 | Having got to Bristol , he went home for a short holiday and died . |
| 22 | Before the veteran entertainer went home for the emotional Christmas Day reunion with his family , Leslie and Jean had together given thanks for his recovery at a short Communion service in the hospital chapel . |
| 23 | Lieutenant Gerry Mackenzie reported by telephone — the civilian network remained open long after the Japanese invasion — that he could see lights in the estuary of the Comoro river and a patrol went out for a quick recce . |
| 24 | So you 've got quite a lot of time Now , there 's some spare ones of these on the front as well When you get this scr scrub out item number eleven which is on the back because these are the notes that w went out for the social psychology exam And I would be you 'd be in a little bit of trouble if you revised wh influences of text ha b li had literature had on our lives , discuss three books , cos it ai n't gon na be on this paper |
| 25 | I hesitated , then went back for the indigo wrap . |
| 26 | Then we went back for the long-service merit awards . |
| 27 | All went well for a short while , but then his childhood respiratory problems returned . |
| 28 | However , all went well for the British team . |
| 29 | There were a lot of people there who felt seriously about what they were fighting for but people went there for a good fight really , they had n't been able to show any aggression for the last two years . |
| 30 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |