Example sentences of "went [adv prt] for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |
| 2 | And when she went down for a cup of tea , her mother mentioned casually that Parr had gone to Belfast , not to England as expected , although she did not know why . |
| 3 | The cloth for their suits was cord ( corduroy ) , as I 've told you ; but sometimes they went in for a suit of heavy tweed — staple tweed it was called ; and at that time they made it as hard as a board . |
| 4 | The wind caught it and it bounced awkwardly for the St Aloysius defence and Roy Montgomery went in for a try under the posts which was converted by Ross Houghton . |
| 5 | I went in for a tackle with Brian Mooney and I came off worse because I broke my right leg . |
| 6 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 7 | Fibres also went in for a spot of acquisition , buying into the British texturizing industry to give downstream processing capability . |
| 8 | I mean , I ended up staying a month at some bloke 's house after I went in for a pack of strings ! |
| 9 | So I went in for a scholarship with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts . |
| 10 | The Iliad went in for the triumvirate in the Ladbroke of 1991 at Leopardstown and then the biggest success of all came at Cheltenham where Destriero was supposed to have landed a gamble of over £1m in taking the Supreme Novices Hurdle . |
| 11 | Widnes substitute Emosi Koloto scattered a couple of Northern defenders as he went over for a try in the 39th minute . |
| 12 | At the other end Tyrone Howe who saw very little of the ball during the match went over for a try in the left corner , following a fine break from Andrew Gallagher . |
| 13 | Left the daddy 's list with Mr Moore ( of Moore 's Models ) and then went off for a bit of a stroll around . |
| 14 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 15 | Then they all went off for a visit to the zoo |
| 16 | Yeah I think I 'll walk down to Green went out for a couple of hours in the morning felt grotty did n't go out at all . |
| 17 | The following morning , Connor went out for a stroll before breakfast . |
| 18 | Occasionally she went out for a drink with Mick O'Shea , who was between girlfriends at the time and was happy to have Kathleen along as pleasant and undemanding company . |
| 19 | The two , who had once been like brothers , went out for a drive along the back road between Darlington and Sedgefield . |
| 20 | A MOTORIST who went out for a drive in his new car ended up at death 's door after a knife attack in the street . |
| 21 | His condition is fine and he went out for a breath of fresh air . |
| 22 | Instead of going to the bar , he went out for a walk down the road . |
| 23 | ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years . |
| 24 | Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water . |
| 25 | He went back for a plate of sandwiches and Melissa was surprised to find that she was hungry . |
| 26 | On the other hand , after a glance at ‘ Luck of the Legion ’ , I went about for a week with a white handkerchief tucked into the back of my cap , ordering the dog to about-face or wooing it with words of French culled from the strip ( ‘ Oo-ee , mon pet it ’ ) . |