Example sentences of "[pers pn] went for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Arthur and I went for long walks — and that little village was the best place in the world . |
2 | Pc Birtwell , 44 , an officer for six years , said last night : ‘ I went for one of them with my stick . |
3 | I I I went for four . |
4 | I went for four he said he said zilch . |
5 | No actually I went for four to one Oxford , but tonight I 'm going to go for Port Vale two , Oxford United two . |
6 | I could have done with it , I could n't get on the bloo they got this internal bus service that runs from each college , cos you have to go to the other colleges for your lectures , and I just sort , there 's not enough , and you , you get turned away , and I just thought , I went for that bus Tuesday morning , I was supposed to get it at eight fifteen , and he just said sorry , no more room . |
7 | Again the one who 's been around ( you can tell her type a mile off — they always find something to send back , even if it 's the salt ) ordered the better meal : a pan-fried fillet steak topped with tomato and served with a Madiera sauce , while I went for fresh halibut wrapped in vegetables surrounded by creamy mustard sauce . |
8 | As I went for vigorous afternoon walks along the footpath by the half-frozen river or across the frosty fields and up the sheep-tracks on to the hills and the bare moors beyond . |
9 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
10 | I mean she said to me when I went for this Men Mencap job she said erm , have you got any trade behind you ? |
11 | Why did you go on about that erm place where you went for that beer and you know , you said that we worked for that |
12 | You 're gon na go in at th you went for four ? |
13 | And almost every day she went for long walks on the moors with her dog , Keeper . |
14 | She went for long solitary hikes along well-marked trails . |
15 | When we went for that there |
16 | When I found it , there was an argument and we went for each other . ’ |
17 | Suppose we went for this drink and the Hobbs greeted us ? |
18 | Each time we went for another animal all those left howled and fought their chains to get close to us so as not to be left behind . |
19 | ‘ I think that they got a bit carried away , ’ she laughs , ‘ I 'm not sure why they went for that word exactly . |
20 | I am just appalled that it 's so easy , obviously , to get into these er accounts and and the health records as well , er I mean there really bright here , Mr has no criminal record , I do n't know where they went for that , it 's true , it 's nice to have it er made public but er where did they go to get that information ? |
21 | Sometimes they went for two months without talking . |
22 | They went for small-scale figures , often made to appear more youthful than the subject allowed . |
23 | They will be worse for frail , elderly people , for physically and mentally disabled people , and I think people will also be asking the Tory and Liberal Democrat groups why they went for half a million pounds less than they need have done in service provision . |
24 | They went for more , but Nicky Hammond in the Town goal made sure they did n't have too many happy returns . |
25 | Going in at No. 10 , he raced to 55 off the bowling of Hall , Watson , Worrell ( whom he hit for six ) and Ramadhin , before Valentine bowled him as he went for another big hit . |
26 | He was drilling the car through a bend at 90mph when he went for third gear — and hit first at 7,000 revs . |
27 | He was at school at Uppingham ; then , suffering from asthma , he went for three years to Australia ( 1884–6 ) . |
28 | And that she said was repossessed and it went for seventy five thousand . |
29 | David Lloyd , his captain at Lancashire , tells a story that once in a Gillette Cup match against Gloucestershire at Old Trafford , Clive Lloyd edged a ball from Mike Procter so hard that it went for six . |
30 | He tried the hook , got a top edge and it went for two over the keeper 's head . |